Commencement 2025

Fascination with artificial intelligence pulls Muqtader Omari back to his scholarly first love: Science

At Law School, Sophia Hunt discovers passion for defense — and rises to job once held by Obama

Recipients include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Alley, Esther Duflo, Elaine H. Kim, Rita Moreno, Abraham Verghese

Moms and dads reflect on campus journey they shared with children 

Writer and basketball legend speaks to the moment in Class Day address

In ROTC address, Garber offers Churchill as model of courage in ‘face of near constant opposition’

A little advice for the graduates — or, at least, for one of them (you know who you are)

Grant Jones incorporated love of meditation and listening to R&B, hip-hop into dissertation on mindfulness interventions

Melissa Shang conducts ambitious survey for senior thesis, filling ‘major gap’ in scholarship

Lilian Smith’s thesis honors history of quiet resistance in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Dozens of bells will mark Harvard’s Commencement

Encounter during rainforest trip leads Eduardo Vasconcelos to research focus

University honors — and challenges — newly elected members of Phi Beta Kappa at ceremony

‘Everything we might achieve is grounded in knowledge,’ says president in Baccalaureate address

Yurong ‘Luanna’ Jiang, Aidan Scully, Thor Reimann to deliver orations

Rupen Dajee launches tech startup to aid emergency responders, leveraging lessons learned firsthand as EMT, firefighter

Lindsey Chrismon sets sights high from West Point to Harvard Business School

Shane Rice credits Gen Ed class — and professor’s wall of declassified intelligence photos — with illuminating career path

For Eliot Hodges, math is a creative process

Kelsey Hanson Woodruff served as a Presbyterian minister before love of religious studies led her to Harvard

Michael Oved builds community around passions for entrepreneurship, Republican politics

Ben Abercrombie battles back to graduate 8 years after spinal-cord injury on football field left him paralyzed

Studying neurobiology gives Nghia Nguyen insights into ‘technical, tangible’ reasons for the things he does every day

Stint as data journalist at NYT sends Sahil Chinoy on quest for even deeper dives into labor, politics, human behavior

Addie Esposito’s thesis — based on interviews with lawmakers in the Bundestag — examines ‘persistent divide’ between East and West

Medical School graduate found his calling in a connection forged while serving as camp counselor

To be honored on June 6 marking Alumni Day

NBA icon, award-winning author, and humanitarian chosen for ‘his lasting efforts to build a more just and compassionate world’

Acclaimed surgeon, writer, and public health leader will take the stage at Harvard’s global alumni celebration on June 6

Stanford professor whose novels include ‘Covenant of Water’ to deliver principal address May 29