Exclusive | I’m a grandma of 3 and just graduated from college — now I’m taking a millennial-style ‘gap year’ and celebrating with my new Gen Z pals 

Exclusive | I’m a grandma of 3 and just graduated from college — now I’m taking a millennial-style ‘gap year’ and celebrating with my new Gen Z pals 

This new grad is celebrating with a post-college rite of passage — a gap year — only she’s doing it in her 70s. At 74, Dorotea Levy de Szekely — grandmother of three and self-proclaimed lifelong learner — just graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College, proving it’s never too late to hit the … Read more

I graduated with honors — trolls say my grad pics make me look ‘dumb as hell’

I graduated with honors — trolls say my grad pics make me look ‘dumb as hell’

Her cheeky graduation pics have social media split.  In celebration of earning a degree from the University of Arizona this month, one freakishly flexible scholar tossed on a pair of see-through platform heels and a red thong to pose in an upside-down split on a stripper pole that she stationed on the main yard of … Read more

I graduated at 76 — 52 years after starting my PhD

I graduated at 76 — 52 years after starting my PhD

He finally found the solution. A 76-year-old grandfather has graduated with a PhD — 52 years after starting his doctorate program. Nick Axten earned a prestigious Fulbright scholarship in 1970 for a PhD in mathematical sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. But after five years, he returned to the UK without the degree. “Some problems … Read more