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Nation & World
Harvard awards six honorary degrees
This morning, Harvard awarded honorary degrees to Jennifer A. Doudna, Tom Hanks, Katalin Karikó, David Lewis, Hugo Noé Morales Rosas, and Adm. Michael Mullen.
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Nation & World
Sewell Chan is elected Class of 1998’s chief marshal
A leader in the field of nonprofit news, Sewell Chan ’98 will play a number of ceremonial roles in celebration of the Class of 1998’s 25th reunion.
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Nation & World
Harvard postpones Commencement
Harvard’s 369th Commencement ceremony will be indefinitely postponed, a move aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.
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Nation & World
The sound of celebration
Bells around Harvard and the City of Cambridge will ring for 15 minutes starting at the 11:45 conclusion of the University’s 368th Commencement.
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Nation & World
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.
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Nation & World
Tracy K. Smith elected chief marshal
U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith ’94 has been elected by her classmates to serve as chief marshal of the alumni at Harvard’s 368th Commencement on May 30.
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Nation & World
Merkel named Harvard Commencement speaker
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 368th Commencement.
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Nation & World
Birth of a peaceful Europe
On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall stood on the steps of Memorial Church and delivered an address that changed the world. The retired five-star general, credited during World War II with organizing the fastest and biggest military buildup in U.S. history, took just under 11 minutes to announce the creation of…
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Text of Justice David Souter’s speech
Harvard Commencement remarks, as delivered by Justice David H. Souter, May 27, 2010.
