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ShareBar BOSTON—Yesterday the Harvard Business School (HBS) recognized and honored the Class of 2021 with online livestreamed Class Day celebrations and graduation ceremonies. Thousands of graduating students and their loved ones tuned in from around the globe—from India, Nigeria, the UK, China, Mexico, and more, with the largest concentration in our very own Harvard backyards of Cambridge and Boston. The livestream featured Class Day speakers, Harvard University’s Degree Conferral Ceremony, and Dean Srikant Datar’s graduation address. After Dean Datar’s address, 787 graduates and ...

Advertisement Jeremy Lin ’10 Remarks on Meaning of Success at College Class of 2021’s Virtual Class Day ‘When I was first asked to speak at Class Day, in true student-athlete fashion, I tried to turn down this extra writing assignment,’ Jeremy Lin ’10 quipped in his Class Day address Wednesday. By Professional basketball player Jeremy Lin ’10 encouraged the graduating Class of 2021 to seek community and embrace their identities in the pursuit of success during Harvard College’s virtual Class Day Wednesday. Lin is known for being the first American of Chines...

Harvard Magazine Following yesterday’s Baccalaureate and separate graduations, the College today held its Class Day—as did other schools across the University—and recognized Harvard’s 2021 ROTC contingent.  A year after (remotely) welcoming Conan O’Brien ’85 to speak to the Class of 2020, the College today featured former Crimson and NBA star Jeremy Lin ’10, who—in addition to his continuing basketball career—has become a leading voice in opposition to discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States. Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Gottlieb profe...

LOOSE ENDS 5/28: Class Day × By Pam Hersh My favorite Princeton University graduation event is neither the commencement nor the baccalaureate ceremony, but rather a celebration that is a bit more obscure – and in a class all by itself. It is Class Day, which features no pomp and circumstance, just a lot of soul. A tradition that dates to 1856 and takes place the day before Princeton’s Commencement, Class Day is a lighthearted ceremony organized by seniors to recognize the achievements of their class. Over the years, I have stalked the proceedings (located – in my time – on Ca...

By Andrea Peed May 17, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (Photos by Dan Renzetti) Yale will celebrate Commencement 2021 from May 21 to 24 in a series of ceremonies recognizing the achievements of more than 3,500 graduates across the university. Spread across four days, the events — some in person, some online only — will incorporate many longtime customs familiar to generations of Yalies while accounting for the exceptional circumstances of the past year and adhering to public health guidelines. The rigorous choreo...