2025 graduation speeches give inspiration through activism and humor By Nia Dumas Published May 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM EDT Listen • 2:59 ...

Harvard Divinity School refused to publish this year’s commencement speech after one of its speakers went off-script to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza, as The Intercept reported last month. Now, The ...

Thank you. And now it is my great pleasure to introduce our commencement speaker, an individual who certainly understands the importance of taking that first step. Emma Coburn is a three-time track ...

A student speaker was recently disciplined by NYU for giving an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian speech at his school’s commencement ceremony. NYU apparently rejected the idea that the address ...

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With a career spanning over 40 years, Umit Ozkan has made a name for herself, paving the way as a woman in the chemical ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) criticized a New York University student who made pro-Palestine remarks during his recent graduation speech, after the university announced it would be withholding ...

After graduation, Hall plans to move to Washington, D.C., to pursue a career focused on driving positive change. Hall's commencement speech will encourage her classmates to reflect on their ...

Musician Evelyn Harris, one of Smith College’s commencement speakers, has relinquished her honorary degree after plagiarizing her speech, according to a Tuesday email obtained by MassLive. Smith ...

As college graduates across the country turn their tassels to the left and step into a world full of possibilities — and uncertainties — this year's commencement speakers have given moving ...