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Class of 2025 Ivy Day Ceremony
The recipients of the Ivy Day awards holding their awards.

Recipients of the 2025 Senior Honor Awards (from left): Amaan Omer, Bonnie Li, William Krasnow, Fiona Wu, Faith Applegate, Ria Ellendula, Yousef Elyoussef, and Jared Mitovich.

(Image: Prestige Photography)

Class of 2025 Ivy Day Ceremony

Annually for more than 150 years, the Ivy Day Ceremony has celebrated remarkable graduating fourth-years for their leadership and service, with the Senior Honor Awards being among the oldest traditions at Penn.

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Know before you go: Commencement 2025

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Know before you go: Commencement 2025

Penn Today provides a list of important facts and tips to help guide guests through this year’s Penn’s 269th Commencement ceremony to be held on Franklin Field on Monday, May 19.

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The Class of 2025 celebrates Baccalaureate
Students take a selfie at Penn’s Baccalaureate celebration in commencement regalia.

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The Class of 2025 celebrates Baccalaureate

There were readings, speeches, music, dance, and more at the interfaith Penn tradition, held on May 13 for graduating fourth-year students.

Penn Today Staff

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Graduates are ready to serve and engage at home and abroad
A Penn Med student putting a pin in a map on Match Day 2025.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News

Graduates are ready to serve and engage at home and abroad

Members of Penn’s 269th graduating class will channel their expertise and passions to serve and work in Philadelphia and around the world, from teaching to research, poultry farming, and basketball.

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Track & Field claims eight titles on final day of Ivy League heps

Track & Field claims eight titles on final day of Ivy League heps

Penn men’s and women’s track & field teams wrapped up competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Yale on Sunday, May 11, claiming first in the women’s 100m hurdles, 4x400m relay, 100m, and high jump. The men’s team took first in the 400m, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay, and decathlon; both teams finished third overall. 

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Aravind Krishnan; Carson Eckhard; Meera Menon, and Jun Hou Shin.

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (clockwise from top left): fourth-year Aravind Krishnan; 2021 graduate Carson Eckhard; and 2020 graduates Meera Menon and Jun Hou Shin.

(Images: Courtesy of Knight-Hennessy Scholars / Carolyn Fong Photography)

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, receiving financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University.

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Exterior restoration of a landmark
exterior of brick and terracotta building

The 134-year-old building on College Green will continue to be open for use throughout construction.

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Exterior restoration of a landmark

Designed by world-famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the iconic Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library Building is undergoing a 20-month exterior renovation and restoration that will encase its red sandstone, terracotta, and brick exterior in scaffolding through the fall of 2026.

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