For generations, Brown University undergraduates have gathered on the grounds of the First Baptist Church in America to celebrate the conferral of their degrees. Central parts of Brown’s Commencement ceremony have been held at the church since it was built in 1775. At the College Ceremony during Brown’s 258th Commencement on Sunday, May 24, President Christina H. Paxson urged the 1,825 members of the undergraduate Class of 2026 to carry forward the resilience, compassion and sense of community forged during four years on Brown’s campus marked by both celebration and tragedy. “The world you are walking into is loud, and it is complicated,” Paxson said in her annual Commencement address. “It is in desperate need of all that you’ve learned here — the skills of critical thinking, open inquiry and dialogue. And it is in desperate need of the specific kind of grace you have practiced at Brown.” #Brown2026 #BrownU 🔗 Read more about the College Ceremony at the link in our bio. 📸 Image c...