Commencement 2023

While comedian Larry Wilmore addressed Harvard College seniors Wednesday afternoon, graduating students at Schools across the University heard from their own special guests on Class Day.

This morning, Harvard awarded honorary degrees to Jennifer A. Doudna, Tom Hanks, Katalin Karikó, David Lewis, Hugo Noé Morales Rosas, and Adm. Michael Mullen.

Live with intention and don’t let fear keep you from being the person you want to be, Larry Wilmore told the Class of 2023 on Wednesday.

Newly minted officers given honors by family and loved ones.

Eight faculty members share insights on what to do, what not to do, and how to figure out what matters most.

It felt like the start of a new era as life on campus returned to a post-pandemic normal. A timeline marks some of the highlights from the 2022-23 academic year.

The Harvard University Native American Program began practicing the tradition last year at its affinity graduation ceremony for Native students. The event comes with its own communal pageantry, but HUNAP has found a way to also make it feel very personal.

“Looking at you, I see the future as it might one day be, and it gives me hope,” Bacow told the Class of 2023.

Pulitzer Prize winner explains how her work brings more love into her life while physicist urges defense of classroom speech.

For the 36th year, a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the city of Cambridge and of Harvard’s 372nd Commencement Exercises on May 25. The bells will begin at 12:15 p.m.

Konstantin Usov struggled with the decision to attend the Kennedy School, but others urged him not to pass up the opportunity to acquire knowledge to bring back and share when Kyiv and Ukraine begin rebuilding.

Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and perspectives on finding real-world solutions to complex, mounting crisis.

Ahead of graduation from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Shoyo Sato looks back on the experience as the best thing that could’ve happened.

The orations will be delivered during Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre on May 25.

Three students were recognized by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute with the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize, the annual award for the top three best theses of the College’s graduating class.

Harvard Law School grad gives thanks for sacrifices by his dad and brother, and help and support from friends and professors.

Darius Atefat-Peckham ’23 honors his mother’s legacy through his own work and bringing her unfinished poetry to light.

LaNell Williams is building a career as a researcher and leader by going her own way, helping prospective grad students of color find theirs.

Former Marine David Miller surprised himself by his college success and was, in turn, surprised by his experience at College.

“I do have worries and fears,” says Oren Rimon Or ’23. “But I have developed the confidence that when you want something, you find a way to do it.”

Julia Malits will be the fourth generation of women in her family to go into medicine. She will be the first, though, to focus on emergency medicine and climate change.

As a middle schooler, Ilinca Mazureac knew two things for certain — she was going to be a scientist, and she was gay.

Celebrated TV producer, actor, comedian, and writer selected by Class of 2023 for “challenging traditional ideas of race and politics.”

Henry Cerbone spent his time at Harvard drawing on many intellectual threads in his effort to explore and understand the world.

Filipino Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara recalls how his mother’s job embarrassed him as a teen and he was “ashamed” to tell classmates and friends, but says he now understands the plight of millions like her around world, and wants to help.

Studying at Harvard Chan School has helped graduate Benita Kayembe understand the forces that shape the health of people around the world.

Jaclyn Corin and David Hogg were exhausted, still somewhat traumatized as first-years, but eventually found their way by different paths.

Tom Hanks will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 372nd Commencement on May 25.