Carnegie Mellon University graduation 2017 By Larry Roberts Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Actor and director Michael Keaton, left, reacts to a remark by Bernard Osher, founder and treasurer of the Osher Foundation, as they wait onstage to receive their honorary degrees at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement in Piitsburgh, May 21, 2017. At right is Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who was the commencement speaker and also received an honorary degree (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Graduates of the College of Fine Arts yell as their school is called on to present its graduates during the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement ceremony, May 21, 2017, in Pittsburgh. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Alexandra Cerny, left, who will receive her degree from the school of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in Pittsburgh, lets out a yell along with other graduates as the school is called on to present its graduates during the commencement ceremony, May 21, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Meg Whitman, the president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, reacts as she is given the hood for herhonorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2017. Whitman received a Doctor of Business Practice. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Students, parents and university personnel attend the graduation ceremony at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA, May 21, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Actor and director Michael Keaton glances upward as he is given the hood for his honorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2017. Keaton received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Actor and director Michael Keaton reacts as he is given the hood for his honorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2017. Keaton received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree.(Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Theo Peterson, right, from Butler, PA, , yells as the graduating students from the Tepper School of Business are presented at the commencement ceremony at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2017. Peterson majored in economics. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Chrystal Thomas, the student speaker at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement in Piitsburgh, May 21, 2017, becomes emotional as she describes what it was like to attend the school. She received her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Meg Whitman, the president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, reacts as she is given the hood for herhonorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2017. Whitman received a Doctor of Business Practice. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Jenny Wang, from China and who will receive an undergraduate degree from the business school at Carnegie Mellon University, May 21, 2017, checks her name in the commencement program during the ceremony at Gesling Stadium. She expressed four years of study with the words on her mortarboard (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Kunal Ghosh, a professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) embraces Helen Wang, the director of student affairs before the start of the commencement ceremony at the Pittsburgh university, May 21, 2017. Actor and director Michael Keaton was one of the people receiving an honorary doctorate during the event. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Jamei Wang, from Maryland and who will receive an undergraduate degree from the engineering school at Carnegie Mellon University, May 21, 2017, listens to Meg Whitman, the president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, during the ceremony at Gesling Stadium. She said she chose the cartoons on her mortarboard to be “funny” for her friends. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette) Related Highlighted Galleries, News, Photos, Pittsburgh, Wide View