On Friday, May 22, 2009, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, 2,840 graduate and undergraduate students received their degrees at The New Schools 73rd Commencement ceremony.
New School President Bob Kerrey addressed the graduates and conferred honorary degrees.
Dean of Yale Law School, expert on international law, and advocate for human and civil rights Harold Hongju Koh delivered the commencement address. Honorary Degree recipients included philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah; playwright, performer, and activist Eve Ensler; legendary opera singer Regina Resnik; and statesman and philanthropist John C. Whitehead. The student speaker was Miles Strucker, a BA student from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.
