By By: Kelly Saavedra Email
Publication Date: 2026-05-10 19:00:00
In his address, Huang encouraged graduates to stay dedicated to their pursuits with unwavering determination.
“Carnegie Mellon has a motto I love: My heart is in the work. So, put your heart in the work. Build something worthy of your education, your potential, and the people who believed in you long before the world did,” he said. “We have the opportunity to close the technology divide — and bring the power of computing and intelligence to billions of people for the very first time. To reindustrialize America and restore our capacity to build. And to help create a future more abundant, more capable, and more hopeful than the world you inherited.”
Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian(opens in new window) introduced Huang, praising him for continuing to advance a vision of technology as a powerful tool for amplifying what people can create, discover and achieve.
“His influence extends far beyond the technology sector, with tools and platforms that are empowering researchers, practitioners, students, creators and entrepreneurs around the globe to tackle increasingly complex challenges and unlock new possibilities,” Jahanian said.
Inspired by the late Carnegie Mellon…
