Yale’s 315th commencement gets under way in an hour! This year’s honorary degree recipients are:
- Canadian Supreme Court justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Doctor of Laws
- biochemist Jennifer Doudna, Doctor of Science
- football legend Calvin Hill ’69, Doctor of Humane Letters
- actress and singer Audra McDonald, Doctor of Music
- author Haruki Murakami, Doctor of Letters
- literary critic Arnold Rampersad, Doctor of Humanities
- religious freedom advocate David Saperstein, Doctor of Divinity
- chef Alice Waters, Doctor of Humane Letters
- playwright and director George C. Wolfe, Doctor of Fine Arts.