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Photos by Mike Lovett

  • A raised hand in the middle of students in caps and gowns
  • A group of graduates give thumbs up
  • Happy students excited about commencement
  • Students, one with blue hair, in caps and gowns
  • Benjamin Carl Astrachan

    Benjamin Carl Astrachan ’19 sings The Star-Spangled Banner.

  • Ron Liebowitz

    Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz delivers remarks at Commencement.

  • Deborah Lipstadt

    Deborah Lipstadt addresses the crowd at Brandeis' 68th Commencement.

  • R. Matthews

    Undergraduate speaker R. Matthews told his classmates "This speech is dedicated to the ones who did the impossible thing. The ones who did the unthinkable. Whatever that thing is, I’m proud of you.”

  • A group of graduates
  • Students in caps and gowns filing in to their seats
  • President Ron Liebowitz speaks to the crowd

    Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz addresses the crowd

  • Three graduate students smile for the camera

    Three friends taking in a momentous occasion.

  • A group of students in caps and gowns
  • A student surrounded by other students takes a photo with a cell phone

    Feeling so excited that she had to take a selfie.

  • A group of students in caps and gowns
  • A student gives a thumbs up while filing in

    Members of the Class of 2019 file into their seats during the main procession.

  • Akash Kalra

    Graduate student speaker Akash Kalra, MBA'19, thanked his Brandeis professors and friends for instilling a new confidence in him. "If you'd asked me only a couple of years before whether I can imagine myself standing up here in front of so many people, I would have laughed it off," he said.

  • A graduate stands between her parents

    A graduate feels the love from her proud family.

  • The Gosman Sports and Convocation Center awaiting the arrival of the graduates, their families and distinguished guests.

    The Gosman Sports and Convocation Center awaiting the arrival of the graduates, their families and distinguished guests.

  • Two students kiss in the background while another takes a photo with a cell phone

    Graduates making memories at Commencement.

  • A graduate stands with her family

    Smiles lit up a sometimes-gray day.

  • Students in caps and gowns wave to others in the crowd
  • Two students take a selfie
  • Three graduates smile at the camera
  • A person in a cap and gown hitting a gong
  • Three graduates smile at the camera
  • A student in a cap and gown looks down and smiles at the camera
  • Students in caps and gowns energetically pose for the camera
  • Graduates pose outside
  • Students clap while looking up at a commencement speaker

    Looking with anticipation to the next chapter.

  • Close up of two students
  • Three graduates pose outside
  • A group of graduates pose for the camera
  • A graduate gets a hug from a family member
  • Bernadette Brooten stands with her hands in the air

    Bernadette Brooten, the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies, takes a curtain call as she is saluted upon her retirement.