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Commencement 2025

Harrinee Senthilkumar steps on the JHU seal in Gilman Hall after receiving her degree
Commencement 2025
Track star crosses the academic finish line
Published May 27, 2025
University hosts a special Commencement ceremony for Harrinee Senthilkumar, who missed the universitywide ceremony last week while competing in the NCAA Division III nationals in Ohio
Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels
President's Remarks
'Begin again in whatever calling summons your greatest passion'
Published May 22, 2025 Video
In address to the Class of 2025, he urges students to find the fortitude and persistence to pursue those endeavors that mean the most to them
Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan
Featured speaker
'Invest in what gives you meaning'
Published May 22, 2025 Video
Khan Academy founder urges the Class of 2025 to chase meaning and contentment rather than material comfort and recognition
Four people receive honorary degrees
Honorary degrees
Four transformational leaders recognized
Published May 22, 2025 Video
University honors AFRO publisher Toni Draper, JHU board chair Lou Forster, Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan, and visionary astrophysicist Alex Szalay
Student speaker Dalhart Dobbs
Senior speaker
'We have become Hopkins'
Published May 22, 2025 Video
Senior Dalhart Dobbs encourages graduates to carry the spirit of Hopkins with them in whatever they do
Jiawei Ge and Run Peng, with family
Commencement 2025
He got a hood, she got a ring
Published May 22, 2025
Johns Hopkins engineering doctoral student makes day extra memorable by proposing to longtime girlfriend
Clockwise from top left: Sal Khan, Lou Forster, Alex Szalay, and Toni Draper
Commencement 2025
JHU to recognize four honorary degree recipients
Published May 16, 2025
Degrees will be conferred during the universitywide Commencement on May 22 at Homewood Field
Myrna Blyth
Commencement 2025
Embracing the joys of lifelong learning
Published May 15, 2025
More than 60 years after earning her bachelor's degree, Myrna Blyth enrolled in the master of liberal arts program at Hopkins. Blyth, who will graduate Monday at age 86, said this degree pursuit was 'less purposeful but more meaningful.'
A professional headshot of Dalhart Dobbs.
Commencement 2025
Dalhart Dobbs named student speaker
Published April 30, 2025
Dobbs, a leading member of the Blue Key Society and former Student Government Association Senate president, will address his fellow graduates on May 22
Marion Nestle
Commencement 2025
Nutrition expert to speak at BSPH convocation
Published April 24, 2025
Author, advocate Marion Nestle will take part in the ceremony recognizing the valued role public health graduates play in improving health, saving lives around the world