HMS/HSDM graduation and Class Day ceremonies take place on Thursday, May 25. Please see the Ceremony Information page for the schedule of the various celebrations and ceremonies — and congratulations to our 2023 graduates!
Please return to this page to watch livestreams and see news coverage of the ceremonies. View the Commencement livestream on the Harvard University home page.
Table of Contents
Today is about making memories, walking with our friends, celebrating together, and taking in the moment before embarking past all our training.
—Elizabeth Warner
Student Profiles
Studying the Past to Understand the Present
MD-PhD grad Alyssa Botelho embarks on a career as a physician and social scientist. Read more about Botelho's passion for the history of science and her interest in rural health care.
Stories Can Help a Community Heal
How an animated film with a minimalist take on classical Indian dance hopes to address domestic violence. Read more about how master’s graduate Ramya Chunduri uses culturally sensitive storytelling to help people live healthier, better lives.
After Four Generations, an Emergency Focus on Climate Change
Like multiple generations of her family, Julia Malits is going to be a doctor but her interest spans treating patients and environmental health. Read more about Malits’ carrying on the medical tradition of women in her family and working to help clinics prepare for the impact of climate change on patients and health care.
Profiles of DMD Grads
HSDM graduates make their mark on dentistry through engineering solutions, empowering patients, and children’s storytelling. Read the profiles of dental graduates here.
HMS Master's Grads Embrace Endless Opportunities
Largest graduating master's class will use skills to lead way in post-pandemic world
We must pursue our science not just because we can, but because our values and commitments — the traces in our hearts — guide us that we should or we must in the interest of a brighter and healthier future.
—Rebecca Weintraub Brendel
Bioethicist, Psychiatrist, Teacher Named Master’s Ceremony Keynote Speaker
Rebecca Weintraub Brendel is an associate professor of psychiatry at HMS and Massachusetts General Hospital and associate director of the HMS Center for Bioethics. Her research interests focus on issues in psychiatry, medicine, law, ethics, and human rights.
A clinical psychiatrist, Brendel practices forensic psychiatry and provides medical oversight for the inpatient guardianship team at Mass General, where she is also director of law and ethics at the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior. Brendel is president of the American Psychiatric Association.
‘What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then’
HMS Class Day keynote speaker Sanjay Gupta shares insights from 30 years in medicine
DMD 2023 Graduates Recognized for Accomplishments, Potential
Read the story about the dental graduates' celebrations.
Your jobs, and now your role in society, are more important than ever. In fact, in my estimation, you are the new Guardians of the Galaxy and that is something I wanted to talk a little bit about today.
—Sanjay Gupta
