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Virtual Alumni Weekend 2021

Join in the Alumni Weekend fun from anywhere, May 14-15, 2021! Sign up for the virtual State of the University address with President Amy Gutmann, take the curator's tour of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, a National Historic Landmark on Penn's campus, or tune in to hear from the Penn experts leading the charge against COVID-19. Don't miss the annual Gallery Hop, class sponsored programming, or the opportunity to join a virtual panel discussing the Year of Civic Engagement at Penn. There is something for everyone–and this year you can join from anywhere! 

Due to the ongoing pandemic, we will be unable to hold Alumni Weekend as an in-person event in 2021. An in-person celebration held at some point in the future when it is safe to do so. Please keep an eye out for communications from Penn’s schools and centers for their plans for virtual Alumni Weekend events. 
 

Alumni Weekend Anywhere and Everywhere Photo Slideshow

Submit a photo to be included in the virtual Alumni Weekend photo slideshow. Share a photo from your time at Penn (with friends in your college house or from your favorite spot on campus) or a photo from today showing off your Penn pride!

Penn's 265th Commencement Update

We are pleased to report that, based upon the new guidelines very recently issued by the Philadelphia Health Department, we have now confirmed that we will be able to hold one limited in-person undergraduate Commencement ceremony at Franklin Field on the morning of May 17th. This plan is contingent upon there being no major interim change for the worse in the course of the pandemic. Due to public health limitations, we regret that we will not be able to welcome the entire Penn community to this year’s celebration. Visit commencement.upenn.edu/grad2021 for details. 
 

Laurene Powell Jobs, C’85, W’85, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and 2021 Commencement Speaker

Impact investor and social justice advocate
Founder and President, Emerson Collective
Founder and Board Chair, College Track and The XQ Institute 

• Laurene Powell Jobs, our 2021 Commencement speaker, is founder and president of Emerson Collective, which is dedicated to the pursuit of a more equal and just world. Emerson Collective deploys a range of tools—from impact investing to philanthropy to advocacy—to lift up entrepreneurs, leaders, innovators, and creators working to build such a world and advance progress in critical areas, including education, immigration, climate, and cancer research and treatment. Continue reading >> 
• In addition, we have an extraordinary group of other Honorary Degree recipients whose accomplishments we will celebrate by bestowing the University’s highest recognition:  
  • Elizabeth Alexander (GR’92), poet and President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; 
  • Frances H. Arnold, 2018 Nobel Prize winner and the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology; 
  • David L. Cohen (L’81), Senior Advisor of Comcast Corporation and Chair of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; Joy Harjo, poet and musician of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation and the 23rd United States Poet Laureate; 
  • David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and member of Parliament in the United Kingdom; John Williams, composer and musical director for film and concert stage, and former Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra; and 
  • Janet L. Yellen, economist and the 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury. 
• Expand your knowledge, reconnect with friends and classmates, and rekindle your relationship with Wharton & Penn, May 14-17, 2021.