264th COMMENCEMENT RED AND BLUE, BRAVE AND NEW: THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF THE CLASS OF 2020 May 18, 2020 • 11:00 a.m. et Class of 2020 Celebration Program

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE GREETINGS University of Pennsylvania Marching Band Amy Gutmann, President Director: R. Greer Cheeseman III Assistant Directors: Kushol Gupta CLASS OF 2020 TRIBUTE Adam Sherr Featuring: Program Assistant: Robin Coyne Nia Akins, NU’20 Video Production: Jackson Betz, C’19 Liza Babin, C’20 Steven Birmingham, C’91 AJ Brodeur, W’20 Brian Greenberg, W’91 Gregory Callaghan, GR’20 Performers: Angelica Du, ENG’20 Zachary Abraham, C’20 James Morrison, C’22 Karim El Sewedy, W’20, ENG’20 Justin Amgott, C’22 Leah Narun, ENG’22 Ezzaty Binti Hasbullah, C’20 Katelyn Boese, C’23 Laila Norford, ENG’23 Cinthia Ibarra, C’20 Fernando Bonilla, C’20 Rachel Orth, C’20 David Kirui, GED’11, GRW’18, GR’20 Isabel Buckingham, NU’22 Amanda Palamar, C’23 Louis Lin, C’20 McKay Burdette, C’20 Caitlyn Pelletier, C’23 Natasha Menon, C’20 Landon Butler, ENG’22 Trevor Pennypacker, ENG’20 Arman Ramezani, C’20, W’20 Charlotte Cecarelli, NU’22 Lexi Raday, C’22 Helen Chung, C’22 Madeline Rice, ENG’20 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS David Fernandez, C’21 Noah Ryan, C’22 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Caitlin Frazee, ENG’22 Hannah Salazar, C’20 Doctor of Humane Letters and Connor Gallagher, ENG’20 Angela Schmitt, C’22 Class of 2020 Commencement Speaker Josh Gardos, C’22 Nicolas Tapiero, ENG’21 Author, educator, and international speaker Miriam Glickman, ENG’21 Noah Tatman, ENG’21 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Jesse Goodale, C’20 Davis Tran, ENG’23 Sofia De Guzman, C’20 Chad Vigil, C’20 Anthony M. Kennedy Ryan Jurewicz, ENG’21 Saloni Wadhwa, W’20 Doctor of Laws Lisa Kalnik, NU’22 Bernie Wang, C’21, ENG’21 Associate Justice, Retired Dominique Martinez, C’20 Erica Winston, ENG’21 Supreme Court of the United States Megan McKelvey, C’20 Alex Worrall, C’23 Aaron Mittleman, C’20 Criston Young, C’23 Jhumpa Lahiri Doctor of Humane Letters Author and translator THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Professor of Creative Writing and Director, Creative Writing Duval Courteau, C‘20 Program, Princeton University Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction INVOCATION Charles L. Howard, Chaplain Jill Lepore Doctor of Humane Letters American historian and author David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University Staff writer, The New Yorker

Stanley A. Plotkin Doctor of Sciences Physician, educator, researcher, and developer of vaccines Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Professor Emeritus of Virology, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia

Sister Mary Scullion Doctor of Humane Letters Advocate in service of the homeless and mentally ill Co-founder, Project HOME, Philadelphia Member of the Sisters of Mercy continued next page

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Gregg L. Semenza, M’82, GR’84 Theodore Ruger, Dean, Penn Law School Doctor of Sciences Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Master in Law, C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Genetic Medicine, Doctor of the Science of Law Johns Hopkins University Founding Director, Vascular Biology Program, Frederick Steiner, Dean, Stuart Weitzman School of Design Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering Master of Architecture, Master of City Planning, Master of Recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Fine Arts, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Urban Spatial Analytics, Master of Science in Design, Master of Henry Threadgill Science in Historic Preservation Doctor of Music Jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist artist Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean of Dental Medicine Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for Music Doctor of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Science in Dentistry, Master of Science in Oral Biology ACADEMIC HONORS Wendell E. Pritchett, Provost Andrew Hoffman, Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Steven J. Fluharty, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Applied Pam Grossman, Dean, Graduate School of Education Arts and Sciences, Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Master of Science in Education, Master of Philosophy in Master of Behavioral and Decision Science, Master of Education, Doctor of Education Chemical Sciences, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Master of Philosophy, Master of Sara S. Bachman, Dean, School of Social Policy and Practice Public Administration, Master of Science in Organizational Master of Social Work, Master of Science in Dynamics, and Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Nonprofit/NGO Leadership, Master of Science in Social Policy, Doctor of Social Work Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science John L. Jackson, Jr., Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Science in Annenberg School for Communication Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering, Master PhD only program at the graduate level. of Biotechnology, Master of Computer and Information Technology, Master of Integrated Product Design Beth Winkelstein, Vice Provost for Education Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, The Wharton School Bachelor of Science in Economics, Master of Business CLOSING REMARKS Administration Amy Gutmann, President

