{"id":36311,"date":"2023-05-30T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=36311"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:05:56","slug":"scenes-from-commencement-2023","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/scenes-from-commencement-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Commencement 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/commencement-mortarboards-banner.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/commencement-mortarboards-banner.jpg 2500w, 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