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Six hundred and eighty four members of the Class of 2019 received their degrees during the institution’s 198th commencement exercises held along the banks of Taylor Lake — ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s first outdoor ceremony since 2008.

Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by Antonio Delgado,’99, U.S. Representative for the 19th Congressional District of New York, at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s 198th Commencement, Sunday, May 19, 2019.

With the Class of 2019, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ graduates the first class of film and media studies majors

Award-winning journalist Ann Curry visited ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ to discuss climate change and her career.

The easternmost of ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s two new residential facilities will be named Burke Hall, in recognition of a $10 million gift from Gretchen ’81 and Steve ’80 Burke P’11,’20.

William Rosencrans ’19 will spend a year conducting biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., as a 2019 Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) recipient.

¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s Board of Trustees has announced its new leadership team and welcomes eight new members, effective May 4, 2019. As previously announced, Michael J. Herling ’79, P’08’09’12, assumes the role of board chair; joining him are vice chairs Gus P. Coldebella ’91 and Jeanne Follansbee ’78, P’08.

One of ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s two new residence halls will be named Jane Pinchin Hall.