Commencement
2023
Saluting the 2023 Centennial Medalists
Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw
Larry Wilmore Named College Class Day Speaker
Writer, television producer, comedian, and actor challenges the racial and political status quo.
by Nancy Walecki
Larry Bacow’s Parting Push
Allston, higher-education outreach, and free speech make for a busy conclusion to the twenty-ninth president’s Mass Hall tenure.
by John S. Rosenberg
News in Brief
Commencement speakers, women's hockey investigation, visual-culture curator, and more
Commencement and Alumni Events 2023
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Eating Around Cambridge
A selection of celebratory spots
by Nell Porter Brown
Commencement Celebrity: Tom Hanks to Address Graduates
The actor and filmmaker will be Harvard’s guest speaker on May 25.
by John S. Rosenberg
Global Health Pioneer Ophelia Dahl to Receive 2023 Radcliffe Medal
The human rights advocate co-founded Partners In Health in 1987.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Adam Falk and Natalie Diaz at Phi Beta Kappa
Guest speakers for Commencement 2023 Literary Exercises
by John S. Rosenberg
2022
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI