NYU’s 178th Commencement to Be Held at Yankee Stadium

Empire State Building Lit Tonight in Violet and White To Honor NYU Grads

Alec Baldwin to Be 2010 Commencement Speaker

WHAT:  NYU’s 178th Commencement Exercises, with over 6,000 graduates and 20,000 guests

WHO:    Addressing the Class of 2010 will be award-winning actor and NYU alumnus Alec Baldwin, who will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa, at the ceremony.  Other honorary degree recipients will include:

·         Robert Max Berdahl – educator and historian

·         Ursula M. Burns – CEO of Xerox and an alumna of NYU-Poly

·         Bill Drayton – social entrepreneur and CEO of Ashoka Global Headquarters

·         Wayne Shorter – jazz saxophonist, composer, and NYU alum

·         William Julius Wilson –renowned sociologist

WHERE:                Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

WHEN:  Wednesday, May 12, 2010.  Ceremony begins at 11:00

** Press should enter via the Yankee Stadium press gate (next to Gate 4), which will open at 8:30 am.  Press should carry NYPD or comparable credentials **

** Special Note: The Empire State Building, New York’s most famous building and one of the most recognizable structures in the world, will be illuminated in violet and white in honor of NYU’s graduating students **

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