Antonia Villarruel, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, The Red and the Blue Doctor of Nursing Practice Performers: Rachel Baum, C’20 Kyler Li, C’20 J. Larry Jameson, Executive Vice President, Juan Botero, C’20 Natalia Lindsey, C’20 University of Pennsylvania for the Health System, Duval Adel Courteau, C’20 Carolynne Liu, C’20 and Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine Catherine de Luna, C’20 Michael Montague, C’20 Doctor of Medicine, Master of Bioethics, Master of Angelica Du, ENG’20 Michelle Nigro, NU’20 Health Care Innovation, Master of Public Health, Priscilla Felten, W’20 Deborah Oh, C’20, ENG’20 Master of Regulatory Affairs, Master of Science in Clinical Luiza Repsold França, C’20 Eduardo Ortuño Marroquin, Epidemiology, Master of Science in Medical Ethics, Hana Flaxman, C’20 ENG’20 Master of Science in Translational Research, Shane Goldstein, W’20 Kwaku Owusu, W’20 Master of Science in Health Policy Research Kimberly Halberstadter, C’20 Abigail Presti, C’20 Henry Hoffman, C’20 Caroline Terens, C’20 Edward Kim, C’20 Evan Thomas, W’20 John Legend, C’99 Siani Woods, W’20 Jason Li, ENG’20 Tiger Zhang, W’20

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SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (1755) LAW SCHOOL (1790) The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) is the direct descendant Penn’s engagement in legal education began in 1790 with of the College of Philadelphia, where Benjamin Franklin a series of lectures to President Washington and his cabinet established the first modern arts and sciences curriculum in by James Wilson, the University’s first law professor, a signer the English colonies. Undergraduate programs for men date of the Declaration of Independence and one of the original to the chartering of the College in 1755; the College of Liberal justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. A formal Arts for Women was founded in 1933. The Graduate School program of instruction in law was established in 1850 under was established in 1882 with the appointment of a Faculty of George Sharswood, and innovative legal education has been Philosophy. The College of Liberal and Professional Studies part of the Penn fabric since that time. In November 2019, (lifelong learning) traces its roots to 1892. The School of Arts the W. P. Carey Foundation made a historic gift, the largest and Sciences was born in 1974 with the merger of the College ever to a law school. In recognition of this generosity, the of Arts and Sciences, the College for Women, the Graduate school was named the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and four social science departments from Wharton. School. The Law School provides a cross-disciplinary, globally Today SAS is the largest of the University’s 12 schools, focused legal education taught by preeminent scholars, providing a liberal arts education for all Penn undergraduates approximately 70 percent of whom hold advanced degrees and supporting graduate studies, basic research, and in fields in addition to law. Students augment the teaching continuing education across the full range of the humanities, provided by Law faculty with classes taken – and certificates natural sciences, and social sciences. The School has 27 of study and joint degrees earned – in sister schools and departments with 514 standing faculty, 25 research centers, departments throughout the University. In the 2019-2020 four interschool institutes, and 10,000 students. academic year, the Law School has over 950 students and 86 full-time faculty. The Law School awards five degrees: Juris PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (1765) Doctor; Master of Laws for internationally trained lawyers; Established in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school, what Master of Comparative Laws; Doctor of Juridical Science; is now known as the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of and Master in Law for non-lawyers. Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania continues a rich tradition of providing the nation’s best medical training and SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED education, with service to its community as a cornerstone. SCIENCE (1852) Today, the school, which has been named to the top five The School of Engineering and Applied Science is one research-oriented medical schools in the nation by U.S. News of the oldest in the United States, tracing its beginnings and World Report, honors its long standing commitment to the establishment of the School of Mines, Arts and to advancing knowledge and improving health close to Manufactures in 1852. The first graduate of the School home and across the world through research, patient care, received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1854. For the past and the education of trainees in an inclusive culture that 150 years, engineering has been a vibrant and collaborative embraces diversity. More than 770 students are pursuing community of innovation at Penn. Our world-acclaimed medical degrees in the Perelman School, and more than 700 faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories and highly are studying toward doctorates in biomedical sciences, with interdisciplinary curricula offer an experience for our over 200 more enrolled in joint MD/ PhD programs. Across students that is unparalleled. From the time ENIAC, the the school’s affiliated hospitals, 1,400 residents and fellows world’s first computer, was developed and introduced on are completing their medical training. Over the past decade, campus in 1946, Penn Engineering has continued a tradition the Perelman School of Medicine has consistently been of leadership and cutting-edge research. Innovation and ranked among the top recipients of research funding from the technology drive our every program and Penn Engineers National Institutes of Health. play a critical role in posing and answering the questions that will improve lives and transform our world. The Penn Engineering community consists of 131 standing faculty, approximately 2,000 undergraduate students, 2,100 graduate students and 13 research centers and institutes.

