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May 27, 2005

Graduate Vanessa Ghaderi and a young companion celebrate after the ceremony at a reception in Founders Park.

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The Keck School of Medicine held its commencement ceremony on May 22 at the Shrine Auditorium, featuring an address by Alexandra Levine (bottom), the Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Lymphoma and chief of hematology.

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