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Yunus tells MIT grads they can 'change the world'

2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohammad Yunus told graduating students at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises on Friday that they "represent the future of the world." June 6, 2008

Commencement address by Muhammad Yunus

MIT's Commencement address was delivered by Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, at the Institute's ceremony held June 6, 2008. June 6, 2008

Commencement 2008 photo gallery

A photo gallery chronicling the events of MIT's Commencement on June 6, 2008. June 6, 2008

MIT prepares for 142nd Commencement

Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the principal address at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises at 10 a.m., Friday, June 6, in Killian Court. In all, 2,335 undergraduate and graduate students are scheduled to receive degrees. June 4, 2008

Red Coats Return

Tech Reunions 2008 will bring more than 3,240 alumni and guests from 44 states and 44 countries to campus this weekend. June 4, 2008

Wave of the future

When this year's seniors arrived at MIT four years ago, the biological engineering major did not exist. But this Friday, twenty-three MIT students will become the Institute's first graduates from the new biological engineering program. June 2, 2008

What role for America? MIT students weigh in

MIT senior Ali Wyne recalls how four years ago he couldn't get anyone to talk politics. But that has changed with the current presidential campaign, and now Wyne is showcasing his fellow students' new political energy in "America in the World: MIT Speaks." May 29, 2008

Commencement: Getting ready

Facilities workers prepare Killian Court for MIT Commencement, to be held on Friday, June 6. May 21, 2008

Microcredit pioneer to be Commencement speaker

Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver MIT's 2008 Commencement address on June 6. Yunus won the Nobel Prize for pioneering the microlending movement, which offers credit without collateral to the poor. December 5, 2007

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