{"id":18067,"date":"2026-06-08T06:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=18067"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:08:13","slug":"commencement-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2026\/06\/08\/commencement-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 28, MIT held its Commencement ceremonies. We could not be more proud of our students who received their diplomas at this year&#8217;s ceremonies!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Congratulations to our undergraduate majors <strong>Miguel Buitrago<\/strong>, <strong>Ellie Bultena<\/strong>, and <strong>Olivia Honeycutt<\/strong>, who were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science (S.B.) in Linguistics!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Congratulations to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguistics.mit.edu\/user\/ukhen908\/\">Ukhengching Marma<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/william-pacheco-kewa\">William Pacheco<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Ogloo Jurkhaichin<\/strong>, who were awarded the degree of Master of Science (S.M.) in Linguistics for their work in the MIT Indigenous Languages Initiative program!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">And congratulations to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/omridoron.com\">Omri Doron<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adelemortier.github.io\">Adele Mortier<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/giovanniroversi.com\">Giovanni Roversi<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=k7UcnkIAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Yash Sinha<\/a><\/strong>, who were awarded the degree of PhD in Linguistics!<\/p>\n<p>A remarkable group even by the standards of our remarkable field. We rejoice in your achievements at MIT and cannot wait to see what you all do next!!<\/p>\n<p><style>\n.commencement-gallery {\n  column-count: 3;\n  column-gap: 8px;\n  max-width: 100%;\n  margin: 1.25em 0;\n}\n.commencement-gallery a {\n  display: block;\n  margin-bottom: 8px;\n  line-height: 0;\n  break-inside: avoid;\n}\n.commencement-gallery img {\n  width: 100%;\n  height: auto;\n  display: block;\n  border-radius: 4px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"commencement-gallery\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-group-photo-students-only-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-group-photo-students-only-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-group-photo-with-faculty-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-group-photo-with-faculty-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-Ogloo-receiving-diploma-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-Ogloo-receiving-diploma-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-William-Pacheco-receiving-diploma-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-William-Pacheco-receiving-diploma-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-Adam-Albright-happy-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-Adam-Albright-happy-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-crowd-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-crowd-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-Norvin-inspecting-cloth-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-Norvin-inspecting-cloth-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-William-and-family-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-William-and-family-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-party-1-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-party-1-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-party-2-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-party-2-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/12-party-3-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/12-party-3-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-undergraduates-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-undergraduates-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13-robe-Medium.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13-robe-Medium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 28, MIT held its Commencement ceremonies. We could not be more proud of our students who received their diplomas at this year&#8217;s ceremonies! Congratulations to our undergraduate majors Miguel Buitrago, Ellie Bultena, and Olivia Honeycutt, who were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science (S.B.) in Linguistics! Congratulations to Ukhengching Marma, William Pacheco, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18067"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18099,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067\/revisions\/18099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}