2020 Graduate Stories Learn more about Columbia's graduates of the Class of 2020 and the Commencement season. A Syrian Refugee Earns a Bachelor’s Degree After Twelve Years Triple Jumping Into Commencement and Beyond The Public Interest Advocate Getting Down to Business Despite COVID-19 Food to the Front Lines A Life of Service for a Veteran, Social Worker A Nursing School Graduate Mixes Writing With Health Care From Amateur Meteorologist to Sustainability Specialist This Columbia Journalism School Graduate Plans to Report and Write About Race An Advocate for Asian American Health Architecture Has Expanded Ibrahim Kombarji’s Horizons Three Degrees Later, This Graduate Is Ready to Move On The Doctor Is In: Meet Aury García A Bystander to Joy What Does It Mean to Graduate Virtually? This U.S. Air Force ROTC Cadet Is Ready for Duty Coming Home After the Coronavirus Outbreak A Tony Award Winner Graduates with a Dual Degree A Soon-to-Be Graduate Now In Quarantine Reflects on His Time at Columbia No One Can Block This Grad Men’s Basketball Record Holder Graduates 2020 Campbell Award Winners Ben Platt to Sing Original Tom Kitt Song at Columbia Virtual Commencement Words of Wisdom From Columbians Who Graduated in 2020 and 2021 at the Height of the Pandemic