Graduation

Events and Schedule

Additional details for 2024 graduation events will be added as it becomes available.

Harvard Chan Convocation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
11:30 AM
Harvard Chan School (677 Huntington Avenue), Countway Plaza
Reception to follow the ceremony

Harvard Chan Convocation

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
11:00 AM
Reggie Lewis Center (1350 Tremont Street)
Reception to follow the ceremony

Harvard University Commencement Morning Exercises

Thursday, May 23, 2024
9:30 AM
Tercentenary Theatre (Harvard Yard)
Commencement website

University-wide Affinity Celebrations

Hosted by community partners and alumni, these student led gatherings celebrate the diverse cultures, communities, and identities present at Harvard. These events center the cultural and community traditions and values of graduates and provide opportunities to honor those who helped them reach this milestone. These celebrations offer keynote speakers, performances, regalia accessories, and cultural celebrations.

Affinity celebrations are open to all Harvard graduates who pre-register to attend. Those interested in participating in one or more of the affinity celebrations or ordering a regalia accessory, should complete this registration form by Monday, April 22.

Visit the affinity celebrations webpage to learn more.

Questions?

Contact

Registrar’s Office: registrar@hsph.harvard.edu
For questions related to graduation applications, ETDs submissions, tuition, and diplomas.

Office for Student Affairs: convocation@hsph.harvard.edu
For questions related to the graduation ceremonies and awards.

Office of Financial Aid: financialaid@hsph.harvard.edu
For questions related to financial aid and loan exit counseling.

Office for Career and Professional Development: careers@hsph.harvard.edu
For career related questions.

Office for Alumni Relations: alumni@hsph.harvard.edu
For questions related to alumni affairs.

Class of 2024 stories

Studying by day, changing diapers by night Apr. 4

For married students Matt and Sally Hamm, MDs who’ve worked together as Air Force flight surgeons, Harvard Chan School’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program has provided an ideal opportunity to deepen their training while raising four kids.

When women give birth while in prison, how do their children fare? Mar. 20

Research by Bethany Kotlar, PhD ’24, follows children born to incarcerated mothers for the first three years of their lives.

Building a better system for transgender health care Mar. 7

Ivan Hsiao, MPH ’24, is a transgender entrepreneur who founded the startup Trans Health HQ to decrease clinicians’ barriers to providing gender-affirming care.

‘I’m going to fix everyone’ Feb. 14

Despite his challenging start in rural Jamaica, James Frater, MPH ’24, overcame enormous obstacles to achieve his lifelong goal of becoming a doctor. He then helped others dream big.

Understanding contraceptive decision-making in sub-Saharan Africa Feb. 1

Valencia Lambert, SM ’24, brings a passion for community partnerships to her work addressing women’s reproductive health and infectious-disease outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

A healer’s journey Jan. 30 2023

Lin Abdul Rahman, DrPH ’24, has spent a career advocating for children who have suffered sexual abuse—even as she has healed from her own childhood trauma.