Blanket Ceremony: Jemzi Ortiz, MS, a Native American student, participated in a traditional blanket ceremony on May 9, 2024, symbolizing a culmination of academic achievements. Photo by Brian Feulner
Experience the Ceremonies
As learners walked the stage, family, friends and the UCSF community were on hand to cheer their amazing accomplishments.
Diversity Graduation | May 1, 2024
The annual event celebrates Black, Latinx, Indigenous and other people of color, disabled, LGBTQ+ graduates and religious minorities from UCSF professional schools and Graduate Division. Read the story
Blanket Ceremony | May 9, 2024
All four Native American students from UCSF’s professional schools were honored at a traditional blanket ceremony celebrating their graduations. Read the story
School of Pharmacy | May 16, 2024
Pharmacy students celebrated the completion of their PharmD degree program and heard a commencement address from Julie A. Johnson, PharmD. Read the story
School of Medicine | May 19, 2024
Graduates, families and friends heard a commencement address from Nobel Prize winner David Julius, PhD, chair of the UCSF Department Physiology. Read the story
Graduate Division | May 20, 2024
The ceremony honored graduates from across UCSF’s many PhD and master's programs, including a commencement address by Anita Sil, MD, PhD. Read the story
School of Dentistry | June 7, 2024
Graduates were cheered on by family and friends as they graced the stage with joy and pride at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco. Read the story
School of Nursing | June 11, 2024
Madelyn Pearson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing executive and vice president of Patient Care Services at UCSF Health, delivered the commencement address. Read the story
UCSF Fresno | June 13, 2024
More than 100 residents in eight medical specialties came together to celebrate the completion of their training at UCSF Fresno. Numerous awards were presented. Read the story
#UCSFGrads
Celebrate the Class of 2024 with social media memories built to last.
Beautiful blanket ceremony tonight to celebrate @AnamsUcsf graduates!! I’m so grateful for the mentorship and friendship from this class of graduates. Congratulations! #NativesInMedicine pic.twitter.com/6Qf81tPD0X
— Emma Grellinger (@emmagrellinger) May 10, 2024
Graduation commencement today at @UCSF! pic.twitter.com/QbRDOASQtc
— Atul Butte (@atulbutte) May 20, 2024
UCSF Honors Changing Faces of Health Care at 2024 Diversity Graduation https://t.co/Z958VhtES4
— Mark Cappetta (@mbavecusa) May 17, 2024
What an absolutely incredible evening celebrating the graduation of our 2022-2024 cohort! Thank you so much @JAXWINE for having us and @SouleyVegan + Andina SF for the delicious eats. Wishing our scholars the greatest of successes beyond their time with us at UCSF NCSP. 🎉 pic.twitter.com/HY4LsFQ11K
— NCSP at UCSF (@NCSP_UCSF) May 30, 2024
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 🎉 We are proud of you! 🎓
— UCSF School of Nursing (@UCSFNurse) June 12, 2024
A story and more photos from today’s Commencement will be published later this week.#ucsfgrads #ucsfproud #ucsfnurse #classof2024 pic.twitter.com/9N63hIExGT
Awesome celebratory meal w the @UCSF ARCHES Mid-Career Development Program grads. These exceptional scientists/mentors lift everyone they work with! Faculty like them make @UCSFMedicine so special! đź’« #ucsfproud@carina_marquez @GSchmajukMD @PalmerNynikka & Mercedes Paredes pic.twitter.com/85RWBy3A8z
— Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS (@CMangurian) June 12, 2024
Over 100 graduates completed training at UCS Fresno this year. They will provide patient care, teach or continue medical education locally, in CA and a/c the U.S. 72% of the grads are staying in CA and 44% are staying in the Valley. #ucsffresno #ucsfgrads #weareyourucsffresno pic.twitter.com/h8YbZDf0gR
— UCSF Fresno (@UCSFFresno) June 14, 2024
Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident @jakeyoung11, who will be staying in our department this fall as an Assistant Professor! 🎉🎓#UCSFGrads #UCSFProud pic.twitter.com/mtUNqrnyf0
— UCSF Neurosurgery (@NeurosurgUCSF) June 14, 2024
What a Monday. @Charlotttiie10 got a paper accepted. @TimCaseyClyde got a PhD (and I got to sit next to my postdoc mentor @ReiterLab who was also graduating a student!). @DorisWangLab @NeurosurgUCSF @UCSFCancer @UCSF pic.twitter.com/hRuGbD9yLq
— RaleighLab (@LabRaleigh) May 20, 2024
My great honor to "hood" these amazing PhD medical anthropologists today @UCSFGradDiv graduation.
— Kelly Knight (@kellyrayknight) May 21, 2024
Congratulations Dr. Kara Zamora and Dr. Sheyda Aboii
The future is so bright, thanks to your brilliant scholarship!@UCSF_HumSci @KxraZamora pic.twitter.com/uBLBrW0nyO
Today, six months after my PhD thesis defense, I finally had the honor of being hooded.