STUART WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN (1869) Although the School of Design dates its founding from 1890, architecture courses were first offered at the University of Pennsylvania in 1869, making Penn’s architecture program the second oldest in the United States. In 1921, the Department of Architecture joined with the Department of Music and Fine Arts to create an independent undergraduate School of Fine Arts modeled on the French

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academic year, Penn Dental Medicine has 613 DMD students, 122 Post-Doctoral Students, 12 of which are enrolled in the Doctor of Science in Dentistry with Certificate and 30 of which are in the Master of Science in Oral Biology Program with certificate, 5 are in the Doctor of Science in Dentistry stand-alone program and 17 postdoctoral researchers. Penn Dental Medicine has 425 faculty members, including 50 standing faculty.

WHARTON SCHOOL (1881) Founded in 1881 as the world’s first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating École des Beaux Arts. In 1958, the School was renamed the ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the Graduate School of Fine Arts, reflecting the shift to graduate world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, degree offerings in architecture, city and regional planning, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA landscape architecture, and fine arts. In the 1980s, a program and doctoral students. Each year 18,000 professionals from in historic preservation was added. To more accurately around the world advance their careers through Wharton capture the School’s sphere of influence, it was renamed the Executive Education’s individual, company-customized, and School of Design in 2003. In recognition of both his lifetime online programs. More than 99,000 Wharton alumni form a philanthropic support of Penn and his active engagement powerful global network of leaders who transform business with its academic activities, the School was named for every day. award-winning designer and footwear icon Stuart Weitzman, Wharton Class of 1963, in February of 2019. Today, with SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE (1884) a standing faculty of 43, approximately 170 lecturers and Ranked among the top 10 veterinary schools worldwide, the associated faculty, and more than 700 students, the School University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine prepares students to address complex sociocultural and (Penn Vet) is a global leader in veterinary education, environmental issues through thoughtful. research, and clinical care. Founded in 1884, Penn Vet is the first veterinary school developed in association with a SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE (1878) medical school. The School is a proud member of the One Established in 1878 as the Dental Department of the Health initiative, linking human, animal, and environmental University of Pennsylvania, the School of Dental Medicine is health. Penn Vet serves a diverse population of animals at among the oldest university-affiliated dental institutions in its two campuses, which include extensive diagnostic and the country with a history deeply rooted in forging precedents research laboratories. Ryan Hospital in Philadelphia provides in dental education, research, and patient care. In 1897, care for dogs, cats, and other domestic/companion animals, Thomas W. Evans, a Philadelphia native and clinician who handling nearly 35,300 patient visits a year. New Bolton spent most of his life in France as the dentist to European Center, Penn Vet’s large-animal hospital on nearly 700 acres nobility, left his estate to create a dental school that was in rural Kennett Square, PA, cares for horses and livestock/ “second to none.” Evans’ bequest would become one with the farm animals. The hospital handles nearly 5,300 patient University, creating the Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental visits a year, while the Field Service treats more than 38,000 Institute, which opened in 1915. Today, the Evans Building patients at local farms. In addition, New Bolton Center’s remains the site of much of the School’s clinical instruction. campus includes a swine center, working dairy, and poultry The dental campus also includes the Robert Schattner unit that provide valuable research for the agriculture Center and the Leon Levy Center for Oral Health Research, industry. home to the basic sciences and extensive research activities. Penn Dental Medicine is a major provider of care in West GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (1914) Philadelphia and through outreach programs, students log The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of nearly 13,100 hours each year serving approximately 15,200 Education (Penn GSE) is one of the nation’s premier schools residents in the surrounding Philadelphia neighborhoods. of education, consistently producing top-ranked researchers Penn Dental Medicine offers the degrees of Doctor of Dental and educational leaders. The University of Pennsylvania Medicine, Master of Science in Oral Biology, Doctor of Science created its first professorship in education in 1894 and in Dentistry and trains postdoctoral students in endodontics, established the full-fledged School of Education in 1914. oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, The School’s first graduating class in 1915 comprised three pediatric dentistry, periodontics, periodontics/orthodontics, women and three men, who received the School’s first periodontal/prosthesis and prosthodontics. In the 2019-2020 Bachelor of Science in Education degrees. In 1961, the

