Twenty-eight degrees awarded at Rockefeller's 48th convocation

Rockefeller University’s 48th Convocation, held yesterday, marked the completion of graduate studies for 28 students. Twenty-six of this year’s 28 graduates participated in a formal presentation of Ph.D.s held in Caspary Auditorium on the

university’s Manhattan campus. President Paul Nurse and Chair of the Board Russ Carson presided over the ceremony.

In addition to the graduate degrees, two honorary degrees were awarded, to Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton University, and Bruce Alberts, professor of biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. The David Rockefeller Award for Extraordinary Service was also presented, to retired Executive Vice President Fred Bohen.

The Rockefeller University Class of 2006 is: Pinar Akpinar, James M. Bean, Catharine E. Boothroyd, Dylan Kar-Shuen Chan, Emmanuel J. Chang, Anna Charalambous, M. Eugenia Chiappe, Oliver Dreesen, Elane Fishilevich, Jedidiah Gaetz, Armin M. Gamper, Svetlana Gorokhova, Véronique Haegeli, Daylon Jefferson James, Randy Scott Longman, Kara N. Maxwell, Lubomir Merkov, Vasant Muralidharan, Tetyana Obukhanych, Elliot A. Perens, Xenia O. Protopopescu, Srihari C.,Genevieve S. Yuen.