Brandeis Stories

Photos: Undergraduate students celebrate a milestone at Commencement

The Class of 2025 gathered with family, friends and faculty to celebrate their achievements during the undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Photography by Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse
May 21, 2025

Two graduating students dressed in academic regalia smile at Commencement.
A graduating student dressed in academic regalia walks across the stage with a degree in hand during Commencement.
A graduating student wearing academic regalia adjusts their cap.

“Ours is a community that turns lessons into change, thought into action. Brandesians don't wait for the world to change, they make the change themselves.”

Hana Klempnauer Miller ’25

Hana Klempnauer Miller, dressed in academic regalia, addresses an audience from a podium at Commencement.
Hana Klempnauer Miller ’25 delivered the undergraduate student address.
A graduating student moves to give President Levine a hug on stage during Commencement.
Interim President Arthur Levine congratulates Student Union President Rani B. ’25.
Jonathan Sarna, dressed in academic regalia, speaks into a microphone at a podium on stage at Commencement.
Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, H’25, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, delivered the undergraduate Commencement ceremony keynote address.

“As you now set forth amid the turbulence and the traumas of our time, eager to promote change and impatient to start, I hope that you will keep Louis Brandeis' admonition in mind. Be patient as well as persistent. Aim at the happy medium. Learn from history.”

Jonathan D. Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75

A student dressed in academic regalia smiles and holds up the Venezuelan flag on stage.
A student dressed in academic regalia waves from the stage at Commencement.
Graduating students dressed in academic regalia sit in the audience at the undergraduate Commencement ceremony.
Nicole Emily Albright signs the national anthem on stage.
Nicole Emily Albright ’25 sang the National Anthem at the undergraduate ceremony.
Rabbi Seth Winberg speaks into a microphone at a podium on stage during Commencement.
Rabbi Seth Winberg gave the invocation at the undergraduate ceremony.
Two graduating students dressed in academic regalia smile together outside.
Two graduating students wear hand-decorated mortarboards. One reads "I found something that makes goodbye so hard" and the other reads "2025."
Graduating students showcased their creativity by decorating their mortarboards.
A graduating student wears a hand-decorated mortarboard with an image of a beach that reads "Making Waves."
Graduating students walk down a flight of stairs wearing academic regalia. One holds up the peace sign.
A graduating student wearing academic regalia blows bubbles after the Commencement ceremony.
A graduating student dressed in academic regalia smiles at a friend.
A graduate wearing academic regalia hugs a friend.
Graduating students take a selfie with their family outside after the Commencement ceremony.
A graduating student hugs two children outside after the Commencement ceremony.
A graduating student poses for a photo with his family outside after the Commencement ceremony.