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School was restructured and renamed the Graduate School of work and social change, the School educates clinicians, Education. Penn GSE launched an Administrative Leadership policymakers, scholars, researchers, and leaders who work Program in 1971 to prepare school administrators for creative to advance the human welfare of local, national, and global and dynamic leadership. This was the first in a long line communities. The School houses a number of research of successful leadership programs. Today, Penn GSE offers centers and programs, including: Center for High Impact thirty-seven programs leading to the PhD, EdD, MPhil Ed, Philanthropy; Center for Mental Health and Aging; Center and MS Ed degrees in more than thirty fields of education. for Social Impact Strategy; Field Center for Children’s Policy Reflecting a deep commitment to urban education, Penn Practice and Research; Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse; GSE’s students and researchers are involved in schools across Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP); Annual every catchment area of the School District of Philadelphia, Homelessness Assessment Report; Critical Policy Studies; including robust partnerships with two West Philadelphia Health Ecologies Lab; Penn Restorative Entrepreneurship schools. Penn GSE is also home to the Milken-Penn GSE Program; Program for Religion and Social Policy Research; Education Business Plan Competition, intended to spark SexGen Policy Lab; Social Impact of the Arts Project; Social innovations that improve education by bringing together Justice and Arts Integration Initiative; Goldring Reentry entrepreneurs and funders for sustained collaboration. No Initiative; Ann Nolan Reese Penn Aging Certificate; Child other education school enjoys a university environment as Well-Being & Child Welfare Specialization; Criminal Justice supportive of practical knowledge building as Penn GSE. Specialization; LGBTQ Certificate; Social Work in Health Care Specialization; Cohen Veterans Network MSW Scholars SCHOOL OF NURSING (1935) Program; and Data Analytics for Social Policy Certificate. The Nursing Education at Penn began in 1886 when the School has 26 standing faculty, two full-time lecturers, and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania started a nurse 527 students. training program. In 1935, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania established a nursing degree program within the ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION School of Education, and in 1950 the School of Nursing was (1959) established. The Master of Science in Nursing program was Founded through the generosity and vision of diplomat instituted in 1961, the Doctor of Nursing Science program and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, the Annenberg in 1978, the Doctor of Philosophy program in 1984, and School for Communication (ASC) at the University of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program in 2016. These Pennsylvania is devoted to furthering our understanding innovations and a curriculum which progressively reflects of the role of communication in public life through changing health care delivery patterns have advanced the research, education, and service. At the School’s founding, School into the first rank of American schools of nursing. The Ambassador Annenberg identified its unique mission: School has two departments, Biobehavioral Health Sciences “Every human advancement or reversal can be understood and Family and Community Health. It is widely recognized through communication. The right to free communication for its leadership in nursing research in the areas of health carries with it responsibility to respect the dignity of others outcomes and policy research, nursing history, biobehavioral — and this must be recognized as irreversible. Educating health sciences, global women’s health, health equity, aging, students to effectively communicate this message and to and transitions in health. It also has a global reputation for be of service to all people is the enduring mission of this innovations in nurse-managed clinical practice and is a World school.” With strengths in health communication, political Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nursing and communication, culture and communication, media Midwifery Leadership. The School of Nursing has 57 standing institutions, digital media, visual communication, and global faculty and 1,317 students. communication, ASC is one of the top communication schools in the nation. The Annenberg School has 21 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE (1948) standing faculty members, 30 additional research and The School of Social Policy & Practice began in 1908 as a teaching faculty and associates, 70 graduate students, and private school that opened its doors to five students in the nearly 200 undergraduate Communication majors. The field of child welfare. The School affiliated itself with the School offers the degree of Doctor of Philosophy as well as University in 1935 and became a formal school in 1948. In a Bachelor of Arts major run through the College of Arts 2005, it changed its name from the School of Social Work and Sciences. The School is home to the Annenberg Public to the School of Social Policy & Practice. The School offers Policy Center; Center for Media at Risk; Center for Advanced the Master of Social Work, Master of Science in Nonprofit Research in Global Communication; Communication Leadership, Master of Science in Social Policy, Doctor of Neuroscience Lab; Network Dynamics Group; Institute for Philosophy in Social Welfare, and Doctor of Social Work the Study of Citizens and Politics; Media, Inequality and degrees. The School is devoted to advancing human Change Center; and Institute for Public Service, among welfare, promoting social justice, and developing effective many other projects pursuing innovative communication societal responses to global human need. Building on the research and teaching. School’s more than century-long commitment to social

