“Empathy Is Essential,” BU Commencement Speaker Emily Deschanel Tells 2025 Graduates
At the 152nd Commencement, actor, environmentalist, and activist Emily Deschanel (CFA’98, Hon.’25) urged graduates to embrace empathy for others and for themselves. Addressing the largest crowd in 30 years, one of the largest graduating classes in BU’s history, and the first Commencement overseen by President Melissa Gilliam, Deschanel told the Class of 2025: “Go out into the world, confident that you have the tools to pursue excellence.”
