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 speeches ...

Commencement this year comes at a time of uncertainty for graduates, who find themselves entering a polarized country steeped in political and economic tumult. It’s a scenario many graduation speakers ...

Celebs ‘Just friggin’ go for it:’ Jennifer Coolidge delivers rousing Emerson commencement speech Actress Jennifer Coolidge delivered the 2025 commencement speech at Emerson College, receiving an ...

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 should ...

Every year, celebrities, businesspeople, politicians, artists, and more get asked to address a graduating class in a commencement speech. The moment, which is usually equally exciting to the honoree ...

Chris Pan — social entrepreneur, Ohio State University alum and controversial spring commencement speaker — originally had even grander plans for his address, according to new emails obtained by The ...

As Jim Stephens approached the podium at the University of Alabama’s main graduation ceremony in May 2007, the United States was entering its fourth year of the Iraq War, with troops across the region ...

Between pieces of advice like “don’t try to be someone else,” the president attacked political foes and discussed everything from egg prices to transgender rights, often to cheers from the crowd. By ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology banned the 2025 class president from Friday's graduation commencement ceremony after she delivered a pro-Palestinian speech at an event Thursday. The ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has barred the senior class president from further graduation events after she accused the school of aiding “genocide” in Gaza and called for the university ...