Image Credits

Image credits

Every photo on this site is either an independent photographer's work used under its stated licence, or a stock photo used under its platform's licence — never a university's own photography, to avoid any appearance of affiliation. Full credit for each image is listed below.

• Boston (Harvard, MIT & Boston University) — Harvard, MIT & BU Commencement: Three Schools, Two Weekends

  MIT's Great Dome and Killian Court in Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Boston (Harvard, MIT & Boston University) — Harvard/MIT Graduation Sold Out? Stay on the Red Line

  MBTA Red Line trains at Braintree station, Massachusetts

  Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0

• Boston (Harvard, MIT & Boston University) — Where to Stay for Harvard, MIT, or BU Graduation Weekend

  Widener Library in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0

• Cornell University — Cornell Graduation Weekend: Ceremony Logistics, Road Closures, and Parking

  Wide view of graduates seated at Schoellkopf Field during a Cornell commencement ceremony

  Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Cornell University — Cornell Graduation Sold Out? Cornell's Own 90-Mile Ring, Mapped

  Sunset over Cayuga Lake, seen from Cornell's West Campus

  Photo: Kevin W Hall, CC BY-SA 2.5

• Cornell University — Where to Stay for Cornell Graduation Weekend

  View across Libe Slope toward Cayuga Lake on Cornell's Ithaca campus

  Photo: Tomwsulcer, CC0

• University of Michigan — Michigan Commencement: Michigan Stadium Ceremony Times and Scale

  Aerial view of Michigan Stadium ("The Big House") in Ann Arbor

  Photo: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0

• University of Michigan — Michigan Graduation Sold Out? Stay by DTW, Save Half

  The historic Ypsilanti Water Tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan

  Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY-SA 3.0

• University of Michigan — Where to Stay for Michigan Graduation Weekend

  Burton Memorial Tower on the University of Michigan's central campus

  Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0

• Pennsylvania State University — Penn State Graduation Weekend: Ceremony Logistics, Venues, and Timing

  Exterior of the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus

  Photo: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Pennsylvania State University — Penn State Graduation Sold Out? Here's What Actually Works

  Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania, seen from Brush Mountain

  Photo: Csoldner187, CC BY-SA 3.0

• Pennsylvania State University — Where to Stay for Penn State Graduation Weekend

  Old Main, Penn State's iconic administration building, on a summer day

  Photo: George Chriss, CC BY-SA 4.0

• University of Virginia — UVA Finals Weekend: Ceremony Times, the Lawn, and Crowd Logistics

  The Lawn at the University of Virginia, framed by the Academical Village colonnades

  Photo: Josh Berglund, CC BY 2.0

• University of Virginia — UVA Graduation Sold Out? Three Ways That Still Work

  View over the Shenandoah Valley from an overlook near Harrisonburg, Virginia

  Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

• University of Virginia — Where to Stay for UVA Graduation Weekend

  The Rotunda at the University of Virginia, seen from the southeast

  Photo: terren in Virginia, CC BY 2.0

• University of Wisconsin-Madison — UW-Madison Commencement: Kohl Center and Camp Randall Times

  Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin

  Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress (public domain)

• University of Wisconsin-Madison — UW-Madison Graduation Sold Out? Make the Dells the Trip

  Aerial view of the Wisconsin Dells dam and downtown on the Wisconsin River

  Photo: Wikideas1, CC0

• University of Wisconsin-Madison — Where to Stay for UW-Madison Graduation Weekend

  Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus

  Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0