Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland, who earned a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, will be the university’s commencement speaker May 19. Strickland now teaches physics at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada, but was recognized by the Nobel ...

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Scientist John Seely Brown, who has explored the intersection of disciplines and helps others do the same, will be RIT’s 2019 keynote commencement speaker May 10. Brown was chief scientist at Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto ...

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Roberts Wesleyan College has announced its commencement speaker will be Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent emerita and ambassador of The Wesleyan Church. Commencement ceremonies will be May 5 in Voller Athletic Center on the college’s campus in North Chili. Lyon ...

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A St. John Fisher College alumnus who is an international relations expert will be the keynote speaker at the college’s commencement May 12. George A. Lopez, a founding and emeritus faculty member at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies ...

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Two local colleges have announced their commencement speakers for the spring—one a star and another who has helped NASA shoot for the stars. Actor Michael Park will speak at Nazareth in Pittsford, while geology scientist John Grotzinger will speak at ...

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