Commencement

2019

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced

The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019

Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2019

Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more

by John S. Rosenberg

“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”

Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Truth, in Crisis

Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, urged Harvard to divest from fossil fuels in his College Class Day speech. 

by Jacob Sweet

“You Can Correct the Mistakes of My Generation”

Former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates

by Nell Porter Brown

“If You Believe That It Is Possible to Break, Believe That It Is Possible to Repair”

Roberta Kaplan at Harvard Law Class Day

by Nina Pasquini

“The Path of Most Resistance”

Former president of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards addresses Harvard’s public-health graduates.  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“The Greatest Demonstration of Public Service”

The 2019 ROTC Joint Commissioning Ceremony

by Jean Martin

Saluting the 2019 Centennial Medalists

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors five alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their study at Harvard.

by Jonathan Shaw

“You Don’t Have to Stop Breathing to Stop Living Life”

Baccalaureate advice from President Lawrence S. Bacow

by Jonathan Shaw