Honoring the Class of 2021

Austin Marshall, M.P.H. ’21, wants to be a physician-advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and care for patients as a doctor.

After graduating Harvard, Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke ’21 is off to study civil engineering at Stanford University, but first, she will squeeze in yet another experience in Africa.

At the ceremony honoring the Class of 2021, the University awarded a total of 7,640 degrees and certificates.

Capturing the moments of celebration as Harvard recognizes the Class of 2021.

Ruth Simmons, one of the nation’s top higher education leaders and president of Prairie View A&M University, called on Harvard and its graduating Class of 2021 to fight to close the chasm of inequality that recent years have illustrated still exists in America.

As life returns more to normal, there is so much to reflect on and to celebrate as we look back.

Concentrating in chemistry and English, Truelian Lee blended art with scientific problem-solving to bring chemistry to wider audiences.

Lawson Ung studied eye disease and the social determinants of where it’s most common

Seven honorary degrees will be awarded to Frances Hamilton Arnold, Martin Baron, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Salman Amin Khan, Margaret Hilary Marshall, Anna Deveare Smith, and Sebastião Salgado.

Eli Langley graduates as Harvard’s first Coushatta and the youngest Koasati speaker.

NBA star and activist Jeremy Lin ’10 spoke to graduating seniors about how he’s come to see his identity as a barrier-breaking Asian American in a new light.

Sneha Dutta, Ph.D. ’21, wants to understand why individuals age differently and if there’s a way to counter old age’s harmful effects .

President Larry Bacow offered poignant reflections during the Baccalaureate Service honoring the Harvard College Class of 2021.

In a virtual ceremony on May 26, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) awarded the Centennial Medal to four distinguished alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.

DACAmented senior Tania Dominguez-Rangel wants to tell firsthand stories of undocumented immigrants.

Already a teacher and principal, Shahara Jackson came to Harvard hoping to learn how to become a transformational superintendent.

Actor Ece Hakim, who has appeared in 10 soap-opera-style television series and two movies in Turkey, plans to continue her career after graduation, this time in the U.S. But she values what she has learned from psychology, a discipline she recognized early on offers important insights for her work on the set.

Hands-on engineering challenges fuel Daniela Villafuerte to solve problems and help build a better world.

Eleven undergraduates and one student at Harvard’s Extension School will commission as officers in the military during Commencement week.

Three student orators will deliver speeches as Harvard honors the Class of 2021 on May 27.

Harvard senior Joy Nesbitt has devoted much of her Harvard time to producing theater and music with a message.

Harvard Medical School grad Ryoko Hamaguchi tapped her artistic talents as she bridge two worlds, two cultures.

Ashiana Jivraj brings a business background when seeking solutions to equitable dental care.

Opie Morgan says her years in the Math Department have been a time of validation and self-discovery.

For Rahel Imru, encouraging more Black students in STEM has been a goal since high school.

Eboni Nash came to Harvard Divinity School to study Black liberation theology and prepare for a career of activism around issues of racial justice and mass incarceration.

University archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, who is retiring after almost 20 years at Harvard, shares notable Commencements and Harvard University Archives’ role in preserving each year’s ceremony.

Sukin “Hannah” Sim develops algorithms and writes the computational stories that dictate how quantum computers tackle problems.

Muhua Yang ’21 — living in Cambridge and separated from friends and family by the pandemic — chose the elegies of the five volumes of “Tristia” as the subject of their senior thesis in literary translation.

When Michael Mancinelli ’15 arrived on campus to begin his journey through the M.S./M.B.A. program, it almost felt like he was coming home.