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CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ANTHONY M. KENNEDY ADICHIE Honorary Doctor of Laws Honorary Doctor of Humane Associate Justice, Retired Letters and Class of 2020 Supreme Court of the United States Commencement Speaker Author, educator, and Associate Justice of the United States international speaker Supreme Court Anthony M. Kennedy MacArthur Foundation Fellow served for thirty years, from his nomination by President Ronald Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the widely-acclaimed author Reagan and unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate in of several award-winning novels and one collection of short 1988 until his retirement in 2018. Justice Kennedy authored stories. A native of Anambra, Nigeria, she grew up on the many opinions for the Court on some of the most significant campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where her legal issues of our time, including the Court’s decision father taught and her mother was the first female registrar. striking down the death penalty for juvenile offenders She studied medicine for a year at Nsukka, and then left for and 2015’s Obergefell v. Hodges that cleared the way for same- the United States at 19 to follow a different path. Earning sex marriage nationwide. Throughout his years on a scholarship to study at Drexel University in Philadelphia, the bench, he established himself as a strong proponent Ms. Adichie went on to complete her undergraduate studies of individual rights. at Eastern Connecticut State University. She then earned a Master’s in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University A native of Sacramento, California, Justice Kennedy was and a Master of Arts in African History from Yale University. educated at Stanford University and the London School of The recipient of fellowships at Princeton University and the Economics, receiving his Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University, Ms. Adichie received Law School. Following law practices in San Francisco and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2008. Sacramento, Justice Kennedy was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Gerald She began her first novel,Purple Hibiscus, during her senior Ford in 1975, at that time making him the youngest federal year in college. The work won the Commonwealth Writers’ appellate judge in the United States, and the third youngest Prize. Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, won the Orange in history to be thus appointed. Prize. In 2013, Americanah won the U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of the New York Times In California, during his practice and years on the bench, Top Ten Best Books. he taught Constitutional Law at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and for years was the school’s Ms. Adichie is recognized for landmark TED talks, including longest-serving active faculty member. Justice Kennedy has 2009’s The Danger of A Single Story. Her 2012 talk, We Should lectured at law schools and universities worldwide, teaching All Be Feminists, fostered a worldwide conversation about in China and offering a course at the University of Salzburg feminism, and was published as a book in 2014. Ms. Adichie’s entitled “Fundamental Rights in Europe and the United most recent work, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in States.” He represented the United States on the United Fifteen Suggestions, was published in 2017. Her work, often Nations Commission on the Legal Empowerment of taking on themes of politics, religion, and love, has been the Poor. translated into over thirty languages. Justice Kennedy has received a great many awards from Bar In 2017, Ms. Adichie received the “Le Grand Prix de l’héroïne Associations, Law Schools, and other entities in recognition Madame Figaro” and the PEN Pinter Prize in 2018. Fortune of his service to the law and to the judiciary. In his honor, named her one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2017. endowed chairs have been established in his name at She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters the Law School of the University of Virginia and at the and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ms. Adichie University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. divides her time between the United States and Nigeria, where she leads an annual creative writing workshop.

