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See highlights from past Convocation ceremonies at Brown University.

At Brown’s 259th Opening Convocation, keynote speaker Tejal A. Desai urged students to seek out new perspectives and immerse themselves in research.
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At the 258th Opening Convocation, keynote speaker Noliwe Rooks told students to look to Brown’s history for lessons on how to center truth and advance knowledge amid a challenging global moment.
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At Brown’s 257th Opening Convocation, held virtually, keynote speaker Andre C. Willis urged students to learn from the past and embrace change to help define the “new normal.”
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At Brown’s 256th Opening Convocation, Rashid Zia encouraged students to harness the power of the Open Curriculum to become change agents in their communities.
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At Brown’s 255th Opening Convocation, Provost Richard Locke implored students to embrace the University's values and leverage opportunities to create positive social change.
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At Brown’s 254th Opening Convocation, Professor Daniel Jordan Smith urged students to listen carefully, seek new perspectives and reject an “us vs. them” mentality to advance and repair the world.
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At Brown’s 253rd Opening Convocation, keynote speaker Andrew G. Campbell urged students to examine their own assumptions, call upon their imaginations and take creative and intellectual risks.
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Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, delivered the 252nd Opening Convocation address to the campus community.
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At Brown’s 251st Opening Convocation, Provost Vicki Leigh Colvin delivered the keynote address, titled “Fresh Eyes.”
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Omer Bartov, professor of history, delivered the 250th Opening Convocation address “Education, Power and Conformism.”
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