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Billionaire Robert F. Smith announced during Sunday's commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta that he and his family would pay off the entire graduating class's student debt.

The graduates heard from actor Hank Azaria and some of the characters he voices on The Simpsons. Chief Wiggum, Apu and the Comic Book Guy were just a few of the voices Azaria did for the crowd.

The school's hundred-plus seniors will ride a ski lift, receive their diplomas and take a portrait against a scenic backdrop. With social-distancing, the entire ceremony could take up to seven hours.

It's graduation season at colleges and universities around the country. We hear selections of commencement addresses culled from decades past.

Kamala Harris made history Saturday when she became the first woman to deliver remarks to a graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which was established over two centuries ago.

Former college President Hal Wilde has endured dozens of graduation ceremonies. He says procuring the speaker was one of his most annoying tasks. And for what? Students rarely remember the message.

Jerich Marco Alcantara and his family were riding to his graduation at Hunter College when their subway train broke down. They missed the ceremony, but held their own on the subway instead.

NPR’s David Folkenflik discusses the speech Abramson made today, after being fired last week from The New York Times.

There is an outcry over the secretary of education's invitation to speak at the commencement of a private, Christian, historically black college in Florida.

His address inspired many. It was a rare moment when the Apple co-founder spoke about himself. "You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever," he said.