MAGIC TIME On a balmy Sunday morning, the members of the Class of 2019 take their seats on the Eastman Quad for the College commencement ceremony. (University photo / Matt Wittmeyer)HOME, EVER BETTER HOME Talia Cohavi, president of the Senior Class Council, delivers remarks for the Class of 2019. She concluded by reminding her classmates that “Rochester will always be our home along the Genesee.” (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)TRUST THE TRAILBLAZER Donna Strickland ’89 (Ph.D.), the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for work she completed as a Rochester doctoral student, gives the commencement address at the College ceremony. “Your path in life won’t be straight, so it’s up to you to choose the path and make the most of it,” she told the Class of 2019. “Most importantly remember that you never know where life is taking you, and so you simply have to try to make the trip as fun as you can.” (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES Members of the Class of 2019 cheer after their degrees are conferred. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)WINNING WORDS “Our generation needs your generation now more than ever. Be the best person you possibly can be,” Richard Handler ’83, chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, tells the graduates and their families as he welcomes everyone to the ceremony. His words of advice were drawn from his own list of “100 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before College.” (University photo / J. Adam Fenster) (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)IN HARMONY The graduates sing—and some sign—the University’s alma mater, “The Genesee” (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)BRO HUG Brendan Eder embraces his Phi Kappa Tau little brother, Srihari Chari, after the ceremony. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)SPRINGTIME Amina Shareef and Hibad Arshad pose together for a photo under the flowering trees of the River Campus. (University photo / Matt Wittmeyer)RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME Faculty, administrators, students, and their loved ones gather in Kodak Hall in Eastman Theatre to recognize the accomplishments of the Eastman School of Music’s Class of 2019. (University photo / Zack Shepard)KEEP CALM AND TROMBONE Co-directed by Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind, the Eastman Trombone Choir performs as audience members take their seats in Kodak Hall for the Eastman School of Music Commencement. (University photo / Zack Shepard)MUSIC IN OUR LIVES Vocalist and interpretative artist Julia Bullock ’09E addresses the graduating class after receiving the Eastman School of Music Distinguished Alumna Award. “Whether you’re listening, performing, or teaching, music helps us to find clarity,” she told the audience. “It helps us to be more conscious, to view ourselves in a larger context and more completely.” (University photo / Zack Shepard)ON REFLECTION Members of the School of Nursing’s graduating class congregate in Lowry Hall, outside Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, before the ceremony. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)MILESTONE MOMENT Alison Simpson, the School of Nursing’s 150th Ph.D. graduate, hugs Dean Kathy Rideout ’95W (EdD). (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Newly minted School of Nursing graduate Alexandria Kelley celebrates with her friends Ana Maneiro, left, and Faybian Robert William Byrd after the ceremony. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)DAD THE GRAD Michael Yassick poses with his two-year-old twin daughters outside of Eastman Theatre after the School of Nursing ceremony. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)DOCTOR’S ORDERS During the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s commencement ceremony, Jamal Malik Jefferson gives his remarks from the Class of 2019. “Remember you always have a piece of Rochester within you,” he said. “Share it with your patients, share it with your colleagues—sprinkle a little bit of Rochester wherever you go, because you’ve been trained to be memorable.” (University photo / Matt Wittmeyer)MET WITH APPROVAL Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Mark Taubman, left, and University President Richard Feldman stands ready on stage to confer a doctor of medicine degree to a member of the graduating class. “Have confidence in your abilities, take pride in your accomplishments, knowing that your faculty and all of us who had any role in nurturing your intellectual development are immensely proud of you,” Feldman remarked earlier. (University photo / Matt Wittmeyer)LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE The candidates listen to associate professor of emergency medicine Flavia Nobay’s faculty address from their seats in Kodak Hall. “Don’t lose your capacity for awe, wonder, and curiosity in medicine,” she counseled them in advance of residency. And, Nobay added, “Eating cheesy tots three days in a row? We will consider that a cry for help.” (University photo / Matt Wittmeyer)FROM ROCHESTER RESEARCHER TO NOBEL LAUREATE University President Richard Feldman confers the Rochester Distinguished Scholar Award to Donna Strickland ’89 (Ph.D.), a 2018 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. She told the audience afterward, “On October 2, 2018, I became one of the most famous graduate students ever and got to show the world that great things are achieved by graduate students here at the University of Rochester.” (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)IN GOOD COMPANY After the doctoral ceremony, new graduate Mark Edward Marion Lassetter Powell gets a hug from his wife, Katherine Ciesinski, the Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)