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JHUMPA LAHIRI JILL LEPORE Honorary Doctor of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Humane Letters Author and translator American historian and author Professor of Creative Writing and David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of Director, Creative Writing Program, American History, Harvard University Princeton University Staff writer, The New Yorker Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction American historian and author Jill London-born author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri moved to Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American the United States as a young child with her Bengali parents. History at Harvard University. The author of over a dozen Dr. Lahiri has observed that she grew up with “conflicting books as well as an acclaimed staff writer at The New Yorker, expectations…to be Indian by Indians and American by Dr. Lepore’s work explores themes of American history, law, Americans.” Her insightful debut story collection, Interpreter literature, and politics. Dr. Lepore’s essays and reviews have of Maladies, explores issues of identity among immigrants and also appeared widely, including in the New York Times, the cultural transplants and was recognized with the Pulitzer Prize Times Literary Supplement, the Journal of American History, for Fiction in 2000. and the American Quarterly.

A graduate of Barnard College, Dr. Lahiri also earned several Her most recent book is 2019’s This America: The Case for the degrees, including her Ph.D., from Boston University. Since Nation. Her 2018 work, These Truths: A History of the United 2015, she has been at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program States, has been translated and published around the world. in Creative Writing at Princeton University as a Professor Her national bestseller The Secret History of Wonder Woman of Creative Writing, and was named director of the received the 2015 American History Book Prize. program in 2019. Dr. Lepore completed her undergraduate work at Tufts The author of three novels and numerous short fiction University, received her M.A. in American Culture from the and nonfiction works, Dr. Lahiri’s short story collection, University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in American Studies Unaccustomed Earth, received the 2008 Frank O’Connor from Yale University. Following teaching at the University International Short Story Award and debuted at the top of of California-San Diego and Boston University, she joined the New York Times best seller list. The Lowland won the Harvard’s History Department in 2003 and was several years DSC award for South Asian Literature, and was a finalist Chair of the History and Literature Program. In 2012, she for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award in was named a Harvard College Professor. Dr. Lepore teaches fiction. 2016’s autobiographicalIn Other Words, written in classes in evidence, historical methods, the humanities, and Italian, considers the often-fraught links between identity American political history. and language. Dr. Lahiri has also published the Italian The Clothing of Books and the novel Dove Mi Trovo, with its Dr. Lepore’s works include a trilogy that constitutes a English translation as Whereabouts in production. In 2019, political history of early America: The Name of War: King she compiled and translated the work of 40 Italian writers Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity (1998), winner in the Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories. of the Bancroft Prize and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award; New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth- In 2015, Dr. Lahiri was awarded the National Humanities Century Manhattan (2005), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Medal. She has won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Award for best nonfiction book on race; and Book of Ages: O. Henry Prize for Interpreter of Maladies, the American The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin (2013), Time’s Best Academy of Arts and Letters’ Addison Metcalf Award, the Nonfiction Book of the Year and winner of the Mark Lynton Vallombrosa Von Rezzori Prize, the Asian American Literary History Prize. Award, and the 2017 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. She has also been granted Guggenheim and Dr. Lepore has been elected to the American Academy of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. Arts and Sciences and to the American Philosophical Society. She is a past president of the Society of American Historians and a former Commissioner of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

