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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, graduates hold up their hands during a commencement ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, actress Janelle Monae speaks during a graduation ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. The point was punctuated at Dillard’s recent commencement exercises, with a keynote address from Monae, a star of “Hidden Figures.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, Physics professor Abdallah Darwish watches a graduation ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. “I believe in women, especially minority women,” said Darwish, who arrived in 1998 and has built a multi-million dollar laser lab for research. “They are not less than anybody else. Just give them the chance and they will be the best. Give them what they need, and they will do.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, actress and singer Janelle Monae speaks during a graduation ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. The point was punctuated at Dillard’s recent commencement exercises, with a keynote address from Monae, one of the stars of “Hidden Figures.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, graduates react as they arrive before a commencement ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo, actress and singer Janelle Monae arrives before a graduation ceremony at Dillard University in New Orleans. Dillard University graduates more physics majors - and, notably, more female physics majors - than far bigger schools with more resources. The point was punctuated at Dillard’s recent commencement exercises, with a keynote address from Monae, a star of “Hidden Figures.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In a May 19, 2017 photo, Mount Jordan Middle School students get lunch in their school's cafeteria in Sandy, Utah. Canyons School District administrators are proposing that the school board adopt a policy that takes a kinder, gentler approach to school nutrition service to children whose accounts are in arrears. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)/The Deseret News via AP)
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In a Friday, May 19, 2017 photo,Seventh-grader students eat lunch at Mount Jordan Middle School in Sandy, Utah. Canyons School District administrators are proposing that the school board adopt a policy that takes a kinder, gentler approach to school nutrition service to children whose accounts are in arrears. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)
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In a Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Cara Hjorth, 6th-grader, right, inputs her student number to pay for lunch at Mount Jordan Middle School in Sandy, Utah. Canyons School District administrators are proposing that the school board adopt a policy that takes a kinder, gentler approach to school nutrition service to children whose accounts are in arrears. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)
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FILE - In this April 20, 2017 file photo, John Bouvier Kennedy "Jack" Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy's son and former President John F. Kennedy's grandson, opens a panel discussion during the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. John F. Kennedy didn't make it even halfway to 100 - a milestone he might have celebrated May 29, 2017 - but the slain U.S. president's legacy is being lived out by his descendants. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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FILE - In this April 20, 2017 file photo, Maria Shriver, niece of former President John F. Kennedy and former first lady of California, speaks during the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. John F. Kennedy didn't make it even halfway to 100 - a milestone he might have celebrated May 29, 2017 - but the slain U.S. president's legacy is being lived out by his descendants. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos fought back after letters to 77 colleges rejecting Upward Bound grant applications were declined because of spacing issues. (Associated Press)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 - In this Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, vice principal of J.H. Rose High School Lettie Michelleto talks about her daughter Megan, who passed in 2014 from a heroin overdose as she sits at her desk in Greenville, N.C. ( Juliette Cooke/The Daily Reflector via AP)
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Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass., (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass., (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Actor James Earl Jones tells graduating students "May the force be with you" at the conclusion of the 366th Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Actress Judi Dench, center, arrives at Harvard University with her niece, Harvard professor Emma Dench, right, before the start of Harvard commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. Judi Dench received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree during commencement exercises Thursday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Harvard University President Drew Faust, left, and Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, right, speak while standing for a photograph before the start of Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, right, gestures as actor James Earl Jones, left, looks on while seated on stage during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. Zuckerberg was presented with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree Thursday and gave a commencement address at Harvard. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, center, greets graduating Harvard students as he walks in a procession though Harvard Yard at the start of Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. Zuckerberg is giving a commencement address at Harvard, where he dropped out 12 years ago to focus on Facebook. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
