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At UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Convocation Ceremony Honors National Health Leader

Dr. Kenneth Olden, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2004 at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-School of Public Health convocation ceremony, on Monday, May 24, at 7 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.

Dr. Olden is directing the Environmental Genome Project, which studies the relationship among genetics, environmental factors and diseases, and a companion study, which seeks the environmental and genetic clues to breast cancer. He will be presented the Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Distinguished Lecturer in Public Health Award following his presentation.

The UMDNJ-School of Public Health convocation ceremony celebrates the outstanding achievements in academics, clinical studies and community service among this year 's graduates and honors distinguished faculty at the school.

The commencement ceremony for the Class of 2004, the largest in the University's history, will take place on Tuesday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton.

WHAT: UMDNJ-School of Public Health Convocation

WHEN: Monday, May 24, at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Hyatt Regency