Harvard Kennedy School celebrates our graduates who carry the School’s mission of public service around the globe.

Our graduates embody the aspiration that skilled leadership and smart public policy can improve people’s lives.

For general information about Harvard Commencement, visit commencement.harvard.edu.

 

“America needs ambassadors like you”—Christiane Amanpour urges HKS graduates to have moral courage

International broadcast journalist tells graduating students that “sometime, somewhere, each and every one of you will be called upon to speak up, to not follow the herd, to be brave.”

 

Graduating student profiles

Frustrated fighting wildfires in L.A., he resolved to build better tools

Rupen Dajee MPA 2025 launches tech startup to aid emergency responders, leveraging lessons learned firsthand as EMT, firefighter.


Livestreams

 

Class of 2025 Awards Ceremony

This awards ceremony is a time-honored HKS tradition where graduating students and their guests, as well as faculty members and staff, celebrate the Class of 2025.

Awards Ceremony
 

Address to Graduates by Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour, one of the world’s best-known and most respected broadcast journalists, will deliver the Address to Graduates to the HKS Class of 2025. 

Address to Graduates
 

HKS Diploma Ceremony

The HKS Diploma Ceremony is held directly following the University-wide Morning Exercises. Diplomas are awarded individually to graduating students on stage at this special celebration.  

HKS Diploma Ceremony

 

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Explore Commencement 2024

Read about our exceptional graduates and watch livestreams of the Class Day Awards Ceremony, remarks from Ambassador Nicholas Burns, and the Class of 2024 HKS Diploma Ceremony.

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