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‘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. 

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.