December 5, 2025
{ THANK YOU }
“For nearly 400 years, Harvard has dedicated itself to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. These values drive our work every day and are the bedrock of our community. The past year has shown how dearly all of us hold these principles. Your generous support—through philanthropy and advocacy for the University—has never been more important. I, and all of Harvard, am deeply grateful for everything you do.”
President Garber greets the audience at Commencement. Photo: Niles Singer, Harvard Staff Photographer
During summer break, hundreds of undergraduates receive funding to work alongside faculty mentors on cutting-edge research across a range of disciplines. Nouraldeen Ibrahim ’26 worked in professor of medicine and biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology Philip Cole’s lab studying Legionnaires’ disease. Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Graduates celebrate at Commencement 2025. Harvard’s Schools awarded 9,434 degrees. Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Photo: Grace DuVal, Harvard Staff Photographer
1,675 new students from 92 countries and all 50 states joined the Harvard College community as the Class of 2029. Thanks to generous donor support, nearly half will pay no tuition. This year, President Garber and Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra announced a significant expansion of financial aid. Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Despite challenges in the funding landscape, Harvard’s researchers and scientists continue to make breakthroughs. A team led by Theodore William Richards Professor of Physics Kang-Kuen Ni (center) successfully trapped molecules to perform quantum operations for the first time. Photo: Grace DuVal, Harvard Staff Photographer
Associate professor of stem cell and regenerative biology Jessica Whited shows her youngest donor, Marianne Cullen, around the lab. Six-year-old Marianne raised $1,500 for Professor Whited’s research on axolotls and was the first donor to come forward after her federal research grants were canceled. Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Leading Harvard psychologists and neuroscientists joined donors at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning to examine the mechanics of human cognition and how a deeper understanding of the mind can drive innovation in education, health, and technology.
The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence convened more than 1,000 people to explore key topics in the rapidly advancing field of neuroAI, the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
Nearly 10,000 alumni returned to campus for Harvard Alumni Day this year.
The David Rubenstein Treehouse, designed by Jeanne Gang MArch ’93, founding partner of Studio Gang and Kajima Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, opened as Harvard’s first University-wide conference center.
President Garber joined David Rubenstein for a conversation in the Rubenstein Treehouse, which aired on Bloomberg Television’s The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations.
President emeriti Drew Gilpin Faust and Lawrence S. Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78 greet Jack Reardon AB ’60, who retired this fall following 60 years of dedicated service to Harvard.
Harvard Corporation member Tracy Palandjian AB ’83, MBA ’97 and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey AB ’92 at a panel on climate and economic progress during the Salata Institute’s Climate Action Week. Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer
Photo: Veasey Conway, Harvard Staff Photographer