Graduation Ceremony
When a Tufts cosmology graduate student gets their Ph.D., their adviser drops an apple on their head in the hope that they might be inspired in the manner of Isaac Newton. The ceremony is performed in front of the "antigravity stone," which was given to Tufts in 1961 by Roger Babson, together with money that later was used to establish the Tufts Institute of Cosmology.
![Yilin Chen receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/news-yilin-chen-2023jul26-500x500.jpg?itok=sUKh_N5G)
July 26, 2023
Yilin Chen receives his doctorate
![Neil Shah receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/news-neil-shah-2023apr24-500x500.jpg?itok=6ywQWgKq)
April 24, 2023
Neil Shah receives his doctorate
![Itamar Allali receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/news-itamar-allali-2023apr10-500x500.jpg?itok=CCZOeXbt)
April 10, 2023
Itamar Allali receives his doctorate
![Jake Litterer receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/news-jake-litterer-2022apr28-500x500.jpg?itok=L80aGGYp)
April 28, 2022
Jacob Litterer receives his doctorate
![Mudit Jain receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/news-mudit-jain-2020jul23-500x500.jpg?itok=01Yhpn0S)
July 23, 2020
Mudit Jain receives his doctorate
![Heling Deng receives his doctorate](/physics/sites/g/files/lrezom356/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/news-heling-deng-2019jul31-500x500.jpg?itok=glfU5j8D)
July 31, 2019
Heling Deng receives his doctorate
April 22, 2022: Peter Wu receives his doctorate
July 26, 2021: Haiyun Huang receives her doctorate