2014 Graduation Ceremony Schedule for Penn Arts and Sciences

Fels Institute of Government Graduation Ceremony
May 18, 2014
1:30-3 p.m.
Fels Courtyard, 3814 Walnut Street

The Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell, CW'69, Federal Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, will speak.

Additional Information: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/event/fels-commencement
This is a free event.


College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Ceremony

May 18, 2014
4-5:30 p.m.
Penn Park, South Green, 31st and Lower Walnut Streets

Walter Licht, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, will be the guest speaker.

There will be a reception at Penn Park immediately following the ceremony. Additional Information: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduation
This is a free event, but registration is required: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduation/rsvp



College Graduation Ceremony
May 18, 2014
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Franklin Field

Laura Alber, C'90, President and Chief Executive Officer of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., will be the guest speaker. Dau Jok, C'14, will also speak. For more information, click here.

Students assemble on the north side of Franklin field near 33rd Street at 5:30 pm.
Additional Information: http://www.college.upenn.edu/node/4233
This is a free event.


Graduate Division Graduation Ceremony
May 19, 2014
1 p.m.
Penn Park, South Green, 31st and Lower Walnut Streets

Larry Gladney, the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence and Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy, will be the guest speaker.

Additional Information: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-division/graduation
Or email: gas-degree@sas.upenn.edu
This is a free event.

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The first-of-its-kind graduate degree in the U.S. for police leaders launches this fall at the School of Arts & Sciences.

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Marisa C. Kozlowski Named Next Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences

Kozlowski, who joined the Penn faculty in 1997, succeeds Mark Trodden, who transitions to the Dean of Penn Arts & Sciences on June 1.

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One Fourth Year, One Alum Receive 2025 Hertz Fellowship

Eric Tao, C’25, Gr’25 (left), and Suraj Chandran, C’23, were awarded the honor, part of a group of 19 fellows selected this year. Each one receives five years of funding toward a doctoral program.

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Benjamin Nathans Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction

Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History, won for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.”

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Mark Devlin Elected to National Academy of Sciences

He joins three others from Penn to receive the honor this year, all recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

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Michael Jones-Correa and Sophia Rosenfeld Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

They join three others from the University of Pennsylvania, selected as part of the Academy’s mission to convene leaders from “every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together.”

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