Commencement 2014

A collection of stories covering Harvard University’s 363rd Commencement.

All from this series

  • The import of ‘Breaking Good’

    Harvard President Drew Faust bid farewell to the graduating seniors of the Class of 2014 on Tuesday during the annual Baccalaureate Service in Harvard’s Memorial Church.

  • Celebrating the intellect

    The traditional Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises featured awards, music, and advice from a poet and a novelist.

  • Beyond the horizon

    Harvard is immersed in understanding the world and improving it. Here’s how the University is making a difference now, and likely will do so in the next decade, in five key fields.

  • Beyond the horizon

    Harvard is immersed in understanding the world and improving it. Here’s how the University is making a difference now, and likely will do so in the next decade, in five key fields.

    Harvard skyline

  • Summertime, and the reading is easy

    A look at what Harvard faculty members will be reading in their downtime this summer.

  • Tough as a rugby player

    A fierce field general on the women’s rugby team, Harvard College senior Shelby Lin is also a math and economics star with a bright future.

  • History by degrees

    A look at the early history of Harvard diplomas.

  • Research to lose sleep over

    Will Clerx ’14 studied how going without sleep for long periods affects undergraduates.

  • HAA honors three

    President Drew Faust will award Harvard Medals to three alumni during the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on Commencement Day, May 29. Recipients include Anand G. Mahindra ’77, M.B.A. ’81, J. Louis Newell ’57, and Emily Rauh Pulitzer, A.M. ’63.

  • Sandberg named Class Day speaker

    Successful businesswoman, best-selling author, and Harvard alumna Sheryl Sandberg ’91, M.B.A. ’95, has been chosen as the 2014 Class Day speaker. Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.org, will address seniors in Tercentenary Theatre on May 28, the day before Harvard’s 363rd Commencement.

  • Richard Barth ’89 named Commencement’s chief marshal

    The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced that Richard Barth ’89, chief executive officer of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation, has been chosen to serve as the University’s chief marshal for Commencement 2014.

  • Bloomberg named Commencement speaker

    Michael R. Bloomberg, M.B.A. ’66, an entrepreneur who built an information technology company into a global news and financial information service and served three terms as mayor of New York City, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 363rd Commencement.

  • Harvard’s 363rd Commencement

    To accommodate the increasing number of people wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, a set of guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement morning.