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Celebrating the Class of 2026

Join us on Thursday at 9 a.m. EST for the Commencement livestream

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Harvard president Alan Garber and Conan O’Brien
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Conan O’Brien will address the Class of 2026

The comedian, writer, television host, and Harvard alum will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 375th Commencement.

Conan O’Brien will address the Class of 2026

Baccalaureate address

In his address to the Harvard College Class of 2026, President Alan Garber urged students to seek out the mountains worth climbing.

Harvard President Alan Garber at a podium
Baccalaureate address

Phi Beta Kappa exercises

At the 234th literary exercises of the University’s chapter of PBK, speakers instilled the great responsibilities that fall upon chapter members.

Meghan O’Rourke at a podium
Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Commencement student speakers

Three graduating students, selected in a University-wide competition, will deliver speeches in one of Harvard’s oldest Commencement traditions.

The three commencement student speakers
Commencement student speakers

Radcliffe Day

Higher education leader Ruth Simmons will be awarded the Radcliffe Medal.

Ruth Simmons
Radcliffe Day

Meet the grads

Explore our student profiles to learn about the dedicated scholarship and ambitious plans of graduates from all of Harvard’s degree-granting Schools.

Learn more about the Class of 2026

Exploring our scholarship

Students from all across the Harvard community share the research they focused on while pursuing their degrees.

Drone for tracking whales

SEAS students Kuma McCraw and Mikaya Parente designed a drone to launch vertically from a small research vessel—eliminating the need for a runway—and then transition into fixed-wing flight for efficient long-duration operation.

Dental research projects

Graduating students at the School of Dental Medicine presented research spanning artificial intelligence, clinical care, global health, and more.

Explore Jess Jenkins' thesis
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Connecting neighborhoods with life outcomes

Jess Jenkins won Radcliffe’s Fay Prize for her Harvard College thesis on how much children’s adult outcomes depend on those of their parents. Her thesis became New Zealand’s first suburb-level intergenerational income mobility estimates.

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Advancing evolutionary theory

Lauren Bartel’s senior thesis, which studied families of Florida scrub-jays, produced one of the first direct measurements of large-scale DNA mutations in any wild vertebrate.

Dating Irish settlements

Andrew Bair’s dissertation focused on ring forts, the most numerous archaeological site type in Ireland. His research challenges the accepted chronology of Irish settlement in the Middle Ages.

Investigating AI’s bias

For her award winning senior thesis, Gauri Sood explored the gender, race, and age biases that popular image generating artificial intelligence models have.

School events

Harvard College and the graduate and professional Schools host additional Commencement events unique to their communities.

Harvard College

Harvard Business School

Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Extension School

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Harvard Law School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health