{"id":222053,"date":"2026-05-28T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/at-umass-graduation-diversity-and-artificial-intelligence-took-center-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:10:11","slug":"at-umass-graduation-diversity-and-artificial-intelligence-took-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/at-umass-graduation-diversity-and-artificial-intelligence-took-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"At UMass graduation, diversity and artificial intelligence took center stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/28\/metro\/umass-boston-commencement-sees-2740-graduates-in-2026\/\">At UMass graduation, diversity and artificial intelligence took center stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/28\/metro\/umass-boston-commencement-sees-2740-graduates-in-2026\/\">https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/28\/metro\/umass-boston-commencement-sees-2740-graduates-in-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 18:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.bostonglobe.com\">www.bostonglobe.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ceremony at UMass Boston celebrated the diversity and achievements of its graduates, highlighting their international representation and pride among families.<\/li>\n<li>The commencement stressed the growing global uncertainty affecting international student numbers, with a 17 percent drop recorded from 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Chancellor Marcelo Su\u00e1rez-Orozco praised the students&#8217; accomplishments and encouraged them to boldly pursue their futures.<\/li>\n<li>The discussion on Artificial Intelligence met with disapproval among attendees, reflecting concerns about the technology&#8217;s role in the future workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Class speaker and award recipient Syeda emphasized future responsibilities, noting that the graduates will soon mentor and teach others.<\/li>\n<li>A mix of joy and uncertainty surrounded the event, with families expressing immense pride in the graduates&#8217; perseverance and achievements.<\/li>\n<li>As the ceremony concluded with a drizzle, families embraced their loved ones in emotional reunions, celebrating their hard-won success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UMass graduation, diversity and artificial intelligence took center stage https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/28\/metro\/umass-boston-commencement-sees-2740-graduates-in-2026\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-28 18:02:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/H7D67EO2IGLM3S3GTEYEIJDAJI.JPEG?auth=27a0288f481e60679310c5d0586424f825ce5de565126a9529fcbd6d5c27bfab&width=1440","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-222053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222055,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222053\/revisions\/222055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}