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The 2014 Convocation awarded 23 Ph.Ds to Rockefeller graduate fellows, bringing the total number of Rockefeller alumni to 1,150. The luncheon preceding the ceremony was held for the first time in the new, grandly restored Great Hall of Welch. Following tradition, faculty mentors joined their students in a procession across the campus, then presented each at a formal ceremony in Caspary Auditorium. Afterward, the campus community turned out for a reception in Weiss Café to celebrate the graduates.

Members of the class of 2014 — 14 men and 9 women — come from eight countries: Bulgaria, Canada, England, India, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan and the United States. Of the graduates from the Ph.D. program, the majority will begin positions as postdoctoral fellows, while others have accepted positions in the biopharmaceutical industry and as consultants. Participants in the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program will return to medical school to finish their medical degrees.

This annual Convocation issue of BenchMarks salutes the university’s class of 2014.

To view more photos, visit rockefeller.edu/convocation.