Commencement 2011

At the medical and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences commencement ceremonies, held in the Gantcher Center, the spirit was both lighthearted and shot through with sobering comments on the historic moment and its challenges. This was the 119th Tufts Medical School commencement and the 33rd such event for the Sackler School.

Harris Berman, medical dean ad interim, noted that the day's graduates are launching their professional careers at a "most interesting" time. Amid tightening resources, they will be generally required to "do more with less," as he put it. Berman exhorted members of the graduating class to bring fresh perspectives to the stubborn problems of delivering medical care to the citizens of a large, increasingly diverse nation. "The future of health care is in your hands," he said. "We trust you to make us proud."

Naomi Rosenberg, dean of the Sackler School, echoed Berman's theme of a fast-changing professional environment, cautioning graduates not to be daunted and to keep their lives in balance. "Strive for high professional achievement, but remember that personal satisfaction is also important," she said, before noting that the perseverance they had shown in their research "may be the most valuable thing you've learned, and will stand you in good stead."
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