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President Obama waves to the graduates during Commencement

Marking Rutgers’ 250th Anniversary Commencement, President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, received an honorary doctor of laws degree and delivered the commencement address before a crowd of 50,000 on May 15, 2016. Saying of Rutgers, “America converges here,” the president described Rutgers as “one of the finest research institutions in America.”

Credit: Nick Romanenko