NYU 2019 Commencement Highlights

Highlights from New York University's 187th Commencement held at Yankee Stadium, May 22, 2019

Poet Elizabeth Alexander addressed some 10,000 students receiving undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees at the morning ceremony.

NYU President Andrew Hamilton and Trustees Chair William Berkley today officiated NYU’s 187th Commencement at Yankee Stadium. Some 10,000 students receiving undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and more than 30,000 family, friends, alumni, faculty, and other NYU community members attended the morning ceremony.

This was the fourth Commencement presided over by Hamilton and Berkley.

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