Honorary Degree Recipients
Brandeis awarded honorary degrees to the following individuals during the 74th Commencement Exercises on May 18, 2025:
Shirley Ann Jackson (Graduate Ceremony Keynote Speaker)
Doctor of Science
Jim Obergefell
Doctor of Laws
Jonathan D. Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75 (Undergraduate Ceremony Keynote Speaker)
Doctor of Humane Letters
- Highlights Video
- Ceremony Photos
- Undergraduate Ceremony Remarks by Interim President Arthur Levine
- Undergraduate Commencement Address by Jonathan D. Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75
- Undergraduate Student Address by Hana Klempnauer Miller ’25
- Graduate Ceremony Remarks by Interim President Arthur Levine
- Graduate Commencement Address by Shirley Ann Jackson
- Graduate Student Address by Giselle Gabriel, Heller MA’25
- Honorary Degree Recipients
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