Lionel Jin was awarded Yale’s Hart Lyman Prize last year, as the Junior with the best record of intellectual and social accomplishment. He was named to Phi Beta Kappa for his junior year, and he graduates summa cum laude with a joint master's degree in...
Maisie Louise Mattia is a writer who majors in Literature, thinks about literature, dreams about literature, and will undoubtedly contribute to literature. One of her professors describes her writing as “dazzling in its virtuosity, complexity, and...
Martin Lim was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduates summa cum laude with distinction in both his majors, Economics and Chemistry. He is also the recipient of the Bishop Berkeley Prize, given by Berkeley College to the student who “...
Mary Chandler Gwin is a dancer and choreographer with intelligence, versatility, and vision. Her work has an intense quality of “listening”: she is a quiet observer of life’s rhythms, with a deep understanding of gesture. Known for her sensitivity and...
Patrick Sullivan graduates with distinction in his major, American Studies. A Communication and Consent Educator, a FOOT leader, and a Dwight Hall Urban Fellow, he has devoted himself, through critical inquiry and communication, to promoting an equitable...
Senior forward Jen Berkowitz, who led the Yale women’s basketball team to a record-breaking season that culminated with winning the Women’s Basketball Invitational tournament, is the recipient of the 2018 Nellie Pratt Elliot Award — the most prestigious...
Since Yale’s first century, Yale College seniors and faculty have gathered before Commencement for the Baccalaureate ceremony, a ceremony with a Baccalaureate sermon at its heart. The sermon of days past has given way to an address by Yale’s president,...
At the Baccalaureate ceremony, it is customary for the president to give an address, and for the Yale College dean to offer readings. Here are the readings by Dean Marvin Chun in 2018.
This is a historic year for Yale. It's the first time in its history...