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Break down walls. Vanquish villains. Stand up and speak out. Facts and truth matter.

6 past Harvard Commencement speakers offer inspiring messages of justice, courage, resilience, empathy
Harvard awards 8,870 degrees

Totals reflect the 2021-22 academic year
Embracing the moment

Parents, friends, and scores of proud graduates gather to celebrate hard-earned Commencement
Ardern’s forceful reminder: Democracies can die

Prime minister of New Zealand uses Commencement address as call to action on erosion of trust, urging social media reforms and end to tribalism
Pursuit of joy starts with truth, Wu tells graduates

Boston mayor seeks to lead by example in Class Day address, recalling hard moments from her own life
Bacow urges seniors to embrace the unexpected

University president points to path of his own life, those of other Harvard notables, students’ own pandemic disruptions
Taking lessons from epic, everyday

First in-person student speeches since onset of pandemic focus on privilege and responsibility, kindness and courage
Bill Lee on two decades of Harvard progress

Outgoing senior fellow says University’s values ensure bright future
Looking up

Photos offer fresh angle on campus
Good days, tough days

Anastasia Onyango, her nurse mother, first-year sister wrestled with COVID anxieties, cabin fever, reckoning over race — and brother’s board games