Commencement Day opened with a final assignment for Harvard College’s Class of 2026: impromptu thank-you notes.

Graduates queueing up for the big ceremony paused to reflect and soak it all in.

Each day in class, Oneli Perera ’26 sits among peers who, in another context, might never have met—and that reality drives her research.

At Harvard, drummer Raghav Mehrotra ’26 built knowledge about the music industry — and a sizable social media following.

Students and alumni earned prestigious honors recognizing excellence in research, scholarship, leadership, creativity, and public impact

“The one compliment I’ll give myself is I’ve done a really good job at learning from those mistakes,” says Richard Glazunov ’26.

Fifteen students in the Harvard College Class of 2029 were named Harvard’s first cohort of Laidlaw Scholars

Harvard College awards students and faculty for excellence in undergraduate work and in the art of teaching