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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.
The 2025 GSK Commencement and MSK Academic Convocation will take place on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at
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At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s 45th annual ceremony, graduating master's and PhD students were honored and award winners were recognized.
GSK Honorary Doctorate of Science Recipients
- 2012: Mr. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., and Dr. Harold E. Varmus
- 2013: Dr. Paul A. Marks
- 2014: Dr. Thomas J. Kelly
- 2015: Dr. Robert A. Weinberg
- 2016: Dr. Joan S. Brugge
- 2017: Dr. Robert Langer
- 2018: Dr. Cori Bargmann
- 2019: Dr. Kenneth J. Marians
- 2020: Dr. James P. Allison
- 2021: Dr. Joan A. Steitz
- 2022: Dr. Levi A. Garraway
- 2023: Dr. Craig B. Thompson
- 2024: Dr. Elaine Fuchs
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![Mentors give remarks for graduates of the 2023 class of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_500/public/node/298206/3x2/mentors-12x8.jpg)
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![Advice from Mentors to the 2021 Class of the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_500/public/node/225604/3x2/convo2021_composite_1200x800.jpg)