India, May 29 -- Harvard kicked off its commencement ceremony for the graduating Class of 2025 on Thursday. In his address to the graduating students, Harvard president Alan Garber took a veiled dig at Donald Trump by referencing the university's pushback against the president's efforts to ban international students from attending the famed Ivy League institution.

"Members of the Class of 2025, from down the street, across the country and around the world . just as it should be," Garber said, adding that graduates should "expand our thinking and change our minds in the process." "My hope for you, members of the Class of 2025, is that you stay comfortable being uncomfortable," he went on.

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