Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian surveyed the first-year students gathered in McConomy Auditorium for Convocation, the formal academic ceremony marking the start of their CMU experience.
Looking out at the masked faces, full of promise, of the class of 2025+, Jahanian considered the recent pace of change in the world, and his confidence in a better tomorrow remained steadfast.
"Your generation will profoundly shape our future," Jahanian said from the podium. "That makes me very optimistic that humanity's best days lie ahead."