World-famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has accepted the invitation to speak at Unity Environmental University’s spring commencement ceremony.
University leaders said Tyson’s commitment to bridging a gap between science and the public aligns with their mission.
“That is what we try to do at Unity,” Unity Environmental University President and CEO Melik Peter Khoury said. “Make sure that our graduates are out there, you know, changing minds. So for us, it just became an obvious choice. He is, he embodies, what we try to do in our graduates.”
Unity has brought in high-profile, environmentally driven speakers before, but Tyson might be the biggest draw yet.
Unity is set to graduate more than 1,000 students for the first time ever during the commencement on May 23 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.