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You can’t ever predict when a virus will strike, how exactly it will spread. So while it has been months since George Saunders gave his convocation address to graduates of Syracuse University – where ...

It’s that time of year when pomp and circumstance fills the air. Mortar boards and graduation gowns become June’s coolest fashion statement, and eager young minds look forward to the next chapter of ...

Plans after graduation: Attend the Schreyer Honors College and Penn State to study engineering. What I think I’ll be doing in 10 years: Settled with a job, and possibly engaging in higher education.

NASHUA – As “just an 18-year-old kid,” at once “excited, conflicted, and frankly terrified about the uncertainty of the future,” Nashua High School North salutatorian Stephen Norris wondered aloud, ...