Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rutgers University officials canceled the speech alumnus Rami Elghandour was set to deliver at this week's School of Engineering ...

Not all of Harrison Butker's moves have been total winners. Before his Kansas City Chiefs team secured their spot in the 2025 Super Bowl, the NFL kicker faced criticism for delivering a commencement ...

You know who you are. When someone you like is censored, you get up in arms. But when the other side is muzzled, you sit on your hands. It’s the oldest trick in the hypocrite’s playbook: free speech ...

“In a world of growing inequality, you are needed. You are needed more than ever,” convocation speaker Michael Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of City Year, told the Boston University School of Social Work ...

Convocation speaker Thomas “Tommy” Duncan presents at Florida A&M University on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla.

Editor’s note: Catherine (Ellie) Canning graduated from the University of Delaware in May 2020 with B.A. degrees in Latin American and Iberian studies and art history, with a minor in museum studies.

Donovan Livingston knew the stakes were high this year when he was asked to deliver a commencement address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches. Ten years ago, he was ...

President Donald Trump delivered the commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, his first visit to Connecticut since his re-election.

This story is about how to give an amazing speech — one that people will remember fondly, literally decades later. Bottom line upfront, it’s all about emotional intelligence. And I watched it happen ...

Controversy is swirling after New York University withheld the diploma of a student who made an “unapproved” pro-Palestinian speech at graduation ceremonies for its Gallatin School. NYU says the ...

In her now-viral graduation speech, valedictorian Lydia Owens of Woodmont High School in South Carolina reminds grads to find their worth in Jesus. And her faith-filled address is a powerful message ...

At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the banality of the graduation ceremony is a tradition worth celebrating. By A.O. Scott Over the past few weekends, graduating seniors at American colleges ...