Though the content of Opening Exercises has changed greatly over the years, the University Chapel — pictured empty and gleaming before students’ arrival — has been the ceremony’s home since 1929. The earliest known opening assembly was held in Nassau Hall in 1802, according to archivists.
Photograph by Ricardo Barros
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