Commencement Weekend

At this year’s commencement ceremony for the Doerr School of Sustainability, the Class of 2026 was assured: “The world is waiting for your light to shine. And you are ready.”

At Stanford GSE’s diploma ceremony, graduates were urged to “use their voices with courage” as they prepare to shape the future of education.

At the ceremony in Maples Pavilion, dean Lloyd Minor urged graduates to take their hard-won resilience and inspire hope in others.

The class of 2026 was sent into a rapidly changing legal profession with a charge: stay grounded in community and values.

This year’s lively nontraditional processional featured students sharing looks both absurd and silly, from surfers and ducks to playing cards and parking permits.

Levin urged graduates to embrace new perspectives and seek illumination through friction in their journeys ahead.

The CEO of Google and Alphabet drew on his journey from Chennai to Silicon Valley to encourage graduates to reframe challenges and pursue hard problems.

At Stanford’s 135th Commencement, Sundar Pichai delivered the keynote address to more than 20,000 attendees, celebrating one of the university’s largest graduating classes.

Keynote speaker Lerone A. Martin and student speaker Lamya Butt emphasized the communities that will sustain graduates long after they leave Stanford.

The CEO of Google and Alphabet will be the keynote speaker for Commencement 2026. Pichai holds a master’s in materials science and engineering from the university.