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It took 5,000 pounds of sweet, ripe Driscoll strawberries to feed the masses at Vanderbilt's Commencement on May 9. More than 3,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students received their degrees, and thousands more family and friends joined them at the Strawberries and Champagne Celebration following graduation exercises.
Photo by John Russell.

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Sandy Besser, BA'58, shares his Santa Fe home with thousands of works of art, including Koi Neng Liew's "One Pretty Flower for Mr. Rabbit Man," shown here. "There's a story behind every single piece in this house, and I don't have favorites," Besser says. "They are all my babies." For more about Besser's collection, click here.

Photo by Jane Phillips.

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Just before plunging into their studies, medical students of the Class of 2011 cool off at an orientation party. The 104 incoming first-year medical students come from 30 U.S. states, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Republic of Korea, Poland, Taiwan and Thailand. Photo by Anne Rayser.

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