During today's commencement ceremony, the university's 157th, Tufts will award 3,445 degrees to students from across the university.
The ceremony will take place on the Academic Quad between Bendetson and Ballou Halls and runs from 9 to 11 a.m. Graduates from all Tufts school will participate in the Academic Procession before the university presents honorary degrees - including to Claude Steele, the I. James Quillen Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University, who will also give the all-university Commencement address. Environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Lois Gibbs, historian Philip Lampi, psychiatrist and philanthropist Raymond Sackler, nutritionist Ram Shrestha (N '90) and Syncsort co-founder and philanthropist Aso Tavitian will also receive honorary degrees. Retiring faculty will also be recognized, after which graduating students will be granted degrees by the Tufts University Board of Trustees.
The second phase of commencement will run from around 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. During this time, events will be held for students in particular schools and departments. For undergraduates, this includes major-specific ceremonies and lunches.
Of today's more than 3,000 degrees awarded, 1,496 will go to undergraduates and 1,949 will go to graduate students, according to a Tufts University Public Relations tally that was accurate as of May 15.
To undergraduates, the School of Arts and Sciences will distribute 960 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 244 Bachelor of Science degrees, as well as 107 Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and 185 Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees.
Students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will recieve 495 degrees. These range from 151 students receiving Master of Arts degrees to one student receiving a Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree. Additionally, 47 Ph.D.s, 15 Education Specialist degrees, 107 Master of Arts in Teaching degrees, 50 Master of Fine Arts degrees, eight Master of Public Policy degrees and 116 Master of Science degrees will be awarded.
The Graduate School of Engineering will give out 254 degrees today: 93 Master of Science degrees, 97 Master of Science in Engineering Management degrees, 34 Master of Engineering degrees and 30 Ph.Ds.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is awarding 362 degrees, among them 205 Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, 89 Master of Arts, 33 Master of International Business, 17 Master of Laws in International Law and 12 Ph.D. degrees. Six students will also receive Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance degrees.
From the School of Dental Medicine, 216 students will receive degrees: 20 for Master of Science and 196 for Doctor of Dental Medicine.
The School of Medicine will award 167 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees. Joint M.D. and Master of Business Administration degrees will go to 10 students, and 19 will receive a combination of M.D. and Master in Public Health degrees. From the School of Medicine's Public Health and Professional Degree Programs, 60 Master of Public Health, 58 Master of Science in Biomedical Science, three Master of Science in Pain Research, Education and Policy, eight Master of Science in Health Communication, three joint Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences/Master of Public Health degrees, four joint Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees and three joint Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences/Master of Business Administration in Health Management degrees.
Students from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences will receive 16 Master of Science degrees, 16 Ph.Ds and four joint Doctor of Medicine and Ph.Ds.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy will give out 49 Master of Science, five Master of Nutrition Science and Policy, five Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance and 13 Ph.D. degrees. They will also award several degrees that combine a Master of Science with another advanced degree: eight with Combined Dietetic Internship, 15 with Master of Public Health, eight with Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy and one with Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine will award 117 degrees, including one Master of Science in Comparative Biomedical Sciences, 13 Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy, seven Master of Science in Conservation Medicine and two Ph.D. degrees. Eighty-five students will receive Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees, and others will receive that degree jointly, including two with a Master of Science in Comparative Biomedical Sciences, three with a Master of Science in Laboratory Animal Medicine and one with a Master of Public Health.
