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 ...

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 ...

Following U.S. President Donald Trump's May 24, 2025, commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he departed early without honoring a tradition of staying during the diploma ...

Turner Van Slyke '28 argues on behalf of Education & Democracy United for Stanford to reinstate student commencement speakers ...

President Donald Trump is delivering his first military commencement address since returning to office. The Republican president is set to speak to West Point’s graduating class on Saturday morning.

Usher Raymond IV is officially a doctor—an honorary one, at least! Dressed in the school’s blue and gold garb, the 46-year-old R&B icon received an honorary doctorate during Emory University’s ...

Every spring, the slate of commencement speakers at Catholic colleges across the country delivers a fresh round of inspiration — and sparks controversy. In fact, debate on the merits of this or that ...