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Faculty support students, institution at 2017 Commencement

June 04, 2017

For the faculty, Commencement is the culmination of many years of teaching, mentoring and guiding their students. Below are highlights from UMass Medical School’s 44th Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 4.

  • Luanne Thorndyke, MD, enters the tent behind faculty marshal Jessica Pagano-Therrien, PhD.
  • Michael Hirsh, MD, in the faculty processional.
  • Craig Mello, PhD, and Thomas Halpin, MD, process into the ceremony.
  • Brian Kelch, PhD, observes the ceremony.
  • GSN Dean Joan Vitello congratulates the graduates on stage.
  • GSBS Dean Anthony Carruthers accepts the Chancellor’s Medal from Chancellor Michael Collins.
  • (from left) Frank Domino, MD; Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD; and UMass Memorial Medical Center President Patrick Muldoon