2026 年毕业季的演讲嘉宾名单已经初步浮出水面，从目前披露的阵容来看，今年呈现出一个非常清晰的主题——“科技回归中心，尤其是半导体的时代象征意义”。最具标志性的安排无疑是：Jensen Huang 登上 Carnegie Mellon University 的讲台，以及 Lisa Su 在 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 的亮相。这一“黄 + 苏”的组合，几乎可以被视为AI 与芯片产业周期的象征性加冕——也难怪可以称 2026 为某种意义上的“芯片年”。

与此同时，传统名校依然延续其“文化+影响力”的选人逻辑：Harvard University 邀请了喜剧与媒体象征人物Conan O’Brien，而 University of Pennsylvania 则选择了历史学家 Michael Beschloss，体现出常春藤对于“思想表达与公共叙事”的偏好。

从整体结构来看，这份 early list 呈现出三条主线：

科技与产业领导者（AI / 芯片）：以 Jensen Huang、Lisa Su 为代表，信号极强

文化与娱乐影响力人物：如 Sarah Jessica Parker、Colman Domingo、Hilary Duff

政商与公共领导力：如 Nancy Pelosi、Ro Khanna、Ken Frazier

相比往年，这一届更明显的变化是：“纯娱乐明星占比下降，硬核产业与现实世界影响力上升”。换句话说，学校正在向毕业生传递一个更直接的信息——未来的核心竞争力，不只是表达与叙事，而是对真实世界（尤其是技术与产业）的掌控能力。

Harvard University — Conan O’Brien

University of Pennsylvania — Michael Beschloss

Carnegie Mellon University — Jensen Huang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Lisa Su

University of Utah — Arthur Brooks

Wake Forest University — Misty Copeland

Emerson College — Henry Winkler

Connecticut College — Marilynn Malerba

University of North Carolina — Eric Church

Temple University — Colman Domingo

Colby College — Mo Willems

Colby College (Baccalaureate) — Esther Salas

Rice University — John Green

Northwestern University — Sarah Jessica Parker

Notre Dame de Namur University — Nancy Pelosi

Babson College — C. Dean Metropoulos

Babson College (Graduate) — Adriana Cisneros

Bentley University (Graduate) — Jon Bernstein

Bentley University (Undergraduate) — Sarah Iselin

Berklee College of Music — Jill Scott

Berklee College of Music — Jacob Collier

Berklee College of Music — Vinnie Colaiuta

Boston College — Paul Richard Gallagher

Boston University — Speaker TBA

Brandeis University — Sheryl Sandberg

Brandeis University — Isabel Wilkerson

Bunker Hill Community College — Ruthzee Louijeune

College of the Holy Cross — Charlie Baker

Emmanuel College — Mary Johnson

Endicott College — Soledad O’Brien

Fisher College — Josh Kraft

Fitchburg State University — Kim Driscoll

Framingham State University — Sheena Collier

Massachusetts College of Art and Design — Sarah Lewis

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — TJ Parker

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Megan R. Brown

Mount Holyoke College — Beverly Guy-Sheftall

New England Conservatory — Denyce Graves

New England Law — Denise J. Casper

Northeastern University — Hilary Duff

Northeastern University (Graduate) — Alan McKim

Roxbury Community College — Suzanne Elise Walsh

Salem State University — David R. Masse

Simmons University — Gregory Maguire

Simmons University — Anthony Estreet

Smith College — Dawn Staley

Smith College — Chizuko Ueno

Smith College — Carol Hillman

Stonehill College — Leo J. Meehan III

Suffolk University — Robert Lamb

Suffolk University — Ro Khanna

Suffolk University — Cheree McAlpine

Tufts University — Ken Frazier

University of Massachusetts Amherst — Kimberly S. Budd

Wellesley College — Ruth J. Simmons

Williams College (Baccalaureate) — Dan Harris

Williams College — Cécile McLorin Salvant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Undergraduate) — will.i.am

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Graduate) — Lisa Barton