Commencement

Commencement Activities

11 a.m.
Dental School Brunch
Avon Old Farms, Avon

3 p.m.
English Tea and Concert
Health Center Food Court

Dr. Alan Lurie will be performing with his chamber ensemble. Graduating dental student, Courtney Broughton, will be doing an Irish Step Dance. Tea and snacks will be served immediately following the performance.

1:30 p.m.
Commencement
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford

There will be a reception immediately following commencement.

Each student is eligible to receive up to 10 tickets for Commencement and can request additional tickets through their school.

About the Speaker

Physician and Author Dr. Pauline Chen

Dr. Chen, a transplant surgeon, attended Harvard University and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health), and UCLA, where she was most recently a member of the faculty. In 1999, she was named the UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year.

Dr. Chen’s first nationally published piece, “Dead Enough? The Paradox of Brain Death,” appeared in the fall 2005 issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award. Her recent book, Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality looks at death and dying from the perspective of a health care provider in training as well as in practice. She lives near Boston with her husband and children.