- FELS CENTER OF GOVERNMENT: Speaker: U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah, D-Pa. Ceremony and reception: 5 p.m. at the Fels Center, 3814 Walnut St.
Sunday, May 12
UNIVERSITY-WIDE EVENTS
- BACCALAUREATE CEREMONY: James J. O’Donnell, vice provost for Information Systems and Computing and professor of classical studies, is the speaker at the annual interfaith program. 1:30 p.m. for students with last names beginning with A-K, 3 p.m. for students with last names beginning with L-Z in Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce streets.
DEGREE CEREMONIES
- WHARTON UNDERGRAD/ EVENING: Speaker: Maria A. Miller (W’02). 9 a.m. at Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets; reception in the Steinberg-Dietrich Hall atrium, 3620 Locust Walk, follows ceremony.
- MEDICINE: Speaker: Anthony S. Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. 10 a.m. at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce streets; reception at the Kimmel Center follows ceremony.
- WHARTON GRADUATE: Speaker: David S. Pottruck, president and co-CEO, Charles Schwab & Co. 1 p.m. at Franklin Field; reception at Lehman Brothers Quadrangle and Vance Hall, 37th and Spruce streets, immediately follows ceremony.
- LAW SCHOOL: Speakers: Michael Posner, executive director, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and U.S. Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del. 2 p.m. in Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center; reception at 4:30 p.m. at the Law School, 34th and Chestnut streets.
- ENGINEERING DOCTORAL: Speaker: Nance K. Dicciani (GrChE’77), president and CEO, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International. 4 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 3260 South St.; reception in the Museum’s Mosaic Room and adjacent garden follows ceremony.
- WHARTON DOCTORAL: Ceremony, reception and dinner: 5:30 p.m. in the Upper Egyptian Gallery and Chinese Rotunda, University of Pennsylvania Museum.
- COLLEGE: Speaker: Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (C’87), deputy U.S. trade representative. 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Franklin Field.
Monday, May 13
UNIVERSITY-WIDE EVENTS
- COMMENCEMENT: Speaker: Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of PBS’ “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” Procession at 9:30 a.m., ceremony at 10:15 a.m. at Franklin Field.
DEGREE CEREMONIES
- COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES: Noon in the Upper Egyptian Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Museum; reception in the Museum’s Chinese Rotunda follows ceremony.
- BIOMEDICAL GRADUATE STUDIES: Ceremony and reception: 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building II/III auditorium and lobby, 421 Curie Blvd.
- DENTAL MEDICINE: Speaker: Richard A. Collier (WG’67), chair, School of Dental Medicine Overseers. 1 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium; reception at the Dental School, 4000 Spruce Street, follows ceremony.
- FINE ARTS: Speaker: Mary Miss, environmental artist. 1 p.m. in Meyerson Hall Plaza, 34th St. below Walnut; luncheon in Meyerson Hall Plaza immediately follows Commencement ceremony.
- GRADUATE ARTS AND SCIENCES: Speaker: Professor of History and Sociology of Science Rosemary Stevens. 1 p.m. in Hamilton Village, 39th Street and Locust Walk; reception in Class of 1920 Commons, 3800 Locust Walk, follows ceremony.
- SOCIAL WORK: Speaker: Carol Gilligan, University Professor, New York University. 2 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum; reception in the Museum’s Chinese Rotunda follows ceremony.
- ANNENBERG SCHOOL: Speaker: Pat Mitchell, president and CEO of PBS. Ceremony and reception: 2:30 p.m. in Room 110, Annenberg School, 3620 Walnut St.
- EDUCATION: Speaker, Richard Elmore, professor of educational leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education. 2:30 p.m. at First District Plaza, 3801 Market St.; lunch from noon to 2 p.m. in Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., precedes ceremony.
- VETERINARY MEDICINE: Speaker: Lester M. Crawford Jr., deputy commissioner, Food and Drug Administration. 2:30 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St.; reception at 4 p.m. in Annenberg Plaza.
- ENGINEERING UNDERGRAD/MASTER’S: Speaker: Irwin M. Jacobs, chairman, CEO and co-founder, QUALCOMM. 3 p.m. at Franklin Field; reception at Lott Tennis Courts, 33rd St. below Walnut, immediately follows Commencement ceremony.
- NURSING: Speaker: Susan Bakewell-Sachs (GrN’92), dean, School of Nursing, College of New Jersey. 7 p.m. at First District Plaza; reception at noon in the Nursing Education Building lobby, 420 Guardian Drive.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
