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Atul A. Gawande, assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health, will give the keynote address at the College of Physicians & Surgeons Commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m.
Gawande also holds several other appointments. He is assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In addition to his numerous published works on research, Gawande writes a column for the New England Journal of Medicine and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1998.
The ceremony will be held in the Columbia University Medical Center Garden on Fort Washington Avenue. The entrance is between West 165 and 168 Streets.
For more information on University commencement ceremonies, visit the official 2006 Commencement site.
Other commencement speakers include:
- Business School Recognition Ceremony
Speaker: Bob Wright, CEO of NBC Universal
Sunday, May 14 at 5:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden Theater
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School of International and Public Affairs Commencement
Speaker: Karim Aga Khan
Monday, May 15 at 2:00 p.m.
The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive
- Convocation for recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Biomedical Sciences and all GSAS-affiliated Schools
Speaker: Dean Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School
Monday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- Columbia College Class Day
Speaker: Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Tuesday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m.
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Masters of Arts
Speaker: Mark A. Cane, Vetlesen Prof. Earth & Climate Sciences
Tuesday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m.
Morningside Campus, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
- Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Commencement
Speaker: Dean Mark Wigley, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture
Tuesday, May 16 at 2:15 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- · The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Class Day
Speaker: Raymond P. Daddazio '75, CEO, Weidlinger Associates
Tuesday, May 16 at 2:30 p.m
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
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Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for all Arts and Sciences Departments
Speaker: John Huber, Prof. of Political Science
Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- School of Continuing Education Class Day
Speaker: Norman Siegel, Esq.
Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Miller Theater, 116th and Broadway
- The School of General Studies Class Day
Speaker: Antonio Luis Freitas '97, asst. professor psychology, SUNY Stony Brook
Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- School of Nursing Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Loretta C. Ford, dean and professor emerita, University of Rochester School of Nursing
Wednesday, May 17, 1:30 p.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- School of Social Work Commencement
Speaker: Karenna Gore Schiff, Association to Benefit Children
Wednesday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Dodge Fitness Center, Levien Gymnasium
- Graduate School of Journalism Commencement
Speaker: Jim Amoss, editor of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Wednesday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- Mailman School of Public Health Commencement
Speaker: Helene Gayle, president and CEO of C.A.R.E.
Wednesday, May 17 at 4:00 p.m.
National Track and Field Armory, 168th and Broadway
- College of Physicians & Surgeons Commencement
Speaker: Atul A Gawande, Harvard School of Public Health, The New Yorker contributor
Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- School of Dental Medicine Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature
Thursday, May 18, 11:00 a.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- Law School Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Governor George Pataki (R-NY)
Thursday, May 18, 2:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
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