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?
Class of 2024 stories
Studying by day, changing diapers by night
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?
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
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’
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
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
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.