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Collage-style image of Northeastern’s 2025 Commencement at Fenway Park featuring graduates throwing caps, the Red Sox mascot Wally in a Northeastern jersey, cheering students, and a packed stadium with “2025 Commencement RECAP” overlaid in bold text.

Video: Highlights from Northeastern’s 2025 commencement at Fenway Park

Smiling headshot of Bryce Van Laanen
by Bryce Van Laanen
Stephen Lynch delivers keynote at a Northeastern’s ceremony.

How a Northeastern engineering degree fueled Stephen Lynch’s career in clean energy and smart tech

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by Cyrus Moulton
Smiling headshot of Gregory Abowd

Gregory Abowd, dean of College of Engineering, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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by Tanner Stening
Wide view of Northeastern's 2025 Commencement at Fenway Park, with fireworks in the sky and “HUSKIES FOR LIFE” spelled out in the stands.

Thousands of Northeastern graduates celebrate commencement and lifelong community

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by Cyrus Moulton
Graduates throw their caps into the air at Fenway Park during Northeastern’s 2025 Commencement ceremony.

Photos: Cheers, speeches and snapshots from 2025 commencement

by Matthew Modoono
Graduate Daunte Pean speaks at the 2025 undergraduate commencement ceremony.

‘Push past comfort zones,’ Northeastern undergraduate commencement student speaker says

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by Erin Kayata
Northeastern graduate smiles and embraces family members outside Fenway Park on Commencement Day.

At Northeastern’s 2025 commencement, families share pride, appreciation and emotional moments

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by Cesareo Contreras
Elliot Grainge stands on stage in academic regalia during Northeastern’s 2025 Commencement at Fenway Park.

The greatness of ‘no’: Elliot Grainge, student speakers emphasize helping others, being fearless during undergraduate commencement ceremony

by Schuyler Velasco
Two Northeastern graduates in caps and gowns take a celebratory selfie during Commencement at Fenway Park.

They came to Northeastern, they graduated with jobs. These students describe their next chapters

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by Tanner Stening
President Aoun speaks on stage at Northeastern’s Graduate Commencement ceremony at Fenway Park.

President Joseph E. Aoun congratulates graduates for ‘priceless’ skills to navigate the AI revolution

by Ian Thomsen
Northeastern President Joseph Aoun speaks at the 2025 Commencement ceremony in front of the university seal.

10 powerful quotes from Northeastern commencement speakers

by Mark Conti
David Roux speaks at Northeastern Commencement.

During Northeastern graduate ceremony, David Roux urges students to build lives worth remembering 

by Alena Kuzub