University commencement was at a new venue this year - the Barclays Center, near where I used to live. Home of WNBA New York Liberty, it's not only much easier to get to than past venues (Jacob Javits, Arthur Ashe) but allowed for confetti bombardment as the ceremony ended!
Among the usual "the future is in your hands" and "you're well prepared" and "you give us hope," one of the Honorary Degree recipients, María Fernanda Espinosa, the first Latin American woman to lead the UN General Assembly, remarked that she had learned that 70% of the graduates were women. In our times of challenge and complexity, she said, the world needs a changed model of leadership. Mujeres, lead on!
