commencement exercises

The period covers a critical moment on campuses during finals and commencement exercises.

Most of the commencement exercises took place as scheduled and remained largely peaceful.

A week after police arrested nearly 100 protesters at Northeastern University, the school is holding its commencement exercises Sunday at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, for the fourth consecutive year.

New Zealander Jacinda Ardern, a leader of that country’s left-wing Labour Party, is the keynote speaker at Harvard’s commencement exercises on May 26.

He put on a cap and gown and marched in college commencement exercises.