Honoring the Class of 2020

Avanti Nagral decided to try the new dual-degree program and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard while getting her master’s from Berklee College of Music — all in five years.

Growing up in Mattapan, Kwame Adams refused to be defined by low expectations. Now the Ed School grad aims to help Boston students of color avoid the same biases he faced.

Lessons learned from Rewan Abdelwahab’s four trips to five countries during her time at Harvard.

The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that David L. Evans, Leila T. Fawaz A.M. ’72, Ph.D. ’79, and Joseph J. O’Donnell ’67, M.B.A. ’71, will receive the 2020 Harvard Medal.

From a high school electricity class in Kenya, Billy Koech knew he was destined to become an electrical engineer. This May, he will graduate from Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences doing just that.

Jose Cerda III ’88, Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95, and Theresa Reno-Weber, M.P.P. ’08, offer the Class of 2020 advice about the value of public service.

After he graduates from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Jeffrey Taylor will pursue a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery where he’ll one day reconstruct damaged jaws, fix life-altering facial deformities.

Saamon Legoski, a student in Harvard Chan School’s M.P.H.-45 program is on a mission for environmental justice.

Marvin Merritt IV ’20 was born and raised on the small island of Deer Isle, Maine, the centerpiece for his senior thesis and a single destination in this artist’s journey.

As a first-year, Jordan Villegas ’20 took his passion for archival research to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and spent his next four years becoming a Radcliffe triple threat.

Deeneaus ‘D’ Polk, M.P.P. ’20, found his way from Mississippi to Harvard Kennedy School via Germany — but his plan is to return to the South and bring opportunity to jobseekers.

Juan Reynoso will be the second Harvard student to have completed a new joint Master in Public Health/Master in Urban Planning degree program.

Akshaya Annapragada, who will graduate with an A.B. in applied mathematics and an S.M. in engineering sciences-bioengineering, with a secondary in global health and health policy at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, arrived at Harvard eager to develop better medical tools.

Harvard’s 369th Commencement ceremony will be indefinitely postponed, a move aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.

Harvard University will hold its 369th Commencement on May 28.

Martin “Marty” Baron, widely regarded as one of the leading newspaper editors of his era, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.

Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 will serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.