Commencement
Centennial Medalists
Four alumni recognized for work
2018
“The Foundation of Learning”
President Faust’s Commencement afternoon valedictory address on hope and higher education
by Drew Gilpin Faust
Centennial Medalists
Contributions to society from graduate research
Valedictory Mixtape
James Ryan, the Graduate School of Education’s departing dean, counsels its new graduates with song.
by Sanya Sagar
Hillary Clinton Receives Radcliffe Medal
The 2016 presidential candidate discusses her time at Wellesley, the crisis in American government, and the importance of raising empathetic children.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Cautious Optimism
A Radcliffe Day panel discusses America’s role in a rapidly changing world.
by Oset Babür
Lewis on Leadership; Faust’s Farewell
Congressman John Lewis spoke at Drew Faust's last afternoon exercises as Harvard president.
by Sophia Nguyen
Picture-Perfect
The 367th Commencement: the student speakers, the honorary-degree recipients, and the full spectacle of Harvard’s Morning Exercises
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2018
Four artists, an ocean biologist, a democratizing statesman, and a public-health leader (and favorite son)
by John S. Rosenberg
"You Can Go Elsewhere for a Job, but You Cannot Go Elsewhere for a Soul”
Senator Jeff Flake speaks at Harvard Law School’s Class Day.
by Nell Porter Brown
“Our Virtues Are Written on Our Hearts”
At the Kennedy School, Ohio governor John Kasich encouraged graduates to live selfless, faith-driven lives.
by Oset Babür
