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Photos: Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
Photos by University Photographers Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse
![Xavier Butler ’23 looks on as classmates make their way to the stage.](images/undergrad-slideshow/xavier-butler.jpg)
Xavier Butler ’23 looks on as classmates make their way to the stage.
![Students entered the Gosman Center for the undergraduate ceremony.](images/undergrad-slideshow/walking-in-undergrad.jpg)
Students walk side by side as they enter the Commencement ceremony.
![Nathalie Vieux-Gresham '23, GSAS MS '23, offered remarks to her classmates.](images/undergrad-slideshow/undergrad-speaker-nathalie.jpg)
Nathalie Vieux-Gresham ’23 shares gratitude for her peers during her undergraduate class speaker address.
![immunologist Drew Weissman ’81, MA’81, P’15, addresses the Class of 2023.](images/undergrad-slideshow/drew-weissman.jpg)
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.](images/undergrad-slideshow/ron-gives-speech.jpg)
President Ron Liebowitz delivers remarks and congratulates the Class of 2023.
![Donald “Don” M. Soffer ’54 is conferred an Honorary Degrees at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center during Commencement at Brandeis University on May 21, 2023.](images/undergrad-slideshow/don-soffer.jpg)
Donald “Don” M. Soffer ’54 receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
![Annette Gordon-Reed receives an Honorary Degree.](images/undergrad-slideshow/annette-gordon-reed.jpg)
Annette Gordon-Reed receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
![Students listen to Commencement speakers at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center during Commencement.](images/undergrad-slideshow/listening-in.jpg)
Students listen and reflect during the Commencement speeches.
![Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz bestows an Honorary Degree upon Katalin Karikó.](images/undergrad-slideshow/katalin-karikó.jpg)
President Liebowitz bestows an honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Katalin Karikó.
![Quinn Lucian Bonnyman ’23 sings the National Anthem.](images/undergrad-slideshow/quinn-lucian-bonnyman.jpg)
Quinn Lucian Bonnyman ’23 sings the National Anthem.
![Bianca Kisin ’23 finds friends in the sea of graduates.](images/undergrad-slideshow/bianca.jpg)
Bianca Kisin ’23 finds friends in the sea of graduates.
![Students revel in the Commencement excitement shared among peers.](images/undergrad-slideshow/heart-at-commencent.jpg)
Students revel in the Commencement excitement shared among peers.
![Graduates fill the Gosman Center.](images/undergrad-slideshow/full-house-of-students.jpg)
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.](images/undergrad-slideshow/lewis-brooks.jpg)
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 Dorothy Hodgson and President Liebowitz."](images/undergrad-slideshow/walk-the-stage.jpg)
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 to the crowd as she walks the stage.](images/undergrad-slideshow/monica-isabel-aponte-rodríguez.jpg)
Monica Isabel Aponte Rodríguez ’23 smiles at the crowd as she walks the stage.
![Terrell Brown dances as his family places fabric on the ground for him to walk upon, part of a ceremony rooted in their Liberian culture celebrating accomplishments of loved ones, after the undergraduate Commencement ceremony.](images/undergrad-slideshow/terrell-brown.jpg)
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.](images/undergrad-slideshow/krupa-and-friends-tunnel.jpg)
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 ’23 gets ready to walk into the ceremony.](images/undergrad-slideshow/elizabeth-salas.jpg)
Elizabeth Salas-Ceceñas’23 gets ready to walk into the ceremony.
![Students toss mortar boards in celebration.](images/undergrad-slideshow/light-of-reason-caps.jpg)
Students toss mortar boards in celebration.
Photos: Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Photos by University Photographers Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse
![Classmates tune in to the graduate speaker](images/graduate-slideshow/grads-sit-together.jpg)
Classmates take in the Graduate Commencement speech.
![Honorary degree recipient Annette Gordon-Reed gives the Commencement address during the graduate Commencement ceremony.](images/graduate-slideshow/annette-gordon-reed.jpg)
Honorary degree recipient Annette Gordon-Reed gave the Commencement address during the afternoon ceremony.
![Honorary degree recipient Annette Gordon-Reed gives the Commencement address during the graduate Commencement ceremony.](images/graduate-slideshow/shirah-malta-cohen.jpg)
Shirah Malka Cohen, GSAS’23, sings the National Anthem.
![President Ron Liebowitz shares well wishes with the graduate Class of 2023.](images/graduate-slideshow/ron-grad-speech.jpg)
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 Zarin Nawar Ruponti pose for a photo.](images/graduate-slideshow/sabikun-naher.jpg)
Sabikun Naher, Heller’23, and her daughter pose for a photo.
![Hadi Kahalzadeh, Heller PhD’23, takes a selfie with fellow graduates.](images/graduate-slideshow/hadi-kahalzadeh.jpg)
Hadi Kahalzadeh, Heller PhD’23, takes a selfie with fellow graduates.
![Eva Gurevich congratulates fellow graduates.](images/graduate-slideshow/eva-gurevich.jpg)
Eva Gurevich, GSAS PhD’23, congratulates fellow graduates.
![From left to right, Keshav Krishna, Paru Nair, Dr. Satya Krishna Ramachandran, Heller MBA '23, Priya Nair take a selfie at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.](images/graduate-slideshow/keshav-krishna.jpg)
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.](images/graduate-slideshow/interational-business-school.jpg)
Graduates from the International Business School revel in the celebration together.
![Jess Lynch-Foust lines up to walk the stage.](images/graduate-slideshow/jess-lynch-foust.jpg)
Jessica Lynch-Foust, Heller MBA’23 lines up to walk the stage.
![Francesca Capocasa, GSAS PhD ’23, is hooded for her PhD in physics during the event.](images/graduate-slideshow/francesca-capocasa.jpg)
Francesca Capocasa, GSAS PhD’23, receives her hood during the ceremony.
![Amy Louise Scalera walks the stage after receiving her PhD in neuroscience.](images/graduate-slideshow/amy-louise.jpg)
Amy Louise Scalera, GSAS PhD’23 walks the stage.
![A graduate from the Heller school for Social Policy and Management hugs faculty as they walk the stage.](images/graduate-slideshow/heller-school.jpg)
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 peers.](images/graduate-slideshow/heller-students.jpg)
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.](images/graduate-slideshow/emiliano-gutierrez-popoca.jpg)
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.](images/graduate-slideshow/friends-and-family.jpg)
Friends and family step outside to capture photos with the graduates.
![Friends capture photos together after the ceremony.](images/graduate-slideshow/outside-photo.jpg)
Friends capture photos together after the ceremony.
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- Undergraduate Ceremony Remarks by President Ron Liebowitz
- Undergraduate Commencement Address by Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15
- Undergraduate Student Address by Nathalie Monique Vieux-Gresham ’23, GSAS MS’23
- Graduate Ceremony Remarks by President Ron Liebowitz
- Graduate Commencement Address by Annette Gordon-Reed
- Graduate Student Address by Emiliano Gutierrez-Popoca, GSAS PhD’23
- Honorary Degree Recipients
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