Hilary Duff waves to the crowd as she delivers Northeastern University’s 2026 Commencement Speech on April 29 in Boston.

John Wihbey, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, described the bot to me as “human-ish,” and said for a brief moment, he wondered if the real me had started speaking to test him (I hadn’t). 

“The research has shown that there’s no difference in the numbers of friends, but the closeness piece may be a little bit different,” says Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University.

“Blocking in the network is certainly not new,” says David Choffnes, a computer science professor and executive director of Northeastern University’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute.

This is what dreams are made of, Hilary Duff gave Northeastern University’s commencement speech.

Andrew Mall, associate professor of music at Northeastern University, says the trend of dynamic ticket pricing is likely to continue. “There are lots and lots of fans who are indeed willing to pay those higher prices.”

The free movement of labor between European countries also allows for companies to establish multiple international branches and standardize licensing requirements, Mindy Marks, an economist at Northeastern University, told the university’s Northeastern Global News in March.

Pablo Calderon Martinez, head of politics and international relations at Northeastern University London and a specialist in European affairs, told Al Jazeera that Spain cannot legally be removed from NATO.

Singer, actress, and entrepreneur Hilary Duff delivered the commencement speech for the Northeastern Class of 2026. “I’ll be honest, it’s a little surreal to be standing here and giving advice, since I am genuinely still figuring it out myself every single day,” Duff said during the ceremony at Fenway Park.

There was some star power on stage as graduates flipped their tassels at Fenway Park.

One of the more successful actresses and singers of her generation told graduating seniors from Northeastern Wednesday afternoon that it’s OK to feel confused about what the future may hold. “Graduating … isn’t about having everything figured out,” Hilary Duff, Wednesday’s commencement speaker, told the crowd at Fenway Park.

“At Northeastern University, you believe experience isn’t a substitute for education. It is the education,” Hilary Duff told the graduates.