{"id":125883,"date":"2017-05-11T13:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&#038;p=125883"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T22:03:21","slug":"uconn-health-graduates-classes-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/05\/uconn-health-graduates-classes-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Graduates Classes of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-83\" style=\"max-width:640px;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-83\" data-galleryid=\"83\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"360\" data-skin=\"gallery\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-stopallplaying=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"false\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"true\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"true\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"false\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"4000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fill\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"120\" data-thumbheight=\"60\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; 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Laurencin congratulates a graduate (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Dr. Cato T. Laurencin congratulates a graduate (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement689.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement689-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement691.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement691-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement247.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement247-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"Student commencement speaker Carolyn Bradford (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Student commencement speaker Carolyn Bradford (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement484.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement484-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"Dr. R. Lamont &quot;Monty&quot; MacNeil, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Dr. R. Lamont &quot;Monty&quot; MacNeil, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement700.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement721.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement721-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement787.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement787-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement744.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement744-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement775-landscape.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement775-landscape-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn Health Commencement, May 8, 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement092.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement092-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement107.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/UConn_Health_Commencement107-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" data-description=\"UConn School of Medicine Class of 2017 (John Atashian Photography)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Commencement<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn School of Medicine Class of 2017 (John Atashian Photography)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>(Photos by John Atashian Photography)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UConn Health held its 46th commencement exercises Monday at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iY2BW0rAcpU\">(Watch the video of the ceremony).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to graduating 91 physicians and 43 dentists, the UConn Health Graduate School conferred:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40 Master of Public Health degrees (including 5 M.D.\/MPH)<\/li>\n<li>3 Master of Science, Clinical and Translational Research degrees<\/li>\n<li>32 Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Science degrees (including 8 M.D.\/Ph.D.)<\/li>\n<li>2 Doctor of Philosophy, Public Health degrees<\/li>\n<li>14 Master of Dental Science degrees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year&#8217;s commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient was Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, a world-renowned research of autoimmune diseases. The <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=125007\">student speaker was Carolyn Bradford<\/a> from the UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>UConn&#8217;s medical and dental schools have produced nearly 3,500 physicians and more than 1,600 dentists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn Health held its 46th commencement exercises Monday at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":125879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166,1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-125883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sdm","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 17:40:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/125879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125883"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=125883"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=125883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}