I want to start with a sound.” That’s how country singer Eric Church began his commencement address at UNC-Chapel Hill. He compared six of his most treasured values to the six strings of the guitar, using the sounds to call up meditations on each.

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“The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution,” Caulfield declared — prompting the students in the audience to begin booing, getting louder and louder until Caulfield chuckled, turned to the other speakers, and asked, “What happened?”

Hoda’s speech was definitely not the same old song and dance, even as she sang an old song that felt just right for the occasion.

Craig Melvin on the November 15, 2024, episode of NBC's 'Today.' - Nathan Congleton/NBC Craig Melvin skipped the Wednesday, May 20, episode of Today for a special reason. Savannah Guthrie pointed out that Melvin shares his birthday with global superstar Cher,

Country music star Eric Church earned praise for delivering the “greatest” commencement speech with his now-viral address to University of North Carolina graduates — after working on the piece for nearly a year.

Biotech executive Rami Elghandour posted his full convocation remarks online after the university pulled his invitation over his pro-Palestinian social media posts.

Eric Church’s UNC commencement speech is going viral. Read the whole thing and understand through the transcript why it is so moving.

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A Rutgers University convocation was held without its scheduled graduation speaker on Friday after the school withdrew its invitation to the prominent alumnus because some students objected to his social media posts about Israel.