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Please check back often for updates. Thank you!</p> <hr /> <p>Cornell University will hold <strong>two in-person</strong> <a href="https://commencement.cornell.edu/may/events/comm/">Commencement Ceremonies</a> for the Class of 2025 on<strong> Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Schoellkopf Field.</strong></p> <p></p> <hr /> <p>College, school and/or department events are held throughout Commencement weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Review <a href="https://commencement.cornell.edu/may/events/">Events & Schedule</a> section for details.</p> <p></div> </div> <div class="columnmore"><a href="https://commencement.cornell.edu/may/">Enter May Site »</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="ppcolumn column2 col-item" id="column2"> <h2 class="column-header-image"><a href="https://commencement-dec.cornell.edu/">December Recognition</a></h2> <div class="column-image"><a href="https://commencement-dec.cornell.edu/"><span class="visually-hidden">December Recognition”</span> <img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6653" data-permalink="https://commencement.cornell.edu/home/winter-2m5yclj2/" data-orig-file="https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2.jpg" data-orig-size="588,278" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="winter-2m5yclj2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2-300x142.jpg" data-large-file="https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2.jpg" src="https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2.jpg" alt="Aerial view of campus" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6653" width="588" height="278" srcset="https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2.jpg 588w, https://commencement.cornell.edu/files/2020/11/winter-2m5yclj2-300x142.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px" /></a></div> <div class="column-text"> <div class="widget widget_text" id="text-13"> <div class="textwidget"> <p><strong>December 2025 Recognition Ceremony for all December 2025 Graduates<br /> Sunday, December 21, 2025<br /> Barton Hall<br /> 10:00 a.m. – noon</strong></p> <p> Information on the site will be updated over the summer. Please refer back often. 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