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Senior Creates Caregiving Cultivation App

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Kai Wong '26 (left) and the home care team in Shiroishi, Japan.

In Brief: Harvard College Recognizes 71 Students with Hoopes Prize

In Brief: 15 Harvard Students Named Inaugural Laidlaw Scholars

In Brief: Ten from Harvard College named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Students cheering in the crowd while wearing their regalia at Commencement.

Commencement 2026

The 375th Harvard Commencement brought joy, reflection, and full-circle moments to the forefront of campus.

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Pink tulips by the river with a rowing team on the water and brick campus buildings in the background.

A Remarkable Year of Achievement at Harvard College

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

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Danoff Dean of Harvard College, David Deming, smiling while wearing regalia at the 2026 Harvard Commencement.

Deming summons ‘power of gratitude’ in valediction address

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

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Three female students graduating in the Harvard College Class of 2026 smile together on Commencement Day.

Pictures of joy, friendship fill the Yard before Commencement

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

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Cancer turned her into a scientist

Diagnosis transformed Mary Cipperman ’26 into a hyperproductive student researcher with diverse interests in physics, medicine, and AI.

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Honorands Katalin Karikó (clockwise from top left), David Levering Lewis, Michael Mullen, Jennifer Doudna, Hugo Noé Morales Rosas, and Tom Hanks join President Larry Bacow and Provost Alan Garber in Harvard Yard following the Morning Exercises.

Harvard awards six honorary degrees

graduates in caps and gowns in seats on commencemnent

Harvard awards 9,265 degrees

crowd of graduates in Harvard Yard in seats on Commencement

The crowd went wild

Tom Hanks, wearing regalia at the podium giving his speech on Commencement Day

Recruiting everyday superheroes for ‘cage match with agents of intolerance’

President Larry Bacow addresses the Class of 2023

Praise for students who faced an extraordinary test — and passed

Comedian Larry Wilmore gives class day address

Seriously, grads: Don’t be afraid

For the blanket ceremony, the Harvard University Native American Program selected Eighth Generation blankets, which are designed by Native artists.

Wrapped in tradition

Memorial Church is reflected in the windows of the Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall.

Reflecting on 2022-23

There’s more to life than money, but still …

One of the majestic bells that will be heard from the Lowell House tower.

Bells to ring on Commencement Day

“One of the most important gifts poetry has given me is that it’s taught me that the ordinary is extraordinary,” said Natalie Diaz, speaking during the Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.

Power of poetry, warning to preserve academic freedom

Caleb King, Sílvia Casacuberta Puig, and Leo Saenger, 2023 Fay Prize winners

Three seniors awarded Fay Prize for outstanding theses

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