♪ ... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: TO THE STUDENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2022 AND THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES, AN FRIENDS: WELCOME TO THE 321ST COMMENCEMENT OF YALE UNIVERSITY! [ APPLAUSE ] WE GATHER TO RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS O ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO COMPLETE YOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY. WE SALUTE YOUR EFFORT, YOUR DILIGENCE, YOUR TALENT, AND YOUR INTELLECT. WE ALSO JOIN YOU IN EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED YOU IN THESE ENDEAVORS: YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR FRIENDS, TEACHERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE YALE COMMUNITY. IN KEEPING WITH THE TRADITION THIS OCCASION, I NOW CALL ON TH UNIVERSITY CHAPLAIN TO OFFER AN INVOCATION. SHARON KUGLER: WITH DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE QUINNIPIAC PEOPLE FOR THIS LAND ON WHICH W STAND, MY BELOVED YALE FAMILY, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER. ALMIGHTY AND LOVING CREATOR, Y ARE THE FORCE THAT LIGHTS THE STARS, THE ARCHITECT OF EVERY CELL, THE SOURCE OF ALL TRUTH. WE STAND IN THE DAZZLING BEAUT OF THIS MORNING AS MANY EXPRESSIONS OF ONE LIVING MYSTERY, A MYSTERY BEYOND ALL TELLING. WE WHO SHARE THIS BEAUTIFUL, B ACHING WORLD, WE WHO LOOK AT TH SAME SUN AND THE SAME MOON, ARE A PEOPLE CALLED TO COMMUNAL RESTORATION. AS STUDENTS OF YOUR HANDIWORK HAVE GATHERED HERE FROM THROUGHOUT THE EARTH WITH EXQUISITE AMBITIONS AND HAVE BEEN BLESSED IN THIS PLACE OF LIGHT AND TRUTH WITH THE FREEDM TO LET THEM GROW. OUR GOD OF ALL GENERATIONS, YO ARE THE GUARDIAN OF WHERE WE AR GOING AND WHO WE ARE BECOMING. AS WE PREPARE TO TAKE LEAVE OF THIS PLACE MAY WE EXUDE AN INTELLIGENCE THAT IS INSPIRED B JUSTICE, GUIDED BY TENDERNESS, MOVED BY HOLINESS, AND ALWAYS INFORMED BY LOVE. FROM THIS MOMENT OF AWE AND BEYOND, FILL OUR HEARTS WITH AN IMAGINATIVE DARING, ONE THAT STIRS US TO BECOME VIBRANT LIVING EXAMPLES OF SHALOM, OF SALAAM, OF SHANTI, OF PEACE. TOGETHER, LET US SAY, AMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. DEAN CHUN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HA THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN YALE COLLEGE: FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, 861 IN NUMBER. AND FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, 518 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF YALE COLLEGE AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PENT UP ENERGY TODAY. YOU THINK MAYBE WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS? BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFER UPON YOU THE BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN YALE COLLEGE AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] DEAN BERKE: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE , 73 IN NUMBER. AND FOR THE DEGREE MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, 4 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMI YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN PINDER: MR. PRESIDENT, I HONOR TO RECOGNIZE GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF ART: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS, 49 IN NUMBER. THEY WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION AND CONFERRED UPON THEM BY THIS OFFICIAL ACT. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREE IN ART AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMI YOU TO ALL ITS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] DEAN BUNDY: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA: [ PLAUSE ] FOR THE CERTIFICATE A , IN NBE FOR THE DEGREE OF MASI NUMB >> D FOR THE GREE OF DOCTOR OF FE AS, 3 IN MBER. TY VE BEEN COMMENDY TH FULTY OF THSCHOOL AND APPROVEDY THE CORPORATN. NOW A Y BY YOUR OFCI T TO CONFER ON THEM THESE DEEES. