Yale 2021

Yale 2021

Yale 2021

Yale 2021

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Ava DuVernay directs a scene from the film Selma

Don’t believe everything you think. Surround yourself with people and pursuits that lovingly, yet consistently, challenge and expand your view of the world and your experiences.

Ava DuVernay
Doctor of Fine Arts

Schedule of Livestreamed Events

friday, may 21
School of Nursing Ceremony
10:00 a.m.
School of Architecture Ceremony #1
11:00 a.m.
School of Architecture Ceremony #2
12:15 p.m.
saturday, may 22
Yale College Ceremony
Grace Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Trumbull, Silliman, Ezra Stiles
10:00 a.m.
Yale College Ceremony
Berkeley, Davenport, Benjamin Franklin, Pauli Murray
1:00 p.m.
Yale College Ceremony
Branford, Morse, Pierson, Saybrook, Timothy Dwight
4:00 p.m.
sunday, may 23
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ceremony
10:00 a.m.
monday, may 24
School of Medicine Ceremony
10:00 a.m.
School of Management Ceremony
10:30 a.m.
Law School Ceremony
12:00 p.m.
School of Music Ceremony
12:00 p.m.
Divinity School Ceremony
12:30 p.m.
School of the Environment Ceremony
1:00 p.m.
School of Public Health Ceremony
2:00 p.m.
Jackson Institute Ceremony
2:00 p.m.
School of Art Ceremony
4:00 p.m.

News

‘This moment has finally come’: A Commencement unlike any other

May 24, 2021

Jubilant exclamations of “We did it!” echoed across Old Campus, along pathways, and through courtyards around Yale as members of the Class of 2021 fist-bumped and high-fived after being pronounced Yale graduates.

Yale announces 2021 G&P Porter and Field winners

May 23, 2021

In a short video announcing the 2021 winners, recipients of the John Addison Porter Prize and Theron Rockwell Field Prize speak to their prizewinning dissertations.

Scenes from Commencement 2021, Day 3

May 23, 2021

On Sunday, May 23, members of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Class of 2021 celebrated their Commencement ceremony on Old Campus. 

Class Day takes place virtually during hybrid commencement week

May 23, 2021

This year’s Class Day — an annual graduation tradition organized by students — took place virtually on YouTube, amid a hybrid Commencement week that included both in-person and online festivities.

Scenes from Commencement 2021, Day 2

May 22, 2021

Saturday’s Yale College Commencement celebrations incorporated aspects of four traditional university rituals: the undergraduate Baccalaureate service, diploma ceremonies, Yale College Class Day, and university Commencement exercises. 

Yale College 2021: Meet some of the graduates

May 21, 2021

This YaleNews series profiles of members of the Yale College Class of 2021, selected from nominations submitted by residential college heads and deans.

Meet these graduates: Commencement 2021

May 21, 2021

A sampling of Yale Divinity School graduates reflect on their experience and look ahead to what’s next in their lives and careers.

Scenes from Commencement 2021, Day 1

May 21, 2021

Yale’s four-day Commencement 2021 celebration kicked off on Friday, May 20, with graduation ceremonies for the Yale School of Nursing, held on West Campus, and Yale School of Architecture, held in the Yale Art Gallery’s Sculpture Garden.

Meet Graduate School Class Marshal Stephen Gaughran

May 21, 2021

Stephen Gaughran is graduating with a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology and is a GSAS 2021 class marshal. 

Meet Graduate School Class Marshal Lucy Armentano

May 21, 2021

Lucy Armentano is graduating with a Ph.D. in psychology and is a GSAS 2021 class marshal.

M.D. Class of 2021 Selects Associate Professor Onyema Ogbuagu as Commencement Speaker

May 18, 2021

The Yale School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2021 has selected Associate Professor of Medicine Onyema Ogbuagu, M.B.B.Ch., as its speaker for Commencement. 

Preview: Yale Commencement 2021

May 17, 2021

Yale will celebrate Commencement 2021 from May 21 to 24 in a series of ceremonies recognizing the achievements of more than 3,500 graduates across the university.

Award-winning songwriter Robert Lopez ’97 to speak at Class Day

March 26, 2021

Lopez’s address to the Yale College graduates, scheduled for May 23 at 2:30 p.m., will be delivered virtually and will premiere on the Yale 2021 website.