Danny gets hooded

Even though Danny officially became a PhD in September, he had to wait until last weekend (May 9) to be hooded. During a hooding ceremony, the research advisor places a hood around the recent PhD's neck. In Danny's case, his advisor, Steve Matson, placed the hood. Wearing a royal blue hood with graduation regalia indicates that the person is a PhD. Danny will get a lot of use out of his regalia because, as a professor, he'll have to wear it to graduation every year.