Commencement

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston will be MIT’s 2013 Commencement speakerMIT alumnus and co-founder of popular file-transfer service will address the Class of 2013 on June 7.

A festive day for MIT’s 146th Commencement exercisesGraduates reminisce and celebrate in innovative ways.

President Susan Hockfield’s charge to the 2012 graduates‘Now is the moment for us to send you forth … to put MIT’s spirit and principles to work around the globe.’

Sal Khan's Commencement addressAlumnus, Khan Academy founder speaks to the Class of 2012

Sal Khan salutes ‘the wizards of tomorrow’In commencement address, 1998 alumnus asks the Class of 2012 to perform a thought experiment in time travel.

Slideshow: Doctoral hooding ceremonyNew PhD, ScD recipients honored at annual ceremony.

Tech Reunions draw thousands of alumni to campusAlumni, many in red jackets, will attend some 140 events from June 7-10 to celebrate and renew their MIT connections.

Engineering CommencementInnovations and traditions evolve with the history of MIT graduation.

Sal Khan to deliver 2012 Commencement addressOnline-education pioneer, MIT alumnus to speak to the Class of 2012 on June 8.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'

Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'

Corporation elects new membersNine term members will serve for five years on MIT’s board of trustees.

‘Set your sights on changing the world’At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.

MIT for TwoWhen Noramay Cadena ’03, MS ’11, MBA ’11 arrived on campus as an 18-year-old freshman, she brought along her toddler. When she returned to earn two graduate degrees, her daughter felt right at home.

Slideshow: Doctoral hooding ceremonyNew PhD, ScD recipients honored at annual ceremony.

Preparing the groundsFriday's 145th Commencement exercises will celebrate MIT tradition.

Toast to Tech marks end of MIT150 on June 4Institute community invited to the final anniversary celebration.

Volunteer at Commencement 2011Online registration now open; guest services volunteers are vital to the event's success.

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to deliver 2011 Commencement addressWill help cap MIT's 150th anniversary celebration

Alumni rock the Pops, donate $36 MillionHarmonix co-founded Eran Egozy ’95, MNG ’95 provided his company's Rock Band Beatles sing-a-long for Tech Night at the Pops, one of 139 events that drew more than 3,100 alumni and guests to campus June 3-6 for Tech Reunions.

Lunch with a Laureate: Richard SchrockPresented by the MIT Museum and the Cambridge Science Festival

Graduate Student Council President Alex Hamilton Chan's speech to the graduates'Engineer tomorrow with dreams that transcend the impossible'

Tech Reunions: The Red Coats come to campusThe largest alumni gathering of the year begins on campus Thursday, June 3.

'You can’t play it safe and win’Speaker Ray Stata urges graduates to find solutions to humanity’s greatest problems — and to risk failure along the way — at MIT Commencement.

Ray Stata's Commencement address'The spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship applies not just to business, engineering and science, but to every aspect of work and life'

President Hockfield's charge to the graduatesShe urges students to not simply advance the cause of 'sustainability,' but to push even further and do 'a great deal of good'

Slideshow: MIT’s 144th Commencement exercisesParticipants enjoyed warm, sunny weather — and words of wisdom.

Institute Awards 2009-2010Celebrating extraordinary achievement at MIT

Slideshow: Doctoral hoodingPhD, ScD recipients honored at annual ceremony