Commencement

Commencement is an opportunity to gather with your classmates, mentors, and loved ones to recognize your academic achievements. The special day marks the end of a life changing experience and celebrates new beginnings.

2019 GSK Commencement and MSK Academic Convocation will take place on May 29, 2019 at 3 PM.

2018 MSK Convocation and Commencement Celebrates Distinguished Scientists and Scholars

GSK Honorary Doctorate of Science Recipients

2012: Mr. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., and Dr. Harold Varmus
2013: Dr. Paul A. Marks
2014: Dr. Thomas J. Kelly
2015: Dr. Robert Weinberg

2016: Dr. Joan Brugge
2017: Dr. Robert Langer
2018: Dr. Cori Bargmann

2017 MSK Convocation and Commencement Ceremony Celebrates Distinguished Scientists and Young Scholars

VIDEO: 2017 GSK Commencement Speaker Marta Kovatcheva

Seven Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Prepare to Graduate in 2017

From the left, GSK Graduates Leili Ran, Cindy Puente, and Oakley Olson.

Honoring 2016 Graduates and Scientific and Clinical Achievement at MSK

Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2016 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations

Douglas Warner, Robert Weinberg, Craig Thompson

Life Lessons: MSK Celebrates Distinguished Scientists and Young Scholars

Jenny Karo, Berenice Ortiz Thompson, and Jessica Rios-Esteves

Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2015 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations

Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2014 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Siddhartha Mukherjee Addresses 2013 Graduates

Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2013 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations

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