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STANLEY A. PLOTKIN SISTER MARY SCULLION Honorary Doctor of Sciences Honorary Doctor of Physician, educator, researcher, and Humane Letters developer of vaccines Advocate in service of the homeless Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, and mentally ill Perelman School of Medicine, Co-founder, Project HOME, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Member of the Sisters of Mercy Professor Emeritus of Virology, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia For over four decades, Sister Mary Scullion has deeply engaged in service and advocacy for the Physician Stanley A. Plotkin, Emeritus Professor of the homeless and mentally ill. She is co-founder of Philadelphia’s University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor of the Johns Project HOME, nationally recognized for providing Hopkins University developed the lifesaving rubella vaccine supportive housing, employment, education, and health now in standard use worldwide and co-developed the care to enable chronically homeless and low-income persons pentavalent rotavirus vaccine. A world leader in his field, to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Since through the years Dr. Plotkin has worked extensively on 1989, Project HOME has grown from an emergency winter development and application of vaccines including rabies, shelter to over 900 housing units and businesses providing varicella, pertussis, Lyme disease, and cytomegalovirus. employment to formerly homeless persons.

A New York University graduate, Dr. Plotkin earned his M.D. Sister Mary’s work began in 1976, having joined the from the State University of New York Medical School in Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in 1972 when entering Brooklyn. During his years at the Epidemic Intelligence college. In 1985, she co-founded Woman of Hope to provide Service of the Centers for Disease Control, he worked on permanent residences and support for homeless mentally development of the oral polio vaccine and on efficacy of a ill women. Three years later, she established the Outreach vaccine against anthrax. Coordination Center, the nation’s first program to more systemically assist homeless persons with special needs in Coming to Philadelphia in 1965, until 1991 Dr. Plotkin served finding housing and shelter. Project HOME’s Stephen Klein as Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at Penn, Professor Wellness Center, opened in 2015, is a model for integrated of Virology at the Wistar Institute and Director of Infectious health, behavioral, and wellness services. A state-of-the- Diseases and Senior Physician at Children’s Hospital of art technology center now offers after-school enrichment, Philadelphia. Dr. Plotkin then joined vaccine manufacturer a college access program, and adult educational and Pasteur-Mérieux-Connaught (now Sanofi Pasteur), as Medical occupational programming. and Scientific Director for seven years. Today, he continues to teach at Penn and consult to vaccine manufacturers, biotech- Sister Mary is also a powerful voice on political issues nology companies, and non-profit research organizations. affecting the homeless and mentally ill. Her advocacy has resulted in the right of homeless persons to vote as well as a Dr. Plotkin’s numerous awards include the Distinguished landmark federal court decision that affects the fair housing Physician Award of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society rights of persons with disabilities. and the French Legion of Honor Medal, the Sabin Gold Medal, and the Research Award of the Association of American A graduate of Saint Joseph’s University, Sister Mary Medical Colleges. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia also earned her Master of Social Work from Temple University. established a professorship in his name. He has chaired both Philadelphia Inquirer selected her as its 2011 Citizen of the the Infectious Diseases Committee and the American Academy Year. In 2009, Time named her one of the World’s Most of Pediatrics AIDS Task Force and Microbiology and Infectious Influential People. Sister Mary has received the Philadelphia Diseases Research Committees at NIH. Award, the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, and the Eisenhower Fellowship’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Plotkin was elected to the National Academy of Medicine She serves on the Board of The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation of the National Academy of Sciences, and the French and as a Saint Joseph’s University Trustee, and was a member Academies of Medicine and Pharmacy. He is Founder and a of the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Ethics. Fellow of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the International Society for Vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

With a bibliography of over 800 articles, Dr. Plotkin has also edited several books, including the textbook now titled Plotkin’s Vaccines.

