A good commencement speech is not aimed at posterity, proffered to everyone for all time. Instead, it is a temporary moment in which a speaker brings a community together in the moment they share ...

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 ...

Something funny has happened to the familiar commencement address in the past 10 years. That something is YouTube. Steve Jobs' 2005 address at Stanford, to take just one example, has been viewed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hilary Duff delivers the Northeastern University's 2026 Commencement Speech on April 29, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts; Hugh ...

As campuses grow more polarized, universities weigh speech, protest and political backlash at commencement.

Each year, millions of students across the country graduate from college. To celebrate the major milestone, their schools host week-long celebrations culminating with commencement ceremonies where ...