Commencement

Protests persist across Tisch, law school graduations
Faculty members tied their mouths shut with cloth and students held signs advocating for free speech and divestment from companies with ties to Israel.
Leena Ahmed, Contributing Writer
• May 22, 2025

NYU’s Class of 2020 Graduates Over Livestream
This year’s graduation ceremony was held over a 25-minute pre-edited video. In his initial email postponing the in-person ceremony President Hamilton stated the university would hold one eventually, although the details still remain unclear.
Abby Hofstetter, Managing Editor
• May 21, 2020

School of Medicine Commencement ’19
Akshay Prabhushankar, Deputy Managing Editor
• May 27, 2019

SPS Commencement ’19
Speakers at the 30th SPS undergraduate commencement encouraged graduates to pursue their careers with the underlying goal of changing the lives of people they work with for the better.
Anna-Dmitry Muratova, Senior Reporter
• May 27, 2019

Steinhardt Commencement ’19
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• May 26, 2019

President Hamilton Denounces GSAS Commencement Speaker’s Praise of BDS
A speaker at the Graduate School of Arts and Science commencement applauded efforts by student groups NYU Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice For Peace to boycott Israel. NYU President Andrew Hamilton released a statement condemning the speaker’s choice to do so.
Victor Porcelli, News Editor
• May 24, 2019

Liberal Studies Commencement ’19
Yasmin Gulec, Under the Arch Editor
• May 22, 2019

Commencement 2015
May 22, 2015

Commencement 2013
May 20, 2013



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Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor • May 16, 2025