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‘Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish’: The Best Quotes From Graduation 2012
Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill, and J.K. Rowling have all lit fires in the bellies of graduates with their words.
Whether or not you've walked across...
Paralyzed Teen Fulfills Vow To Walk At High School Graduation
A dream 17 years-in-the-making came true for a California boy when he got out of his wheelchair and walked to accept his high school...
Paralyzed Student Walks at UC Berkeley Graduation
Four years ago, a Southern California teen with a 4.0 GPA who loved sports and theater was forced to adapt to life in a...
Four Cities Receive $12 Million to Improve College Graduation Rates
History shows that less than one-quarter of low-income students at community colleges overcome the challenges of earning a degree. Yesterday, the Bill & Melinda...
Autistic Honors Student Delivers Stirring Graduation Speech
18-year-old Eric Duquette, who didn't speak until the age of five, but now is fluent in Spanish, inspired his high school classmates last week...
How a Kalamazoo High School Won a Graduation Speech from Obama
Kalamazoo Central High School beat out more than 1,000 applicants to win the "Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge" and the honor...
Green Graduation: Gowns Now Recycle or Biodegrade
College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins. For years,...
NH University Uses Landfill Gas to Power Green Graduation
The University of New Hampshire is the first in the nation to receive most of its heat and electricity from landfill gas. It showcased...
Gender Gap Narrows as College Graduation Rates Rise
Washington D.C. – University graduation rates continue to rise in the U.S. while more of those beneath a cap and gown are female as...
New York Medical School Surprises Students with Free Tuition in Perpetuity After $1Billion Gift–WATCH
When a woman was left an inheritance of $1 billion from her late husband, she used it to pay forward the tuition of students...
Most Americans Say the BEST Part of the Super Bowl is Not the Actual Game
According to an American survey of 2,000 Super Bowl watchers, 40% look forward to attending or hosting a party for the big game, rather...
Good News in History, January 23
80 years ago today, the classic film Casablanca premiered on screens across the US. Beloved for the onscreen chemistry between the two lead actors,...
Grandmother Graduates 60 Years After She Began College–and They Planned a Moving Tribute for Her (Watch)
An English grandmother has finally graduated from university nearly 60 years after she first started pursuing her degree.
Calling the pursuit off after she became...
Good News in History, December 4
128 years ago today, Feng Youlan was born. This Chinese academic and philosopher was instrumental in reintroducing the Chinese classics of philosophy to the...
University Creates 2-Year Debt-Free College Degree to Help Underserved Students
Butler University of Indianapolis has created a 2-year debt-free college to offer an associate's degree aimed at helping prospective first-generation laureates get access to...
Good News in History, October 31
On this day, 73 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the "Queen of Curves," who "liberated architectural geometry, giving...
Debt Activists Cancel $10 Million in Student Loan Debt After Buying it All for a Penny on the Dollar
From Atlanta comes an uplifting story of nearly 3,000 students getting a brighter future after a debtor organization bought $10 million in student loans...
Good News in History, October 19
3 years ago today, the high-profile sale of a Ming Dynasty artwork brought the world not only into contact with the most remarkable painting...
72-Year-old Graduates from College with His 99-yo Mom Cheering Him On
Sam Kaplan of Lawrenceville, Georgia has added many items to his resume over the years. But on May 11th, in his 72nd year of...
Good News in History, October 2
66 years ago today, a new island, or Ilha Novo, appeared on the edge of the westernmost island (Faial) in the Azores chain after...