2026 年畢業季的演講嘉賓名單已經初步浮出水麵，從目前披露的陣容來看，今年呈現出一個非常清晰的主題——“科技回歸中心，尤其是半導體的時代象征意義”。最具標誌性的安排無疑是：Jensen Huang 登上 Carnegie Mellon University 的講台，以及 Lisa Su 在 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 的亮相。這一“黃 + 蘇”的組合，幾乎可以被視為AI 與芯片產業周期的象征性加冕——也難怪可以稱 2026 為某種意義上的“芯片年”。
與此同時，傳統名校依然延續其“文化+影響力”的選人邏輯：Harvard University 邀請了喜劇與媒體象征人物Conan O’Brien，而 University of Pennsylvania 則選擇了曆史學家 Michael Beschloss，體現出常春藤對於“思想表達與公共敘事”的偏好。
從整體結構來看，這份 early list 呈現出三條主線：
科技與產業領導者（AI / 芯片）：以 Jensen Huang、Lisa Su 為代表，信號極強
文化與娛樂影響力人物：如 Sarah Jessica Parker、Colman Domingo、Hilary Duff
政商與公共領導力：如 Nancy Pelosi、Ro Khanna、Ken Frazier
相比往年，這一屆更明顯的變化是：“純娛樂明星占比下降，硬核產業與現實世界影響力上升”。換句話說，學校正在向畢業生傳遞一個更直接的信息——未來的核心競爭力，不隻是表達與敘事，而是對真實世界（尤其是技術與產業）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
