Watch CUMC Graduation Ceremonies Live
The University Commencement ceremony of the 262nd Academic Year is Wednesday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. on the Morningside campus.
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College of Physicians & Surgeons
May 18, 2 p.m. ET
Speaker: Paula A. Johnson, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Mailman School of Public Health May 17, 4 p.m. ET
Speaker: Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund
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College of Dental Medicine May 19, 10:30 a.m. ET
Speaker: Melissa Begg, ScD, Vice Provost for Academic Programs, professor of biostatistics in public health, and co-director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
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School of Nursing May 17, 10 a.m. ET
Speaker: Sheila P. Burke, MPA, RN, FAAN, public policy adviser at Baker Donelson and former executive dean of the Harvard Kennedy School