On this episode of Challenge. Change., relive the highlights of Commencement 2026, held on Monday, May 18, at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Commencement speakers — including renowned astrophysicist and University of Chicago Professor Wendy L. Freedman; Sir Andrew Steer, one of the world’s foremost climate experts; Board of Trustees chair Roy DiNicola ’90; William Stafford ’26; and Nourhan Beshir Attia, M.S. ’26 — noted the challenges that graduates, and the rest of the world, will face in the coming years, climate change chief among them. But they also underscored the importance of determination and confidence.
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