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Commencement photos

Graduates remain cheery despite the drenching they got at Commencement.
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Graduates remain cheery despite the drenching they got at Commencement.
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Photo / Donna Coveney
Maria Ferrer has her Commencement equipment at the ready: an umbrella in one hand and a cell phone in the other.
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Maria Ferrer has her Commencement equipment at the ready: an umbrella in one hand and a cell phone in the other.
Credits:
Photo / Laura Wulf
Armand Villar employs some plastic weather protection as he watches his grandson Carlos Garcia graduate .
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Armand Villar employs some plastic weather protection as he watches his grandson Carlos Garcia graduate .
Credits:
Photo / Laura Wulf
Among the happy diploma recipients were (left to right) graduating seniors Jeanette Stephenson, Dionna Alexander, Jovonne Bickerstaff, Aline Quenum, Oludolapo Falase and Candice Albritton.
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Among the happy diploma recipients were (left to right) graduating seniors Jeanette Stephenson, Dionna Alexander, Jovonne Bickerstaff, Aline Quenum, Oludolapo Falase and Candice Albritton.
Credits:
Photo / Laura Wulf
Natania Morrissey points out the person whose graduation she came to celebrate.
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Natania Morrissey points out the person whose graduation she came to celebrate.
Credits:
Photo / Laura Wulf
Nathaniel Houle built a battle scene out of Legos to adorn his mortarboard.
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Nathaniel Houle built a battle scene out of Legos to adorn his mortarboard.
Credits:
Photo / Laura Wulf

This is a collection of photos from Commencement 2002.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 12, 2002.

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