Information Density: Harvard University – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

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Commencement speaker

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Conan O’Brien will address the Class of 2026
The comedian, writer, television host, and Harvard alum will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 375th Commencement.
Conan O’Brien will address the Class of 2026

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Michelle Wu
Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu will be Harvard Law School’s Class Day Speaker.

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Michelle Wu

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Rochelle Walensky
Former CDC director Rochelle Walensky will deliver the Harvard Chan School’s Convocation speech.

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Rochelle Walensky

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Mychal Threets
Mychal Threets, “The Internet’s Librarian,” will deliver the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Convocation address.

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Mychal Threets

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Ruth Simmons
Higher education leader Ruth Simmons will be awarded the Radcliffe Medal.

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Ruth Simmons

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Yvonne Farrell
Architect Yvonne Farrell will address graduates at Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Class Day.

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Yvonne Farrell

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney will be the featured alumni speaker at Harvard Business School’s Class Day celebration.

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Mitt Romney

[H3] Drone for tracking whales
SEAS students Kuma McCraw and Mikaya Parente designed a drone to launch vertically from a small research vessel—eliminating the need for a runway—and then transition into fixed-wing flight for efficient long-duration operation.

[H3] Dental research projects
Graduating students at the School of Dental Medicine presented research spanning artificial intelligence, clinical care, global health, and more.

[H3] Advancing evolutionary theory
Lauren Bartel’s senior thesis, which studied families of Florida scrub-jays, produced one of the first direct measurements of large-scale DNA mutations in any wild vertebrate.

[H3] Dating Irish settlements
Andrew Bair’s dissertation focused on ring forts, the most numerous archaeological site type in Ireland. His research challenges the accepted chronology of Irish settlement in the Middle Ages.

[H3] Investigating AI’s bias
For her award winning senior thesis, Gauri Sood explored the gender, race, and age biases that popular image generating artificial intelligence models have.

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Harvard Business School
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Harvard Extension School
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School
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Harvard Law School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

