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Commencement 2025

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Celebrating the Class of 2025

Last updated: May 2025

Harvard awarded 9,434 degrees

Abraham Verghese
  • Commencement

Speaking from deep personal experience, Abraham Verghese underscored the vital role immigrants play in the life of the nation

  • Alumni Day

Surgeon, best-selling author, and public health leader Atul Gawande shared a message of strength and resolve during his keynote address

Atul Gawande at a podium
  • Baccalaureate

To the College Class of 2025, President Garber stressed that scientific, technologic, and economic achievements stem from education

Harvard President Garber at a podium
  • Commencement

Harvard awarded six honorary degrees at this year's Commencement ceremony

Seven honorary degree recipients in regalia sit together with President Garber
  • Class Day

Basketball hall of famer and social justice champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wondered if the graduates were "willing to take Dr. King鈥檚 place鈥�

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • ROTC

President Alan Garber urged the newly minted officers to stand up for the truth

ROTC officers standing on stage

Photos from the day

Fair Harvard!

We join in thy jubilant throng,
And with blessings
surrender thee o’er
By these festival rites,
from the age that is past,
To the age that is waiting before.

Natalie Ezem in the Commencement crowd
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Harvard Chan School graduate Natalie Ezem celebrates.

Harvard dental School graduates
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Dental School graduates have well-earned smiles during Commencement.

A graduate and an honorary degree recipient sing together on stage.
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Harvard student Carolyn Hao and Honorary Degree recipient Rita Moreno sing 鈥楽omewhere鈥� from "West Side Story" together.

Harvard President Alan Garber
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Harvard President Alan Garber is applauded on stage.

Graduates in Tercentenary Theatre
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Harvard graduates celebrate in Tercentenary Theatre.

Peter J. Koutoujian, Sheriff of Middlesex County
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Peter J. Koutoujian, Sheriff of Middlesex County, leads the processional into Harvard Yard.

Graduates from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health show off their red hand-shaped clappers.
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Graduates from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health show off their red hand-shaped clappers.

Silhouette of two graduates with the crowd seating before them.
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Graduates during the festivities.

Introducing the graduates

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

Meet our graduating class of 2025

Exploring our scholarship

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

Watch the Dissertation in a Minute

A life-saving treatment for wounded warriors

Maithili Joshi developed a groundbreaking treatment for uncontrolled internal bleeding which reduced blood loss by up to 90% in preclinical models.

For their senior capstone project, Roaa Marei, Alex Klein Wassink, and Gabby Troy created SpiroSniff, a machine learning-driven, portable, and affordable breathalyzer for early lung cancer detection. The device analyzes volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath.

At Harvard Medical School, Naeema Hopkins-Kotb focused on global health research to understand the attitudes and behaviors of primary care providers toward patients with hepatitis B and C in the Philippines.

Watch the Dissertation in a Minute

Reinterpreting an early philosopher

Through his study of the classics, Alexander Vega offers a new interpretation of Augustine of Hippo’s ethical views on how people should form beliefs about friendship.

For his senior capstone project at SEAS, Michael Awah designed an aerial vehicle that can quickly deploy from a boat or land and transition into underwater operation to capture images and data without the complexity of traditional underwater deployment infrastructure.

At Harvard Medical School, Tarun Ramesh evaluated the World Health Organization’s efforts to increase the number of physicians in low-to-middle income countries facing severe physician shortages.

Explore a Fay Prize winning thesis

Understanding AI’s rebellious phase

A joint concentrator in computer science and mathematics, Marvin Li鈥檚 thesis delves into a common AI glitch in which text- or image-generation AI models suddenly stop doing what they were tasked with and perform a completely different task instead.

School events

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