You can’t ever predict when a virus will strike, how exactly it will spread. So while it has been months since George Saunders gave his convocation address to graduates of Syracuse University – where ...

I had two commencement speeches: one in 2024 for my undergrad at Vassar College, and another in 2025 at Northwestern University for my master's. For two consecutive summers, I sat amid thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rearview shot of a group of university students standing outside on graduation day Donovan Livingston knew the stakes were high ...

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 ...