Featured series 
Month: May 2013
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Campus & Community
Sharing a love for science
Nearly 400 local eighth-grade students came to Harvard’s campus for SEAS’s third annual Science and Engineering Showcase.
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Campus & Community
Mission accomplished
The Class of 2013 arrived in 2009 eager, wild-eyed, and excited — and four years later, they would leave just the same way.
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Campus & Community
Winfrey’s Commencement address
Oprah Winfrey, the Afternoon Program’s principal speaker at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement, addressed the Class of 2013. This is the text of her speech as delivered on May 30.
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Campus & Community
Winfrey: Failure is just movement
Harvard Commencement speaker Oprah Winfrey addressed the Class of 2013 under sunny skies and called for them to accept failure, and then triumph over it. During the Afternoon Program, Harvard President Drew Faust recapped the year and called for increased federal funding for research universities.
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Campus & Community
Oprah Winfrey Commencement Speech | Harvard Commencement 2013
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and media entrepreneur, addresses graduates at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
To graduate from Harvard | Harvard Commencement
This video captures the tradition and emotion, the pomp and circumstance of Commencement Day at Harvard — through the eyes of a graduating student.
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Campus & Community
Conferring of Honorary Degrees | Harvard Commencement 2013
The conferring of honorary degrees at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement at Tercentenary Theatre on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Board of Overseers 2013 election results
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association today announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
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Arts & Culture
Shining a light on an era
A new work at the American Repertory Theater, developed by members of the A.R.T. Institute and part of the four-year National Civil War Project, explores the story of escaped slave Anthony Burns and the work of the Boston abolitionists.
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Campus & Community
Joy by the Yard
Snapshots of Harvard’s 2013 Commencement, a day marked by sunshine and warmth as well as rituals, honors, and good wishes.
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Campus & Community
Latin Oration Fanaye Yirga | Harvard Commencement 2013
Latin Speaker Fanaye Yirga speaks at the 362nd Harvard Commencement Ceremony at Tercentenary Theatre on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Graduate English speech Jon Murad | Harvard Commencement 2013
Graduate Speaker Jon Murad speaks at the 362nd Harvard Commencement Ceremony at Tercentenary Theatre on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Undergraduate Speaker Felix de Rosen | Harvard Commencement 2013
Undergraduate Speaker Felix de Rosen speaks at the 362nd Harvard Commencement Ceremony at Tercentenary Theatre on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Harvard China Fund offers student opportunities in China
Established in late 2006, the Harvard China Fund (HCF) is Harvard’s “academic venture fund” for China. In service of the entire University, it supports teaching and research on China and promotes Harvard’s presence there.
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Campus & Community
Harvard degrees, certificates for 2013
Harvard issued 7,365 degrees and certificates at its 362nd Commencement on May 30.
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Campus & Community
He made the most of his opportunities
A biomedical engineering concentrator and Quincy House resident, Scott Yim’s senior project explored using naturally derived materials such as bamboo to help reduce the cost of medical devices and biomaterials in the developing world.
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Campus & Community
‘A lifetime of limitless possibility’
Carl F. Muller ’73, J.D. ’76, M.B.A. ’76, is stepping down as president of the Harvard Alumni Association and Catherine A. Gellert ’93 will take his place.
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Campus & Community
The path to fighting injustice
Lillian Langford, graduating with degrees from Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School, plans to use her experience working in international law and human rights and her experience at Harvard to continue fighting injustice.
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Nation & World
Take-home lessons
Viridiana Rios is a native of Mexico City. Rios, a graduating doctoral student in Harvard’s Department of Government, also is an adviser to Mexico’s minister of finance.
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Campus & Community
A year of change, month by month
2012-13 was a year of inventions and ascensions, elections and projections, digitizing and prioritizing. The University also launched HarvardX, the wildly popular web learning platform.
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Campus & Community
Reischauer Institute funds student research, travel in Japan
Founded in 1973, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RI) promotes research on Japan and brings together Harvard faculty, students, scholars from other institutions, and visitors to create one of the world’s leading communities for the study of Japan.
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Campus & Community
SAI offers ‘feet on the street’ experience
Since its inception in 2003, the South Asia Institute has continued the long tradition of collaboration between Harvard and South Asia.
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Campus & Community
GSAS honors four alumni
The Centennial Medal is the highest honor awarded by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, given annually on the day before Commencement to celebrate the achievements of a select group of Harvard University’s most accomplished alumni.
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Campus & Community
MBB recognizes graduating seniors
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Mind/Brain/Behavior (MBB) recognized 35 seniors in a ceremony at the Harvard Faculty Club on May 29.
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Campus & Community
Commencement by the numbers
Curious about Commencement planning? Here’s a breakdown of numbers that all add up to Harvard Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Korea Institute funds research, study, and work
The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean studies community at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Asia Center supports summer travel for 65 students
The Harvard University Asia Center was established in 1997 to reflect Harvard’s deep commitment to Asia and the growing connections among Asian nations. An important aspect of the center’s mission…
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Campus & Community
Bell ringing marks Commencement
In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university, a number of neighboring churches and institutions ring their bells at the conclusion of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement Exercises, for the 25th consecutive year.
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Nation & World
A vision of education for Kenya
Anne Bholene Akinyi Odera-Awuor, who is getting a degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has grand plans to improve how schools operate in her homeland.
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Campus & Community
Transformative leaders
The first cohort from Harvard’s innovative doctorate of education leadership degree program leaves campus headed for a range of education jobs and armed with new skills to help transform the field.
