Columbia University Commencement 2020

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2020 Commencement 266TH ACADEMIC YEAR • MAY 20, 2020

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Columbia University in the City of New York University Commencement MAY 20, 2020

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Order of Exercises Moments to Remember A special montage of milestones from signature events and achievements from the 2019–2020 academic year

Alma Mater Vocal performance by the Columbia Clefhangers “Stand, Columbia!”

Franz Josef Haydn (1732–1809) Text by Gilbert Oakley Ward, Columbia College, 1902

Commencement Address Lee C. Bollinger President of the University

Conferring of Degrees in Course Presented by Ira Katznelson Interim Provost of the University James J. Valentini Dean of Columbia College Vice President for Undergraduate Education BACHELOR OF ARTS Mary C. Boyce Dean of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEGREE DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE Sian Leah Beilock President of Barnard College BACHELOR OF ARTS

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Lisa Rosen-Metsch Dean of the School of General Studies BACHELOR OF ARTS Jason Wingard Dean of the School of Professional Studies MASTER OF SCIENCE Carol Becker Dean of the School of the Arts MASTER OF ARTS MASTER OF FINE ARTS Merit E. Janow Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Melissa Begg Dean of the School of Social Work MASTER OF SCIENCE Christian S. Stohler Dean of the College of Dental Medicine MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Costis Maglaras Dean of Columbia Business School MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MASTER OF SCIENCE Stephen W. Coll Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism MASTER OF ARTS MASTER OF SCIENCE Thomas R. Bailey President of Teachers College MASTER OF ARTS MASTER OF EDUCATION MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF EDUCATION 4

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Amale Andraos Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE MASTER OF SCIENCE Gillian Lester Dean of Columbia Law School JURIS DOCTOR MASTER OF LAWS DOCTOR OF THE SCIENCE OF LAW Lee Goldman Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine Chief Executive of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DOCTOR OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY Lorraine Frazier Dean of the School of Nursing MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE Linda P. Fried Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH Carlos J. Alonso Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences MASTER OF ARTS MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

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Special Messages of Congratulations From the Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

A Gift to the Class of 2020 From the Columbia Alumni Association Composed by Tom Kitt ’96CC and sung by Ben Platt (General Studies)

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Presidential Awards for Outstanding Teaching

Raymond D. Horton Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance Management Division Columbia Business School Jean E. Howard George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities Department of English and Comparative Literature Bert Huang Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law Columbia Law School Stacy Kinirons Assistant Professor of Programs in Physical Therapy Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Paola Maria Valenti Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs School of International and Public Affairs

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Presidential Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Michael Naft Graduate Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate Department of Psychology Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Diana Rose Newby Marjorie Hope Nicolson Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate Department of English and Comparative Literature Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ashley Simone Preceptor of Literature Humanities and Ph.D. Candidate Department of Classics Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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Faculty Mentoring Awards

Marianne Hirsch William Peterfield Trent Professor of English Department of English and Comparative Literature Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ellie Hisama Professor of Music, Music Theory and Historical Musicology Department of Music Darcy Kelley Harold Weintraub Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences Gillian Metzger Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law Codirector, Center for Constitutional Governance Columbia Law School Mae Ngai Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History Codirector, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

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Congratulations to the Class of 2020 From the Board of Trustees and Academic Leadership of Columbia University in the City of New York

From University Life to the Class of 2020 Woo-hoo! You Did It!

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Congratulations to the Class of 2020 From the Columbia Alumni Association Welcome to the next chapter of your Columbia experience.

For more information about University Commencement, visit commencement.columbia.edu.

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