This is an alphabetical list of departments and affiliates of Harvard University. If a department is not listed, try search.
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Achievement Gap Initiative
Advanced Leadership Initiative
Africa Research Center
African and African American Studies
Afro-Latin American Research Institute
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
American Repertory Theater at Harvard University
American Studies Department
Animal Law & Policy Program
Anthropology Department
Applied Computation Department
Applied Mathematics Department
Applied Physics Department
Architecture Department
Arnold Arboretum
Art, Film, and Visual Studies Department
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship
Arts & Humanities Division
Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School
Ash Center for Democratic Governance & Innovation
Asia Center
Asia-Pacific Research Center
Association of Black Faculty, Administrators, and Fellows
Association of Harvard Latinx Faculty and Staff
Astronomy Department
Atlas of Economic Complexity
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BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard University
Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Bioengineering Department
Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department
Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine Program
Biological Sciences in Public Health Program
Biomedical Engineering Department
Biomedical Informatics Department
Biophysics Program
Biostatistics Department
Black Hole Initiative
Bloomberg Center for Cities
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Boston Area Research Initiative
Business & Environment Initiative
Business History Initiative
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C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
California Research Center
Community and Campus Life
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Cell Biology Department
Celtic Languages and Literatures Department
Center for American Political Studies
Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research
Center for Brain Science
Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE)
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Center for Digital Thriving
Center for Education Policy Research
Center for Geographic Analysis
Center for Global Tobacco Control
Center for Green Buildings and Cities
Center for Health Communication
Center for Health Decision Science
Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Center for Health Promotion
Center for Hellenic Studies
Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
Center for International Development
Center for Jewish Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Center for Nanoscale Systems
Center for Public Leadership
Center for Race, Inequality and Social Equity Studies (CRISES)
Center for Research on Computation and Society
Center for the Developing Child (HCDC)
Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature
Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
Center for the Study of World Religions
Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications
Center on the Developing Child
Center on the Legal Profession
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
Chemical and Physical Biology Department
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department
Child Advocacy Program
China Health Partnership
China Project
Classics Department
Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights
Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Committee on the Concerns of Women
Committee on the Study of Religion
Comparative Literature Department
Computer Science Department
Condensed Matter Theory Group
Corporate Responsibility Initiative
Criminal Justice Institute
Criminal Justice Policy & Management
Crimmigration Clinic
Cyberlaw Clinic
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Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Defeating Malaria Initiative
Degree Verification
Developmental Biology Department
Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Digital Initiative
Digital Scholarship Group
Division of Social Science
DRSC/TRiP Functional Genomics Resources
Dudley Community
Dumbarton Oaks
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[H2] E
EARTH (Environment and Reproductive Health Study) Project
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department
East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department
Economics Department
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Education Law Clinic / Trauma & Learning Policy Initiative
Education Policy Program
Education Redesign Lab
Election Law Clinic
Electrical Engineering Department
Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
English Department
Environment and Natural Resources Program
Environmental Health Department
Environmental Science & Engineering Department
Environmental Science and Public Policy Concentration
Environmental & Energy Law Program
EPA/Harvard Center on Ambient Particle Health Effects
Epidemiology Department
Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases
Evidence for Policy Design
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
FAS Academic Technology Group
FAS Human Resources Department
Film Study Center
Folklore and Mythology Concentration
Forum for Growth & Innovation
Foundations of Private Law
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
First-Year Seminar Program
Future of Diplomacy Project
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Gender Initiative
Genetics and Complex Diseases Department
Genetics Department
Geopolitics of Energy Project
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Global Health and Health Policy Department
Global Health and Population Department
Global Initiative
Government Department
Growth Lab
GSAS Engage
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Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Asian Pacific Islander Desi Association of Faculty and Staff
Harvard Brain Science Initiative
Harvard Business School
Harvard Catalyst | Harvard Clinical & Translational Science Center
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Harvard Center Shanghai
Harvard China Fund
Harvard College
Harvard College Observatory
Harvard College Writing Center
Harvard College Writing Program
Harvard Data Science Initiative
Harvard Dialogues
Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Division of Health Care Policy Research & Education
Harvard Division of Nutrition
Harvard Ed Portal
Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
Harvard Electricity Policy Group
Harvard Environmental Economics Program
Harvard Extension School‎
Harvard Forest
Harvard Gazette
Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus
Harvard Global Health Institute
Harvard Global Support Services
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
Harvard Initiative on Law & Philosophy
Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Harvard Innovation Labs
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education
Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Harvard Library
Harvard Magazine
Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute
Harvard Malaria Initiative
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School Office for External Education
Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
Harvard Negotiation Project
Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
Harvard Online
Harvard Opinion Research Program
Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity
Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Harvard Quantum Initiative in Science and Engineering
Harvard Quantum Optics Center
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Harvard School of Education Magazine
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness
Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers
Harvard University
Harvard University Archives
Harvard University Asia Center
Harvard University Center for African Studies
Harvard University Center for AIDS Research
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Harvard University Health Services
Harvard University Herbaria
Harvard University Information Technology
Harvard University Native American Program
Harvard University Press
Harvard Writing Project
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard-Yenching Institute
Hauser Institute for Civil Society
Health Care Initiative
Health Policy and Management Department
Health Policy Program
Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
Healthcare Policy Program
History and Literature Department
History Department
History of Art and Architecture Department
History of Science Department
HKS Communications Program
HMS Celiac Research Program
HMS Center for Bioethics
HMS Center for Glycoscience
HMS Center for Palliative Care
HMS Center for Primary Care
HMS Division of Emergency Medicine
HMS Division of Sleep Medicine
HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine
HMS Orthopedic Trauma Initiative
Human Biology and Translational Medicine
Human Evolutionary Biology Department
Human Flourishing Program
Human Rights Entrepreneurs Clinic
Human Rights Program
Humanities Studio
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
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[H2] I
Immigration Initiative at Harvard
Immunology and Infectious Diseases Department
Immunology Department
Independent Study Program
India Research Center
Inequality in America Initiative
Institute for Global Law & Policy
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness
Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Institute of Politics
Institute of Theory and Computation
Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
International Health Systems Program
International Human Rights Clinic
International Security Program
Islamic Legal Studies Program
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Japan Research Center
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences
Joint Center for Housing Studies
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[H2] K
Korea Institute
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[H2] L
Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology
LabXchange
Landscape Architecture Department
Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness
Leverett House
LGBTQ Staff and Faculty Employee Resource Group (QERG)
Linguistics Department
Lung Cancer Disparities Center
Lung Cancer Susceptibility and Outcomes Study
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[H2] M
Mahindra Humanities Center
Making Caring Common
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Managing the Atom Project
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering Department
Mathematics Department
Mediation Clinic
Medieval Studies Committee
Memorial Church
Mexican Cities Initiative
Mexico Program
Microbial Sciences Initiative
Microbiology Department
Middle East & North Africa Research Center
Middle East Initiative
Mignone Center for Career Success
Migration Project
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
MIT/HMS Center for Magnetic Resonance
Molecular and Cellular Biology Department
Mossaver-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Museum of Natural History
Music Department
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[H2] N
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department
Neurobiology Department
Neuroepidemiology Research Group
New Towns Initiative
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Nurses’ Health Study
Nutrition Department
Nutrition Source
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[H2] O
Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities
Office for Dispute Resolution
Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
Office for Sustainability
Office for the Arts
Office of Faculty Development & Diversity
Office of Science Education
Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response
Office of Technology Development
Office of the Executive Vice President
Office of the General Counsel
Office of the President
Office of the Provost
Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning
Office of the Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability
Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Opportunity Insights
Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Department
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department
Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity Department
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department
Origins of Life Initiative
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
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[H2] P
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Petrie-Flom Center of Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
Phillips Brooks House Association
Phillips Brooks House Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship
Philosophy Department
Physical Sciences Department
Physics Department
Pluralism Project
Policing in America: Harvard Law
Population Health Sciences Department
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics
Program in Health Policy
Program in Islamic Law
Program in Quantitative Genomics
Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy
Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies
Program on Corporate Governance
Program on Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Program on Institutional Investors
Program on International Financial Systems
Program on International Law & Armed Conflict
Program on Law and Political Economy
Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World
Program on Negotiation
Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
Project Zero
Psychology Department
Public Education Leadership Project
Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
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[H2] R
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Regional Studies East Asia Program
Registrars’ Offices for Verifying Degrees
Religion and Public Life
Religious Freedom Clinic
Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences Department
Romance Languages and Literatures Department
Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Program
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[H2] S
Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability
Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative
Science Division
Science, Technology, and Pub

