Seniors Roberta Hsu (left, in sweatshirt), Amy Dandola (right foreground) and Lyle Paladin-Tripp watch as weight is loaded onto the bridge they built in Professor Herbert Einstein's Civil Engineering Design Project class. Students have built bridges that can hold more than a ton of concrete blocks using common and inexpensive building materials. Photo / Donna Coveney
The inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist encourages the Class of 2024 to “accept impossible missions” and “lead with imagination” in uncertain times.