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORYESTED IN ME, I CFER UPON Y THE CTIFICATE AND DEEES BY THE DEAN AND ADMIYOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CALLINGS. DEAN BLOCKER: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC. FOR THE CERTIFICATE IN PERFORMANCE, 3 IN NUMBER: FOR THE ARTIST DIPLOMA, 2 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC, 58 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSICAL ARTS, 38 IN NUMBER: AND FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS, 14 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES! [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: YOU'RE QUICK STUDIES. BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFER UPON YOU THE CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA, AND DEGREES IN MUSIC AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN KURTH: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF NURSING. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, 114 IN NUMBER: FOR THE POST-MASTER'S CERTIFICATE IN NURSING, 1 IN NUMBER, AND FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE, 18 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN NURSING AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN BURKE: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. [ APPLAUSE ] FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 117 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 20 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FORESTRY, 7 IN NUMBER: AND FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FOREST SCIENCE, 2 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMI YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] DEAN CHARLES: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF MAGISTRATE. FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, 387 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT, 56 IN NUMBER: AND FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 151 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM -- >> THESE DEGREES! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: A NICE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, MR. DEAN. BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN MANAGEMENT AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN STERLING: MR. PRESIDENT, HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOL: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN RELIGION , 70 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF DIVINITY, 59 IN NUMBER: AND FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SACRED THEOLOGY, 6 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE D. DEGREES. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN RELIGION, DIVINITY, AND THEOLOG AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] DEAN GERKEN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE LAW SCHOOL. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS IN LAW, 38 IN NUMBER; FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF STUDIES OF LAW, 3 IN NUMBER: FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF THE SCIENCE OF LAW, 5 IN NUMBER, AND FOR THE DEGREE OF JURIS DOCTOR, 206 IN NUMBER. WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDE BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AN APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION, I SHALL ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I SHALL CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN THE LAW SCHOOL WHEN DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND SHALL THEN ADMI YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] MEANWHILE, CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN COOLEY: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL: FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF STUDIES, 10 IN NUMBER; FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE, 271 IN NUMBER; FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS, 255 IN NUMBER; AND FOR THE DEGREE IN MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY, 436 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AS DESIGNATED B THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] DEAN VERMUND: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 184 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I CONFE UPON YOU THE DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEA AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL ITS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN BROWN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 104 IN NUMBER. WHEN THEY SHALL HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION, I SHALL ASK BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THIS DEGREE. FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCE , 32 IN NUMBER, AND FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR IN MEDICINE, 98 IN NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION. I NOW ASK YOU BY YOUR OFFICIAL ACT TO CONFER UPON THEM THESE DEGREES. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I SHALL CONFER THE DEGREE IN MEDICAL SCIENCE AND DO CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREES IN HEALTH SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEAN AND ADMIT YOU TO ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. CONGRATULATIONS. DEAN COOLEY: PRAESES CLARISSIM CANDIDATOS AD GRADUM PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTORIS, NUMERO CENTUM QUATTUOR DECEM TIBI PRAESENTO. A FACULTATE PHILOSOPHIAE ARTIUMQUE ET AB SENATU ACADEMIC ILLUSTRI APPROBATI SUNT. TE, DOMINE, ROGO UT EOS AD HUN GRADUM ADMITTAS. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: SECUNDUM LEGES MOREMQUE UNIVERSITATIS NOSTRAE, VOS AD GRADUM PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTORIS ADMITTO, VOBISQUE UNA CUM HOC DIPLOMATE, IURA ILLA ATQUE DIGNITATES, QUA AD HUNC HONOREM SPECTANT CONFERO. NUNC, STUDIIS FELICITER ABSOLUTIS, EGO, PRAESES UNIVERITATIS, VOS EX ANIMO IUBE SALVERE ET VALERE. [ APPLAUSE ] PLEASE RISE. ♪ ♪ THY PRAISE ALONE, O LORD, DOTH REIGN IN SION THINE OWN HILL ♪ ♪ THEIR VOWS TO THEE THEY DO MAINTAIN AND EVERMORE FULFILL ♪ ♪ FOR THAT THOU DOST THEIR PRAY'RS STILL HEAR AND DOST THERETO AGREE ♪ ♪ THY PEOPLE ALL BOTH FAR AND NEAR WITH TRUST SHALL COME TO THEE ♪ ♪ OF THY GREAT JUSTICE HEAR O GOD OUR HEALTH OF THEE DOTH RISE ♪ ♪ THE HOPE OF ALL THE EARTH ABROAD AND THE SEA-COASTS LIKEWISE ♪ ♪ WE DEDICATE OUR LIVES ANEW THAT LIGHT AND TRUTH WILL SHINE ♪ ♪ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, O GOD, WE PRAY TO ALL OF HUMANKIND ♪ PRESIDENT SALOVEY: PLEASE BE SEATED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE AWARDING OF HONORARY DEGREES. THE 10 INDIVIDUALS WE HONOR TH MORNING SERVE AS EXAMPLES TO YOU, OUR GRADUATES, TO ENCOURAG YOU TO ASPIRE TO EXCELLENCE, AN TO VALUE THOSE ELEMENTS OF HUMA CHARACTER THAT THEY EMBODY: CREATIVITY, CURIOSITY, DISCIPLINE, INTEGRITY, AND A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. THEIR PRESENCE HERE ALSO HONOR YOU, WHO GRADUATE TODAY, AND AL OF US WHO ARE HERE TO SALUTE YOU. I WILL NOW, AS IS CUSTOMARY, CALL UPON THE PROVOST TO PREVENT -- TO PRESENT -- THE CANDIDATE THE FOR HONORARY DEGREES. [ LAUGHTER ] PROVOST STROBEL: MR. PRESIDENT I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT THE CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY DEGREES. FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS, IN MEMORIAM: MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, DIPLOMAT. [ APPLAUSE ] JAKE WATSON, YALE COLLEGE CLAS OF 2022, IS ACCEPTING HIS GRANDMOTHER'S DEGREE ON BEHALF OF THE ALBRIGHT FAMILY. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: SCHOLAR. . STATESWOMAN. STALWART VOICE OF DEMOCRACY. COMING TO AMERICA AS A CHILD, SHE EMBODIED THE AMERICAN DREAM BREAKING BARRIERS IN HER POLITICAL CAREER AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL. WITH STRATEGIC POLICIES AND HE STATEMENT PINS, SHE GUIDED PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH COURAGE, CONVICTION, AND FLAIR. IN GRATITUDE FOR HER PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMIRATION FOR HER LEADERSHIP, YALE IS PLEASED TO CONFER POSTHUMOUSLY THIS DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS DEGREE ON MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE: DREW WEISSMAN, IMMUNOLOGIST. WE REGRET THAT DR. WEISSMAN CANNOT BE HERE WITH US TODAY. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: PIONEERING SCIENTIST, DOCTOR OF DISTINCTION: HIS EFFORTS TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM HAVE RESHAPED OUR LIVES AND HELP US TO ENVISION A POST-PANDEMIC FUTURE. HIS DISCOVERIES MADE IT POSSIB TO ENLIST MESSENGER RNA IN VACCINE FORM, TEACHING OUR BODIES HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST INFECTION-AND LAYING TH FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL INNOVATIONS STILL TO COME. WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH, YALE HAS THE PLEASURE OF CONFERRING ON HIM THIS DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES: JILL LEPORE, HISTORIAN. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: PUBLIC SCHOLAR OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER: IN YOUR WRITINGS, TEACHING, AND RESEARCH, YOU ILLUMINATE THE HIDDEN CORNERS OF OUR SHARED HISTORY. YOUR GIFTS AS A STORYTELLER AR MATCHED BY YOUR DEFT NAVIGATION OF ARCHIVAL RECORDS. YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT THESE TRUTHS ARE OUR TRUTHS, PAVING THE WAY FOR DIALOGUE AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING VOICE OF VERITAS AND OF LUX, I RECOGNITION OF YOUR INSIGHTS AN INTELLECT, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT YOUR SECOND YALE DEGREE DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS: MYRON H. THOMPSON, JURIST. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: AUDACIOUS ADVOCATE AND LEARNED LEGAL SCHOLAR, YOU HAVE MADE JUSTICE BOTH A CAREER AND A CALLING. IN THE COURTROOM, YOU TENACIOUSLY DEFEND EQUITY, LIBERTY, AND DIGNITY FOR ALL; I THE CLASSROOM, YOU TEACH OTHERS TO WALK THE SAME PATH. YOUR LONG SERVICE TO YOUR HOME STATE INSPIRES US; YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR ALMA MATER HUMBLES US. AS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR IMPACT, AND WITH UTMOST PLEASURE, WE AWARD YOU YOUR THIRD YALE DEGREE, DOCTOR OF LAWS. . [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCES: JEAN BENNETT, PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: TRAILBLAZIN DAUGHTER OF YALE AND NEW HAVEN, YOUR VISION FOR NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS HAS RESTORED VISION FOR THOSE WHO HAD LOST IT. SHIFTING PARADIGMS AND PRACTIC YOU BROUGHT THE POSSIBILITIES O GENE THERAPY FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY, GIVING NEW HOPE TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND OTHERS AFFECTED BY CONGENITAL DISORDERS. WITH ACUITY AND ACUMEN, YOU HA SET OUR SIGHTS TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE. MAVERICK AND MENTOR, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU YOUR SECOND YALE DEGREE: DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: ORLANDO PATTERSON, CULTURAL SOCIOLOGIST. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: ESTEEMED EDUCATOR AND TRUSTED ADVISOR, YOUR SCHOLARSHIP HAS SHAPED OUR PERCEPTIONS OF FREEDOM, SLAVERY POVERTY, AND EVEN ATHLETICS. YOUR INFLUENCE TRANSCENDS THE ACADEMY TO MAKE A VITAL DIFFERENCE IN STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES: IN YOUR BIRTHPLACE JAMAICA, YOU HAVE HELPED TO DIRECT AID AND ATTENTION WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST, FROM THE SHANTY TOWNS OF KINGSTON TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WITH REVERENCE, JOY, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE AWE, YALE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF MUSIC: CAROLINE SHAW, MUSICIAN. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: SHAPE-SHIFTING CHANTEUSE: YOUR VIRTUOSITY AS A MUSICIAN IS RIVALED ONLY BY YOUR KNACK FOR CREATIVE COLLABORATION. DEFYING CONVENTION, YOU HAVE DRAWN ON DIVERSE TRADITIONS AND INFLUENCES TO PRODUCE GENRES AN MELODIES THAT ARE ALL YOUR OWN-ORANGE AND EVERGREEN, BLUE AS THE SKY, AND DEEP AS THE NARROW SEA. FOR OPENING OUR EARS TO SOUNDS HERETOFORE UNHEARD, AND FOR ENGAGING A NEW ERA OF LISTENERS WE ARE DELIGHTED TO CONFER YOUR SECOND YALE DEGREE: DOCTOR OF MUSIC. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE: KATALIN KARIKÓ, BIOCHEMIST. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: RESILIENT I YOUR PURSUIT TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU STOOD UNWAVERING AGAINST CHALLENGES AND SKEPTICISM. AFTER LEARNING OF THE MECHANIS OF MESSENGER RNA, YOU KNEW THAT ITS CAPACITIES COULD BE CHANNELED FOR THE GREATER GOOD. YOU STAYED THE COURSE, AND YOU PERSEVERANCE HAS TRANSFORMED A BELEAGUERED WORLD. IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LIFE-SAVING WORK, YALE IS HONORED TO BESTOW UPON YOU THIS DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY: KRISTA TIPPETT, JOURNALIST. PRESIDENT SALOVEY: CONVENER OF CONVERSATION: IN BRINGING SPIRITUALITY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT YOU RAISE OUR SPIRITS AND REVEA OUR COMMON HUMANITY. YOUR PODCAST IS YOUR PULPIT, A THE WORLD IS YOUR CONGREGATION. WITH WISDOM, CANDOR, AND FEARLESSNESS IN BROACHING THE BIG QUESTIONS OF MEANING, YOU INVITE US TO IMAGINE A NEW WAY OF BEING AND OF LIVING-ONE THAT CELEBRATES OUR INTERCONNECTEDNESS. INTREPID INTERLOCUTOR, FOR YOU FLUENCY WITH FAITH, WE RECOGNIZ YOU WITH YOUR SECOND YALE DEGREE: DOCTOR OF DIVINITY. [ APPLAUSE ] PROVOST STROBEL: FOR THE DEGRE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS: JAMES E. CLYBURN, PUBLIC SERVANT. [ APPLAUSE ] PRESIDENT SALOVEY: CHAMPION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PRESERVER OF OUR NATIONAL HISTORY, YOU GALVANIZED YOUR GENERATION AND HAVE INSPIRED THOSE THAT FOLLOWED. BEGINNING IN YOUR EARLY YEARS A STUDENT ACTIVIST, YOU HAVE BEEN A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, STEADFAST IN YOUR DEDICATION TO BETTERING THE LIVES OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. YOU HAVE WORN MANY HATS: EDUCATOR, ADVISOR, LEGISLATOR, ROLE MODEL. HERO AND HUMANIST, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE YALE FAMILY WITH THI DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE RISE. ♪ ♪ ♪ LET LIGHT AND TRUTH SUFFUSE THE MIND ♪ ♪ AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SHADOWED HEART ♪ ♪ AS WHAT WE KNOW IS REDEFINED ♪ ♪ THROUGH SCIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, AND ART ♪ ♪ OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT FAITH REQUIRES ♪ ♪ THE DISCIPLINE OF STURDY THOUGHT ♪ ♪ THEY TRUSTED THAT THE SPIRIT'S FIRES ♪ ♪ BURN BRIGHTEST WHERE THE TRUTH IS SOUGHT ♪ ♪ WE'VE LEARNED THE WISEST PRAYER THEY PRAYED ♪ ♪ WAS THAT "MORE LIGHT" WOULD GUIDE THEIR WAYS ♪ ♪ FOR WE, LIKE THEM, HAVE BEEN REMADE ♪ ♪ BY UNEXPECTED, SLANTED RAYS ♪ ♪ SO LET THE GIFT OF GATHERED LIGHT ♪ ♪ PERVADE THE WAYS WE LEARN AND KNOW ♪ ♪ AWAKING WONDER AND DELIGHT ♪ ♪ WHILE KNOWLEDGE, TRUTH, AND WISDOM GROW ♪ ♪ DEAN STERLING: I INVITE YOU AS YOU BOW WITH ME AS WE OFFER ONE MORE BLESSING ON THESE GRADUATES. GOD OF MYSTERY, YOU ARE OTHER, YET WE ARE IN YOUR LIKENESS: YOU ARE BEYOND, YET YOU ARE WI; YOU ARE IMPERCEPTIBLE, YET YOU ARE KNOWN. AS WE SEND THESE GRADUATES INT AN UNKNOWN FUTURE GRANT THEM THE VISION TO SEE T DIVINE IN ALL OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO RIGHT THE INJUSTICES THAT WE HAVE NOT OVERCOME. ENLIGHTEN THEIR EYES TO SEE WH NO ONE HAS PERCEIVED. FOR THE JOY OF LIFE IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH . FOR THE THRILL OF EMBODIED COMY . FOR THE HOPE OF A FUTURE THAT THIS EVENT PROMISES. WE THANK YOU AND ASK YOU TO BLESS THESE GRADUATES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. AMEN. ♪
