Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard University and Harvard Medical School held virtual graduation ceremonies to ensure the health and safety of the Harvard communities. In-person celebrations will take place at a later date.
Maximum Joy
2020 HMS, HSDM grads mark an unforgettable Class Day celebration
“You can remake our health care system and remake the world.”
To the Master's Class of 2020
Master's graduation keynote address by Laurie Glimcher
“This is now your time. You are being called to do your part to be agents of health and use the power of science, combined with your own curiosity, talent and training to solve the problems that plague humanity today,
We are at a challenging moment in history, but challenges inspire evolution—an evolution that Harvard graduates can direct. How can we adapt to serve our communities and future generations? It is our responsibility to evolve ourselves from students of medicine and the sciences to drivers of social progress and innovation.
Real Vows, Virtual Wedding
Graduating HMS students Gavin Ovsak and Parisa Fallah hold marriage ceremony in midst of COVID-19 pandemic
Before this pandemic, our communities dedicated tremendous time and resources toward our development as healthcare professionals for moments in history exactly like this; I feel privileged to have received such training and eager to apply it to the clinical, educational, and advocacy efforts we as healthcare providers are expected to fulfill in this uncertain time.
Class Day speaker: Astronaut, engineer, surgeon
Robert Satcher Jr. is an alumnus of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology and a NASA astronaut. Now an associate professor of orthopaedic oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, his career has involved a love of exploration. Read more about Robert Satcher Jr. here.
Silver Lining
Virtual Match Day captures joy, purpose for HMS 2020 graduates
Option to Serve
Graduating med students given early degree option to help in COVID-19 fight
