Commencement 2023

Xavier Butler ’23 looks on as classmates make their way to the stage.

Students walk side by side as they enter the Commencement ceremony.

Nathalie Vieux-Gresham ’23 shares gratitude for her peers during her undergraduate class speaker address.

Drew Weissman ’81, MA’81, P’15, H’23, addresses the Class of 2023. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

President Ron Liebowitz delivers remarks and congratulates the Class of 2023.

Donald “Don” M. Soffer ’54 receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Annette Gordon-Reed receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Students listen and reflect during the Commencement speeches.

President Liebowitz bestows an honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Katalin Karikó.

Quinn Lucian Bonnyman ’23 sings the National Anthem.

Bianca Kisin ’23 finds friends in the sea of graduates.

Students revel in the Commencement excitement shared among peers.

Undergraduates fill the Gosman Center as far as the eye can see.

Lewis H. Brooks ’80, P’16, President of the Alumni Association, shares words of advice with the Class of 2023.

In a new addition to Commencement proceedings, students walked the stage to be greeted by Dean of Arts and Sciences Dorothy Hodgson and President Liebowitz.

Monica Isabel Aponte Rodríguez ’23 smiles at the crowd as she walks the stage.

Terrell Brown ’23 dances as his family places fabric on the ground for him to walk upon, as part of a ceremony rooted in their Liberian culture celebrating accomplishments of loved ones.

Vishni Samaraweera ’23, Ariel Sapozhnikov ’23, and Krupa Sourirajan ’23 pose for a photo as they wait for the ceremony to begin in the tunnel beneath Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.

Elizabeth Salas-Ceceñas’23 gets ready to walk into the ceremony.

Students toss mortar boards in celebration.

Classmates take in the Graduate Commencement speech.

Honorary degree recipient Annette Gordon-Reed gave the Commencement address during the afternoon ceremony.

Shirah Malka Cohen, GSAS’23, sings the National Anthem.

President Ron Liebowitz shares well-wishes with master's degree and PhD recipients in the Class of 2023.

Sabikun Naher, Heller’23, and her daughter pose for a photo.

Hadi Kahalzadeh, Heller PhD’23, takes a selfie with fellow graduates.

Eva Gurevich, GSAS PhD’23, congratulates fellow graduates.

From left to right, Keshav Krishna, Paru Nair, Dr. Satya Krishna Ramachandran, Heller MBA’23, and Priya Nair take a selfie.

Graduates from the International Business School revel in the celebration together.

Jessica Lynch-Foust, Heller MBA’23 lines up to walk the stage.

Francesca Capocasa, GSAS PhD’23, receives her hood during the ceremony.

Amy Louise Scalera, GSAS PhD’23 walks the stage.

A graduate from the Heller school shares a hug with faculty as they walk the stage.

Graduates of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management cheer for their school.

Emiliano Gutierrez-Popoca, GSAS PhD’23, delivers the Graduate Student Address at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center during Graduate Commencement.

Friends and family step outside to capture photos with the graduates.

Friends capture photos together after the ceremony.