Commencement

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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. 

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
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
Graduates and speakers pose on a stage
2017 MSK Convocation and Commencement Ceremony Celebrates Distinguished Scientists and Young Scholars
Video: 2017 GSK Commencement Speaker Marta Kovatcheva
VIDEO: 2017 GSK Commencement Speaker Marta Kovatcheva
Seven Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Prepare to Graduate in 2017
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
GSK graduates
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
Pictured: Neha Bhagwat
Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2014 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations
Pictured: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Siddhartha Mukherjee Addresses 2013 Graduates
Pictured: Alexandria Miller
Gerstner Sloan Kettering 2013 Candidates Successfully Defend Dissertations