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Harvard Online

An extensive catalog of courses built on global expertise and research. Curated series of courses combine faculty and disciplines from across the University to extend learning opportunities.

Explore Harvard Online

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Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Rigorous courses and programs for working professionals, distance learners, high school- and college-age students, and those seeking higher learning in retirement.
Harvard Professional & Executive Development
Harvard Extension School
Harvard Summer School
Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement

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Harvard Business School

On-campus and online certificate courses from Harvard Business School to help advance your career or organization.
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Harvard Business School Online
Harvard Business Analytics Program

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Harvard Medical School

Medical and health care knowledge accessible to learners of all kinds including business and science leaders, clinicians and other health care professionals, pre-health career students, and patients and families.

Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education

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Executive Education

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Harvard Kennedy School

Offers senior leaders from every sector online and on-campus programs led by Harvard faculty to optimize your effectiveness and make a difference.
Executive Education
Public Leadership Credential

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Harvard Graduate School of Education

Timely, relevant professional education designed for early childhood leaders, K-12 leaders and teachers, and higher education professionals. Online, on-campus, blended, and customized program experiences combining Harvard research and teaching with peer-learning to advance the professional practices of educators from around the world.
Professional Development
Early Childhood Programs
K-12 Programs
Higher Education Programs
Programs for Organizations

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Harvard Law School

Virtual and in-person programs for lawyers and professionals from around the world that provide critical leadership, negotiation, and business skills that can be immediately applied in their careers.
Harvard Law School Executive Education
The Program on Negotiation Executive Education
Harvard Law School Online
Zero-L
Equality: Race and Constitutional History

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Executive and Continuing Professional Education

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Executive and Continuing Professional Education courses that inform the current generation of global health leaders and educate those ready to take on leadership positions in health care and public health around the world.
Programs for Individuals
Programs for Organizations

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Harvard Graduate School of Design

GSD’s highly interactive programs span design, architecture, real estate, technology, finance, city planning, leadership, and economic development. They are designed for leaders seeking to strengthen their global networks and build smarter, healthier, greener, and more beautiful buildings and cities.
Advanced Management Development Program (AMDP) in Real Estate
Open Enrollment Programs
Custom Programs Delivered Globally

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Professional Education

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Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Educational experiences for oral health care professionals and colleagues in other health professions.

Continuing Professional Education

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Continuing and Executive Education

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Harvard Divinity School

A selection of short seminars and online sessions exploring some of the world’s biggest questions with leading HDS scholars and professors of religion.

Explore the HDS programs

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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)

A collection of blended programs, workshops, forums, and courses that engineer solutions to the world’s most complex and multi-disciplinary problems tackled by professionals from a wide range of industries and organizations.

Explore SEAS Professional Education

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Professional Education

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Radcliffe Institute

Classes to help educators to bring their curricula to life.

Opportunities for Educators

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