Herbert C. Kelman and Everett I. Mendelsohn

Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

Peter Gomes, Remembered

The late Pusey minister in Memorial Church is memorialized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Astonish Us, Class of 2018

Applause and advice at Harvard’s Freshman Convocation

Harvard Talking

Touring Yale, trombone sextet, and talking back to John Foster Dulles

The Morning Exercises, Done Briskly

The student speeches, the awarding of degrees, the honorands—and an Aretha Franklin song

The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 28

ROTC commissioning and numerous Class Day celebrations, including speeches by Sandberg, Power, Van Valkenburgh, and Kaling.

The Day’s Events: Tuesday, May 27

Phi Beta Kappa exercises; Baccalaureate address

Festival Rites: The Underside

On the uses of mortarboards, and a centenarian’s update

How to Beat the Heat

A race in Antarctica, a rescue on Everest, a dip into the past

“The Girls of HBS”

A Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit helps commemorate women’s history at the school.

Bicoastal Poet, Beat Reporter

August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises