STANFORD, Calif. - Sunday afternoon hundreds of Stanford graduates and families walked out of the university's 2024 commencement ceremony in protest of the Israel-Hamas War.

Hundreds of students streamed out of commencement at California's Stanford University on Sunday as part of the spring wave of pro-Palestinian protests on American college campuses.

As Stanford president Richard Saller gives his speech, graduates stand up and walk out during the 133rd commencement ceremony at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday, June 16, 2024.

As Stanford President Richard Saller was giving remarks, shortly after Stanford’s official commencement ceremony began at Stanford Stadium on Sunday, hundreds of students walked out in protest ...

Stanford Business School students celebrate their Conferral of Degrees announcement during the 2025 Stanford Commencement ceremony at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Stanford’s youngest commencement speaker, Katie Ledecky ’20, a psychology alumna and 14-time Olympic medalist, returned to the Farm to address the Class of 2025.

Jun 3, 2017; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Stanford swimmer Katie Ledecky looks at the scoreboard after the A Finals of the Women's 200m Freestyle at George F. Haines International Swim Center.

The 134th Commencement ceremony took place at Stanford Stadium on Sunday, where the University conferred degrees to the long-awaited Class of 2025. Surrounded by family, friends and faculty, the ...

In June, Stanford alum and the most decorated female Olympian in history, Katie Ledecky, will come back to campus to address the graduating class of 2025 during commencement.

Stanford professor Abraham Verghese spoke out against the Trump administration’s "cascade of draconian government measures" at Harvard Thursday as the White House continues to battle the elite ...

Katie Ledecky returned to Stanford, her alma mater, to give a 21-minute keynote address at the commencement for the university’s largest graduating class in history. Ledecky, 28, noted she is no more ...