Alumni | February 10, 2025

Harvard University’s 373rd Commencement Excercises

Commencement and Alumni Day schedules

From The March-April 2025 Issue

Graduates in caps and gowns hold inflatable globes at an outdoor ceremony with red banners in the background. — JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINE

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR COMMENCEMENT DAY AND ALUMNI DAY

Harvard University’s Class of 2025 Commencement

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Harvard’s 374th Commencement exercises will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2025. For information regarding the schedule, tickets, and other details, please visit https://commencement.harvard.edu/.

Harvard Alumni Day

Friday, June 6, 2025

The Harvard Alumni Association invites the University community to Harvard Alumni Day on Friday, June 6. This celebration honoring alumni impact, citizenship, and community will include the all-alumni parade, a celebratory alumni-led program featur- ing a keynote speaker and the recognition of the Harvard Medalists, a festive Yard par- ty, afternoon symposium sessions, and more. For more information, including ways to participate, please visit https://alumni.harvard.edu/alumni-day.

Published in the March-April 2025 print issue under the headline “Harvard University’s 374th Commencement Excercises,” in the University People section.

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