摘要：即使在世界充满困境的情况下，我们也应该记住拥抱快乐的时刻。虽然在前景不那么明朗的时候，快乐往往更难获得，但它也更甜蜜，更充满活力。这让我们展望未来一周。
纽约大学校长琳达·米尔斯给今年毕业生的公开信（中文翻译，原文附后）
“亲爱的Violets：
今天，我写信给你们，传递着希望和感激。
即使在世界充满困境的情况下，我们也应该记住拥抱快乐的时刻。虽然在前景不那么明朗的时候，快乐往往更难获得，但它也更甜蜜，更充满活力。这让我们展望未来一周。
你们中的许多人已经有幸走过舞台，而你们中的一些人仍在期待着庆祝你们成就的学校典礼。然后，还有洋基体育场！
研究表明，高等教育激励着人们蓬勃发展。感谢你们在纽约大学的学习，你们正走在通往更健康、更富足、更富有同理心，以及更幸福的道路上。
但是，为了幸福，你们还需要什么呢？人际关系。
你们在来到纽约大学之前就拥有的人际关系，你们在未来的岁月中将会建立的人际关系，尤其是你们在我们挚爱的大学里建立的人际关系，并将在你们的一生中继续培育的人际关系。超过20%的美国成年人表示感到孤独。铭记学年最后几天，纽约大学为你们提供的宝贵资源：勤于思考、积极沟通的人生。
纽约大学的教职员工全心全意地为你们的发展贡献力量——我们每天都见证着这一切。像刚刚荣获全校杰出教学奖的亚当·雷米这样的教授，如此描述他的教学理念：
“我鼓励我的学生探索所有想法。我邀请他们来到我的课堂，让他们知道，他们可以表达、挑战和改变自己的信念，而不必担心被嘲笑、贬低或谴责。我营造了一种环境，让他们知道，无论他们的政治观点、宗教信仰或人口背景如何，我的课堂都欢迎他们每一个人。”
我们衷心感谢所有教职员工和管理人员，他们每天都为你们——我们的学生——提供卓越的教育体验，提出尖锐的问题，寻求世界上最棘手挑战的答案，并为你们提供蓬勃发展所需的支持。
我们向所有学生，尤其是毕业生表示祝贺，你们为未来带来了希望。
祝你们的生活、幸福和人际关系愉快！与我们一起为你们庆祝。
琳达·G·米尔斯
校长
Dear Violets,
I write to you today with a message of hope and gratitude.
We should remember to embrace moments of joy, even amid the world’s struggles. And while joy is often harder earned when the landscape is less clear, it is also sweeter, ever more vibrant. Which takes us to the week ahead.
Many of you have already had the privilege of walking across a stage, while some of you are still anticipating the school ceremony celebrating your accomplishments. And then there is Yankee Stadium!
Higher education, the research teaches us, inspires thriving and flourishing. Thanks to your studies at NYU, you are on the path to greater health, prosperity, empathy, and, indeed, happiness.
But what more do you need for happiness? Relationships.
Relationships you had before arriving at NYU, those you will forge in the years ahead, but especially those you built at our beloved university and will continue to cultivate over your lifetime. More than 20 percent of American adults report feeling lonely. Mark these last few days of the academic year by holding onto the force of what NYU has provided you: a life of thinking hard and connecting well.
Faculty and staff at NYU have given their hearts and souls to your development—we witness this every single day. Professors like Adam Ramey, who just won the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, described his philosophy as this:
"I encourage my students to explore all ideas. I invite them to my classroom knowing that they can express, challenge, and change their beliefs without fear of mockery, belittlement or condemnation. I create an environment wherein they know that regardless of their political views, religious persuasion or demographic background, my classroom is a place that welcomes each and every one of them."
Our gratitude goes to the faculty, staff, and administrators who provide an outstanding educational experience to you, our students, every single day, posing hard questions, seeking answers to the world’s most vexing challenges, and providing you with the support you need to flourish.
And our congratulations to all our students, but especially our graduates, who inspire hope for the future.
To your life, to happiness and relationships. Join us in celebrating you.
Linda G. Mills
President
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