A fine day for a doctorate

May 20, 2014 at 2:38AM
Erin Austin smiled as he was hooded by Professor Wei Pan as a PHD graduate during the commencement ceremony for the University of Minnesota School of Public Health on Monday, May 19, 2014, at Northrop Auditorium of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • reneejones@startribune.com ERIN CQ
Erin Austin smiled as he was hooded by Professor Wei Pan as a PHD graduate during the commencement ceremony for the University of Minnesota School of Public Health on Monday, May 19, 2014, at Northrop Auditorium of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • reneejones@startribune.com ERIN CQ (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Erin Austin, who was graduating with his Ph.D. in biostatistics, smiled as he was hooded by Prof. Wei Pan during commencement ceremonies for the University of Minnesota School of Public Health on Monday at Northrop Auditorium on the Twin Cities campus.

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