STANFORD, Calif. - Sunday afternoon hundreds of Stanford graduates and families walked out of the university's 2024 commencement ceremony in protest of the Israel-Hamas War.

Hundreds of students streamed out of commencement at California's Stanford University on Sunday as part of the spring wave of pro-Palestinian protests on American college campuses.

Stanford’s youngest commencement speaker, Katie Ledecky ’20, a psychology alumna and 14-time Olympic medalist, returned to the Farm to address the Class of 2025.

The 134th Commencement ceremony took place at Stanford Stadium on Sunday, where the University conferred degrees to the long-awaited Class of 2025. Surrounded by family, friends and faculty, the ...

Stanford Business School students celebrate their Conferral of Degrees announcement during the 2025 Stanford Commencement ceremony at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Jun 3, 2017; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Stanford swimmer Katie Ledecky looks at the scoreboard after the A Finals of the Women's 200m Freestyle at George F. Haines International Swim Center.

In June, Stanford alum and the most decorated female Olympian in history, Katie Ledecky, will come back to campus to address the graduating class of 2025 during commencement.

Katie Ledecky returned to Stanford, her alma mater, to give a 21-minute keynote address at the commencement for the university’s largest graduating class in history. Ledecky, 28, noted she is no more ...

The Steve Jobs Archive is marking the 20th anniversary of Jobs’ Stanford commencement address with new videos, documents, and more. It’s the 20th anniversary of the speech. Skip to main content ...