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Harvard Kennedy School celebrates graduating students 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.

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Ban Ki-moon urges the Class of 2023 to “fix what my generation failed to fix”

Nearly four decades after he sat in the audience as a graduating student, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon MC/MPA 1984 looked out at hundreds of Harvard Kennedy School graduates and exhorted them to fix what his generation had failed to fix. 

Graduating Student Profiles

 

Konstantin Usov MC/MPA 2023 struggled with the decision to attend the Kennedy School, but others urged him not to pass up the opportunity to acquire knowledge to bring back and share when Kyiv and Ukraine begin rebuilding.

Livestreams

 

Class Day Awards Ceremony

Class Day is a time-honored vlog tradition where graduating students and their guests as well as faculty members and staff come together to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2023.

Class Day Awards Ceremony
 

Remarks by former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon MC/MPA 1984 at Harvard Kennedy School on May 24, 2023. 
 

 

The vlog Diploma Ceremony is held directly following Morning Exercises. Diplomas are awarded individually on stage at this special celebration. 
 

 

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