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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2026

City/town resident receives medical degree from UMass Chan Medical School

WORCESTER, MA— Graduate’s name of city/town received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School during the 53rd annual Commencement ceremony held on the institution’s Worcester campus on Sunday, May 31, 2026. He/she/they is the son/daughter/child of parents’ names of city/town of residence.

Graduate’s last name earned his/her/their undergraduate degree from name of undergraduate institution in year.

Following graduation, graduate’s last name will begin his/her/their residency in medical specialty at name of medical school/hospital in city/state in July.

UMass Chan Medical School, one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts system, comprises the T.H. Chan School of Medicine; the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing; ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, a public service health care consulting division; and MassBiologics, the only nonprofit, FDA-licensed manufacturer of vaccines, biologics and viral vector gene therapies in the United States; and a thriving Nobel-Prize-winning biomedical research enterprise.

UMass Chan is advancing together to improve the health and wellness of our diverse communities throughout Massachusetts and across the world by leading and innovating in education, research, health care delivery and public service. UMass Chan has built a reputation as a world-class destination for biomedical research. It is ranked among the best medical schools in the nation for primary care education and biomedical research by U.S. News & World Report. In 2021, the Medical School received a $175 million gift from The Morningside Foundation and was renamed UMass Chan Medical School. Learn more at www.umassmed.edu.