Commencement

2022

Merrick Garland to Address Classes of 2020-2021 Ceremony

The U.S. Attorney General returns to Harvard.

by John S. Rosenberg

Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Speak at Harvard Alumni Day

An alumna and faculty member at a new Harvard tradition

by Nell Porter Brown

Civil Rights Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive 2022 Radcliffe Medal

The educator and lawyer receives the Institute’s highest honor.

by Jacob Sweet

Jacinda Ardern to Speak at Harvard Commencement

New Zealand prime minister scheduled to address graduates on May 26.

by John S. Rosenberg

Commencement and Alumni Annual Meeting Notice 2022

The official notices for Commencement 2022 and Harvard Alumni Day

Presiding during the Pandemic

President Bacow on pandemic and academic Harvard

by John S. Rosenberg

2021

Celebrating the Classes of ’20 and ’21

The coronavirus short-circuited their Commencement. Harvard plans a do-over.

by John S. Rosenberg

How Will Harvard Change Post-Coronavirus?

Opportunities in admissions, online degrees, research, and more

Virtual Graduation 2.0

Harvard’s second, more expansive online graduation, with honorands and more

by John S. Rosenberg

The 2021 Honorands

An honorable tradition resumes, virtually.