Think D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is used to getting booed by now? more ›

Plenty of local love from Michelle Obama, as the White House announced today that two out of three commencement speeches the first lady has agreed to make this year will be right here in the District. more ›

Welcome back to the Commencement Speaker Scouting Report! Last time, we brought you news of Gwen Ifill, Vernon Jordan and New York City police commissioner Raymond W. Kelly all heading to District universities to dispense platitudes and receive honorary degrees. Now it's on to the rest of D.C.'s illustrious institutes of higher learning. Ready, set, graduate! more ›

As we told you on Monday in our first installment of the Commencement Speaker Scouting Report, Howard University will be leading off this season's college graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 9. Howard University Police Chief Leroy K. James announced the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic for several days in preparation for commencement activities. Most of these closures are on the Howard campus, but LeDroit Park and Shaw residents will want to make a note of them. more ›

We already told you that Project Runway's Tim Gunn would be delivering the commencement address at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, but what about all the other traditional colleges and universities within the District? It's time once again for our annual Commencement Speaker Scouting Reports, now with 80 percent more post-college recession-related job market panic than last year! more ›

The Corcoran College of Art + Design will grant an honorary doctoral degree to celebrated fashion designer, Bravo icon, and favorite District son Tim Gunn. It won't be the first Corcoran degree for Gunn, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in sculpture in 1976. But it is the highest degree that the Corcoran can give. more ›