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Commencement 2026

In Focus

Celebrating the Class of 2026

草榴社区president Alan Garber and Conan O鈥橞rien
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Conan O鈥橞rien will address the Class of 2026

The comedian, writer, television host, and 草榴社区alum will be the principal speaker at Harvard鈥檚 375th Commencement.

Michelle Wu

Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu will be 草榴社区Law School鈥檚 Class Day Speaker.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

Rochelle Walensky

Former CDC director Rochelle Walensky will deliver the 草榴社区Chan School’s Convocation speech.

Rochelle Walensky

Mychal Threets

Mychal Threets, 鈥淭he Internet鈥檚 Librarian,鈥� will deliver the 草榴社区Graduate School of Education’s Convocation address.

Mychal Threets

Ruth Simmons

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

Ruth Simmons

Yvonne Farrell

Architect Yvonne Farrell will address graduates at 草榴社区Graduate School of Design’s Class Day.

Yvonne Farrell

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney will be the featured alumni speaker at 草榴社区Business School鈥檚 Class Day celebration.

Mitt Romney sits at a desk.

Meet the grads

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

Learn more about the Class of 2026

Exploring our scholarship

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

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

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

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.

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

草榴社区College and the graduate and professional Schools host additional Commencement events unique to their communities.