EditorialPresident Joe Biden gives the commencement speech at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, in Newark, Del., on Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
EditorialAlma Moreno, a cook at Hacienda Tacos y Tamales in Houston, is Salvadoran and has temporary protected status in the United States, Feb. 2, 2023. (Callaghan O’Hare/The New York Times)
EditorialGracie Gilligan, a former student, at her alma mater, Maynard High School in Maynard, Mass., Aug. 22, 2022. (Vanessa Leroy/The New York Times)
EditorialGraduating students at University of Delaware, where President Joe Biden was giving the commencement speech for his alma mater, in Newark, Del., May 28, 2022. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
EditorialGraduating students at University of Delaware, where President Joe Biden was giving the commencement speech for his alma mater, in Newark, Del., May 28, 2022. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
EditorialComedian Mohammed Amer at his alma mater Alief Middle School where he filmed scenes for his Netflix show “Mo,” near Houston, Aug. 6, 2022. (Eli Durst/The New York Times)
EditorialLawyer Jimarielle Bowie at her alma mater, Angelo Rodriguez High School, in Fairfield, Calif., on July 29, 2022. (Marissa Leshnov/The New York Times)
EditorialNiele Ivey, left, of Notre Dame attempts a shot over Swin Cash, University of Connecticut, during a women’s NCAA Championships semi-final game in St. Louis, Mo., March 30, 2001. (Vincent Laforet/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Scarboro 85, from left, Dorothy Kirk Lewis, Alma McKinney Stevens, Mary Ellen Mahoney Bohanon, Eloise Mitchell, and L. C. Gipson in Oak Ridge, Tenn., June 3, 2022. (Lynsey Weatherspoon/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Scarboro 85, from left, Dorothy Kirk Lewis, Alma McKinney Stevens, Mary Ellen Mahoney Bohanon, Eloise Mitchell, and L. C. Gipson in Oak Ridge, Tenn., June 3, 2022. (Lynsey Weatherspoon/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden gives the commencement speech at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, in Newark, Del., on Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
EditorialBrian Moynihan, the chief executive of Bank of America, on campus at his alma mater, Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 23, 2021. (Ian MacLellan/The New York Times)
EditorialBecky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, at the Philadelphia High School for Girls, her alma mater, in Philadelphia, Sept. 8, 2021. (Kriston Jae Bethel/The New York Times)
EditorialJevonte Porter, who grew up in the Orange Mound neighborhood, outside his alma mater, Melrose High School, in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 26, 2021. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden offers condolences to Alma Powell during the funeral service for her husband, the former Secretary of State Colin Powell, at the Washington National Cathedral, on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialUC Hastings, in San Francisco, is the alma mater of several prominent lawyers and politicians, including Vice President Kamala Harris. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
EditorialUC Hastings, in San Francisco, is the alma mater of several prominent lawyers and politicians, including Vice President Kamala Harris. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
EditorialUC Hastings, in San Francisco, is the alma mater of several prominent lawyers and politicians, including Vice President Kamala Harris. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
EditorialGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S "LET FREEDOM RING" CELEBRATION HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 29 Nov 2001