— Kirsten Chen (@kirsten_chenx) May 21, 2024
I am grateful for the training I received at UCSF and @GladstoneInst, which equipped me with the skills necessary to excel in the biomedical field.#ucsfgrads pic.twitter.com/z4kwYvkJav
Congratulations to our fabulous graduating @UCSF Medicine residents, superb physicians and people who will change the world. @rebeccabermanmd @UCSFIMChiefs @UCSFDOM @UCSFMedicine pic.twitter.com/B3bDWjhqBZ
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) June 7, 2024
🎉Congratulations to our 2024 cardiology fellowship graduates! Your dedication and compassion have been truly inspiring. We look forward to your future successes and achievements. #GraduateTogether #UCSFCardiology #UCSFGrads #EPeeps #WomeninCardiology @UCSF @UCSFHospitals pic.twitter.com/tBMDf9yIk3
— UCSF Cardiology (@UCSFCardiology) June 3, 2024
🎉Join us in congratulating the C/O 2024 graduates! Your perseverance and commitment have brought you to this incredible milestone, and we're excited to see the incredible impact you'll make in the world of medicine! #ucsfgrads #ucsfproud #healthcareleaders #sfpcgrad #classof2024 pic.twitter.com/1xkcGAH9jG
— SFPC UCSF Residency Program (@SFPC_UCSF) June 18, 2024
Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident Winward Choy, MD, who will be starting a spine fellowship at @BarrowNeuro with @thejuansuribe! 🎉🎓#UCSFGrads #UCSFProud pic.twitter.com/p7P1wicBKV
— UCSF Neurosurgery (@NeurosurgUCSF) June 12, 2024
Jessica McFarland, MD, wanted to be a doctor for as long as she can remember. She is among 100 graduates completing training at UCSF Fresno this year. And the San Jose native is staying in Fresno to teach, heal and care. Read more: https://t.co/RnHsYTAcTk #ucsffresnoID pic.twitter.com/2bVkW1U7kG
— UCSF Fresno (@UCSFFresno) June 10, 2024
Graduated summa cum laude from UCSF with a Master’s today! #UCSFGrads #FirstGeneration pic.twitter.com/ULL3mTAgpg
— alya (@Alyalovesbieber) May 21, 2024
We're excited to be celebrating our outstanding #UCSFgrads this morning! 🎊 🎓 Watch the livestream of the commencement ceremony here: https://t.co/KpNOnuOSYQ@LabRaleigh @DorisWangLab @OkadaLabUCSF1 @josephcostell14 @UCSFGradDiv @UCSF pic.twitter.com/sEnbzGaOnO
— UCSF Neurosurgery (@NeurosurgUCSF) May 20, 2024
Seems like it was yesterday we were celebrating Alyssa's 2020 high school graduation. Her first year of college was at home due to the pandemic, moved in sophomore year at UCSF & is graduating TODAY. Wishing you all the best and can't wait to see those graduation pics. pic.twitter.com/kt24LCOZRb
— Live In Peace (@LiveInPeaceInc) May 18, 2024
Congratulations to our Class of 2024 Native/Indigenous graduates! 🎓 🪶
— ANAMS_UCSF (@AnamsUcsf) May 20, 2024
Learn more about the history of the Blanket Ceremony and our graduates in the story below 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾
Native American Learners Forge Strong Connections with Heritage at UCSF https://t.co/7Vz8PoxSdN @NahaUcsf
An SF firefighter @SFFDPIO for 28 years, when Edward Campbell retired as a battalion chief in 2018 he thought, "What's next?" His nearly three decades of public service prepared him for a career in #nursing. He graduates next week. Meet Edward: https://t.co/vGbRuhu7XG #UCSFGrads pic.twitter.com/KFqhGbMjso
— UCSF School of Nursing (@UCSFNurse) June 7, 2024
MSBI students @UCSFGradDiv PhD/Masters Commencement ceremony. Congrats to the MSBI students for taking on this rigorous, 1 year program. #Education #UCSF #Radiology #AcademicTwitter #Students #learning #mastersdegree #thesis pic.twitter.com/csG9gobYRK
— UCSF MSBI (@UCSFMSBI) May 31, 2024
✨ Still living off that commencement day glow ✨
— UCSF School of Nursing (@UCSFNurse) June 18, 2024
Relive the biggest moments from commencement day with our story and photo slideshow: https://t.co/RtRzSuUTiJ#ClassOf2024 #UCSFGrads #UCSFProud pic.twitter.com/bvkEgFbuOe
Congratulations to our graduating @ucdavis @ucdavisbiology seniors Harnejan, Pierre, Jace, Jordan, Ramir, and Karen!!! Congrats also to our lab manager Naomi who will go to graduate school @UCSF!! Also, we now passed 50 graduation handprints ;-) #ProudPI pic.twitter.com/8PkJXCX03g
— Mark Huising (@HuisingLab) June 16, 2024