Today, Intel looks back at what caught us all off-guard, and what got us talking, for better or worse. This year was full of great surprises—at least in terms of coming out of left field: the Senior class got one hell of a commencement speaker (so long as he shows up), ASG is slimming down, and NU even got some Nobel recognition. These and others among the biggest surprises of the past year are in today’s slideshow.












