May the Odds Be Ever in their Favor
Elizabeth Banks C’96 on choices, failure, and safety nets.
Overcoming Fear, Finding Love
In a “hard year,” praise for a class “forged in the crucible of change.”
Oncologist and Author Siddhartha Mukherjee to Speak
Physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee will speak at Penn’s 268th Commencement ceremony.
Let Your Voice Be Heard
A newly minted alumna reports from Franklin Field.
Menzel, Brunson to Speak
Idina Menzel and Quinta Brunson to speak.
The Pursuit of Progress
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns urges the Class of 2022 to be “virtuous and purposeful.”
A Long-Delayed, In-Person Commencement for 2020 and 2021 Graduates, Too
… and the Class of 2020 comes back strong.
A Wise Move
First Commencement on campus.
Come Back and Commence
Commencement redo planned for COVID-affected classes.
Tearing Down Walls, Within and Without
A socially distanced—but in-person!—celebration.
Quarantine Commencement
A virtual sendoff to the Class of 2020.
Change the World
“Hopelessness is the enemy of justice.”
Social Justice Activist to Speak
Criminal-justice advocate Bryan Stevenson to speak.
Moments to Remember
Mitchell reports: “You never finish becoming.”
Andrea Mitchell to Speak
Commencement 2018.
“Save a Life, Serve a Cause, Seek the Sublime”
Booker to Class of 2017: Choose to make “a world of change.”
Commencement Speaker: Cory Booker
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey to speak at Commencement.
Storied Ending
Hamilton creator to Class of 2016: “Your stories are essential.”
Class of 2016 Gets Broadway Star
Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda to be Commencement speaker
Graduation, Westeros Style
Powers to Class of 2015: “[T]o save the world, start by acting ‘as if’”
Honorary Degrees
Honorands, Commencement 2015.
Graduation, Gangnam Style
Legend to Class of 2014: Go “all in” and “dare to love.”
Honorary Degrees
Honorands, Class of 2014.
Legend to Address Class of 2014
Musician and activist John Legend C’99 will speak at Commencement.