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"Class of 2026: today we are sent into the world: to Wall Street and classrooms, to hospitals and courtrooms. Like Father Sorin, we stand before a world that has grown cold. And though the people we encounter may know nothing about Notre Dame, we can leave a mark on their hearts with the warmth we have cultivated here. This may seem daunting. But we’ve been doing it for four years, and we are just getting started." - Valedictorian Martin Soros

On this day in 1974, Bonnie Raitt played Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge with opening act Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. In the crowd was Rolling Stone critic Jon Landau, who left inspired to write: "I have seen rock and roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen."

Two things can be true at once: tariffs can be bad economics and bad law. Taxing imports raises costs for Americans; doing it without proper authority also trashes the rules.

Winter is not yet over for the higher summits of the Whites. Pictured here at sunset this evening looking to the summit sign, with the summit picking up 1.6" of snow in the past 48 hours. Additional snow and wintry precipitation are expected this weekend over the higher terrain.

Graduation looks like an ending — it really isn't. It's the start of a harder, more important question: not just what they're going to do, but what their life is actually for. I’ve been thinking about that a lot in recent years, and it's part of why I wrote my new book, The Meaning of Your Life. If you have a graduate in your life and you’re looking for something worth giving them, consider getting them a copy.

Graduation Season Is Here. 2026 Commencements: April 29: Northeastern May 7: MCPHS May 9: Berklee, Emerson, Fisher May 15: Simmons, UMass Amherst May 16: Bentley, Lasell May 17: BU, Brandeis, Suffolk, Tufts May 18: BC May 21: MassArt May 28: Harvard, UMass Boston May 29: MIT