Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has banned university-funded “identity-based Graduation Achievement Ceremonies,” the institution announced on its website. The Virginian-Pilot ...

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Games will re-air tonight on NBC. (Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images) (GABRIEL BOUYS via Getty Images) The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening ...

Every Olympics opening ceremony is an advertisement—for the host country, for the Olympics themselves, for the notion of a free-trading global order competing through sport, in the same place and on ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially underway after Friday's Opening Ceremony festivities at Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy. The Opening Ceremony featured the expected Italian ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics officially start Friday afternoon, Feb. 6, with the opening ceremonies in Milan, Italy, featuring a parade of athletes and performances by international stars. At 2 p.m. ET ...

The first Winter Olympics took place in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and since then, the games have evolved significantly. New sports and events have been added in the last 102 years and the entire ...

Select events at the Milan Cortina Olympics are already underway, but the "start" of the Olympics is always associated with the Opening Ceremony. The event, which kicks off every Olympics, often ...

Editor's note: Follow Olympics opening ceremony live updates from Milano Cortina. The official kickoff of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the opening ceremony, will take place on Friday, Feb. 6, at Milan's ...

From Heated Rivalry stars to the event’s iconic venues, here’s what you should be looking out for at the Winter Olympics 2026 opening and closing ceremonies. Starting this week, all eyes are on Italy ...

An aerial view of the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in San Siro on Jan. 9, 2026. Reporter The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will officially begin with an opening ceremony that features the likes of ...

Whether in London or Paris, Sochi or Beijing, the Olympics opening ceremonies are always astonishing. Look back at some of the best moments ahead of Friday's kickoff in Milan Stephanie Sengwe is a pop ...

LOWER MERION—The Lower Merion School Board approved its contracts with Villanova University to hold its two high school graduation ceremonies on campus for the third year. The contracts were discussed ...