Campus & Community
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‘Be the superhero you wish to become’
A message of community resounds at Harvard Alumni Day 2026
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Science Center to be named Zimmer Hall
Harvard University announced on Friday that the Science Center on Oxford Street will be renamed Zimmer Hall, in recognition of a 2018 gift of $100 million from the Zimmer Family…
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Thanks for the memories
Photo highlights from Harvard’s 375th Commencement
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‘It would have been safer to play nice and not rock the boat.’
Radcliffe medalist Ruth J. Simmons lauded by Michelle Obama, Drew Faust, Tomiko Brown-Nagin for pioneering career
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Harvard awards 10,143 degrees
Totals reflect the 2025-26 academic year
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‘A sea of happy faces’
For students and their families, a day filled with joy, pride, appreciation
Part of the Commencement 2026 series
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O’Brien’s word of wisdom: Humility
‘Your real education starts now,’ comedy legend tells graduates, urging them to defy ‘extreme narcissism’ of the times
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Alumni elect new Overseers and HAA directors
13 alumni elected to leadership boards
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Five recognized with honorary degrees
Recipients chosen for their lifetime contributions and transformative achievements
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Funny but serious, Chieng issues an AI warning to grads
‘Daily Show’ star and Class Day headliner is fine writing his own emails
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‘He took that explosion himself to save his men’
Alum who made ultimate sacrifice held up as model of 3 key leadership values — ‘integrity, humility, excellence’ — during ROTC swearing-in ceremony
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This time, the bells toll for her
After four decades, the writer behind the Commencement Day tradition won’t hear them
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Lessons from ancient, modern, quantum worlds
Student speakers focus on celebrating difference while embracing ties that bind
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Intellect is not enough
Phi Beta Kappa speakers urge Harvard grads to build character
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‘Effort still matters’ in age of AI, Garber tells grads
In Baccalaureate address, president urges Class of 2026 to seek out the mountains worth climbing
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Going with the flow
Blake Mincey’s been soldier, professional drummer. Now at 39 (and father of toddler) he’s finishing his physics degree, looking for what’s next.
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How much do you know about Harvard?
Sure, you might have earned a diploma, but can you earn an A on this quiz?
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Ronny Chieng named Class Day speaker
Emmy-winning comedian to address College grads on May 27
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Getting to the root of what drives war
After years of photographing combat, Seth Rosenberg finds new focus: psychology of power
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A vital link between astronauts and mission control
After a year at the Kennedy School, Grier Wilt returning to NASA ready for next lunar missions
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Overseers name new senior officers
Raymond J. Lohier Jr. to serve as president, Sheryl WuDunn as vice chair
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Need a time-saving robot? Find a busy person to build it.
Lael Ayala’s thesis project combined her passions for softball and engineering
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‘I didn’t know how much time I had left, but I wanted to go down fighting for what I believe in’
Blake Lusty battled through cancer to steam toward Navy dreams
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First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious
Ph.D. candidate Isaac Witte retraces ‘incremental advances’ that unlocked CRISPR technique
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Answering the call to serve
From first responder to alumni leader, David Battat ’91 brings a lifelong commitment to community to his new role as HAA president
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Graduating at 79 — with her daughters cheering her on
After decades of fits and starts, Rosie Rines is finally realizing the college dream she wished for her mother and urged for her kids.
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Lessons from Beyoncé on public policy
Professor sees parallels between songs on overlooked life experiences of the marginalized, unintended gaps in government safety net
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Lampoon looks back at 150 years of laughs
Alumni of humor magazine reunite for pop-up exhibit celebrating sesquicentennial
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Harvard releases information on 1,613 enslaved individuals
Public database advances research on University’s ties to slavery, bolsters effort to help descendants recover family histories
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Helping to give birth to nation — and Harvard Med
School founder John Warren numbered among alumni who were part of revolutionary generation
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In the tiniest, most vulnerable patients, she saw herself
Caring for premature babies sparked Alison Farrar’s passion for psychiatry. Helping callers to a crisis hotline during COVID sealed it.
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Moved to act
Eco-friendly, AI, medical, and other inventions earn funds for President’s Innovation Challenge winners
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Probing the war of public opinion
Seeing Americans rally for her native Ukraine inspired Anastasiia Pereverten’s thesis
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How immigrant doctors propped up U.S. healthcare, the tale of America’s last prison ship, and other stories
Faculty authors discuss books at Weatherhead Center’s annual International Book Blitz
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Dennis Frank Thompson, 84
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Martin Karplus, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences