Tag: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Arts & Culture

    Laverne Cox, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar among Du Bois winners

    Hutchins Center for African and African American Research returned after three years to award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to seven luminaries.

    3–4 minutes
    Betye Saar (from left), Laverne Cox, Deval Patrick, and Agnes Gund onstage at Sanders.
  • Campus & Community

    The quote machine

    Powered by Harvard conversations, an ever-expanding collection of arguments, insights, reactions, and reflections.

    18–27 minutes
    Toni Morrison, Amanda Gorman, Paul Farmer, Jill Lepore, Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., Annette Gordon Reed, Drew Faust, Gish Jen.
  • Campus & Community

    Al Gore named Class Day speaker

    Al Gore has been chosen to speak on Class Day, the day before Harvard’s 368th Commencement. The former vice president, a Nobel Prize laureate and Harvard alumnus, has had a long career in public service and since leaving office has devoted his life to raising awareness of the threat of climate change.

    3–5 minutes
    Al Gore
  • Campus & Community

    The ending as beginning: Commencement ’18

    Harvard’s annual Commencement is both a conclusion and a start for those graduating. But the day also is a gathering of the far-flung Crimson clan under tents and trees in a party atmosphere. Below are snippets from the festive day from start to finish, with the most recent moments at the top, presented as snapshots…

    18–27 minutes
    Harvard graduates wave books.
  • Campus & Community

    Adichie: ‘Protect and value the truth’

    Nigerian novelist Ngozi Adichie, Harvard’s Class Day speaker, urges graduating seniors to ‘protect and value the truth’ in their own lives.

    6–9 minutes
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
  • Campus & Community

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named Class Day speaker

    Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected to be Harvard College’s Class Day speaker as part of the University’s 367th Commencement Week celebration. The May 23 event will be streamed live online.

    2–3 minutes
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie