Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Newly appointed deans Jeff Lichtman, Jeremy M. Weinstein, Sean Kelly, Nonie Lesaux

News in Brief

New deans, Overseers’ leaders, retiring arts impresario, and more

A woman in a blue shirt smiling.

Alison Simmons

A philosopher on perception, the canon, and being “a minded thing” 

by Nina Pasquini

People sit at tables in a basement. Windows on the ceiling allow light in.

The Yard Libraries, Reimagined

An ambitious plan for the next century of learning

by Nina Pasquini

The shut gates of Harvard Yard

Locked In

Addressing bias and hatred, challenging governance, reacting to protest, and trying to find a way forward

by John S. Rosenberg

Phi Beta Kappa orator Drew Gilpin Faust

The Week’s Words

Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust

Sasha the University police community engagement dog wearing Commencement regalia

Commencement Confetti

Seniors’ work plans, Sasha stylin’, reunion sonnet, and more

Honorary degree recipients Joy Harjo, Jennie Chin Hansen, and Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Honoris Causa

Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients

Commencement photos: Kennedy Schoolers ready to rule the world; Isabella E. Peña ’24 belts out the national anthem; a professor-student pose; ; pro-Palestinian protestors preparing to walk out

Commencement 372 7/8

Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.

by John S. Rosenberg

Oval black and white image of Frederick Douglas with gold frame around image

Vision and Justice

How photographs promote social justice

by Nina Pasquini