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GREGG L. SEMENZA HENRY THREADGILL Honorary Doctor of Sciences Honorary Doctor of Music C. Michael Armstrong Professor Jazz composer and of Genetic Medicine, multi-instrumentalist artist Johns Hopkins Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for Music University Founding Director, Vascular Biology Program, Hailed by the New York Times as Johns Hopkins Institute for “perhaps the most important jazz Cell Engineering composer of his generation,” for Recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize over forty years Henry Threadgill is celebrated as one of in Physiology or Medicine the most original, forward-thinking composers and multi- instrumentalists in American music. His four-movement Recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, work, In for a Penny, In for a Pound, received the Pulitzer Prize Dr. Gregg L. Semenza’s laboratory discovered, cloned, and for Music in 2016, one of only three jazz compositions to characterized hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), the founding ever be so honored. member of a family of master regulators that direct responses to decreased oxygen availability in virtually all metazoan A Chicago native, Mr. Threadgill studied at the city’s species. His laboratory has shown that HIFs play important American Conservatory of Music, majoring in composition, roles in cardiovascular disorders, cancer, COPD, diabetes, sleep piano, and flute. A Vietnam veteran, he performed with apnea, transplant rejection, ocular neovascularization, and the U.S. Army Concert Band. Mr. Threadgill is a founding hematologic disorders. The evolutionary selection of genetic member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative variants at loci that encode HIF pathway components have Musicians (AACM), dedicated to the performance of its been identified in Tibetan populations living at high altitude members’ original music. Mr. Threadgill has also received with decreased oxygen availability. HIF stabilizers and HIF a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Aaron Copland Award, inhibitors are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of and the Doris Duke Impact Award. Down Beat magazine’s anemia and cancer, respectively. International Jazz Critics Poll has five times distinguished him with its Best Composer Award. The Jazz Journalists Dr. Semenza completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard Association honored him with its 2002 Composer of the Year College, and his M.D. and Ph.D. (in Genetics) degrees in Award and its Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Threadgill the University of Pennsylvania’s Medical Scientist Training has released over thirty critically acclaimed albums. Program; his pediatrics residency training at Duke University; and postdoctoral training in medical genetics at the Johns Mr. Threadgill’s orchestral pieces, 1987’s Run Silent, Run Deep, Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he has spent Run Loud, Run and 1993’s Mix for Orchestra premiered at the his entire faculty career. Brooklyn Academy of Music. His many commissions include Mordine & Co. Dance Theater, Carnegie Hall, the New York Dr. Semenza is an American Cancer Society Research Professor Shakespeare Festival, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Junge and the C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Genetic Medicine Philharmonie Salzburg Orchestra, the Biennale di Venezia, at Johns Hopkins with appointments in Pediatrics, Medicine, and the American Composers Orchestra. He has been Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Biological Chemistry. composer in residence at University of California-Berkeley Since 2003, he has served as founding Director of the Vascular and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Through the years, Mr. Biology Program in the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Threadgill has led, performed, and recorded with numerous Engineering. groups, most recently Zooid and the Ensemble Double Up. In 2015, a two-day festival at New York’s Harlem Stage Dr. Semenza has received the Canada-Gairdner International celebrated works spanning Mr. Threadgill’s career performed Award, Lefoulon-Delalande Grand Prix from the Institut de and reinterpreted by an all-star collection of musicians. France, Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, and the Massry Prize. He has published more than 400 papers, which have been cited over 140,000 times. Dr. Semenza is an elected member of the Society for Pediatric Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.

10 ROTC Commissions

ARMY ROTC NAVY ROTC Major MinJae Back, Executive Officer Matthew C. Culbertson Lieutenant Colonel James D. Hannigan, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Professor of Military Science, Drexel University Commanding Officer, University of Pennsylvania

The following students, members of the Army Reserve The following graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Officers’ Training Corps, are being commissioned as Second Training Corps who have completed the course of Lieutenants in the United States Army Reserve: instruction in Naval Science are being commissioned as Adam J. Kirschner Second Lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps: Patrick M. Munn Andrew C. Toth John D. Stinger The following graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who have completed the course of instruction in Naval Science are being commissioned as Ensigns in the United States Navy: Ian S. Bayer Olivia M. Cook Brooke E. Engelbrektsson James H. Lenden Wesley C. Rugen

11 Principal Academic Honor Societies

PHI BETA KAPPA (ARTS & SCIENCES) Delta of Pennsylvania Phi Beta Kappa is one of the oldest and most prestigious academic societies for undergraduates. The Delta Chapter of the University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1892 and continues to thrive in the twenty-first century. It honors those students who have distinguished themselves through undergraduate research and by breadth of study in the liberal arts.

Fahad Ahmed Daniel Roy Fishman-Engel Nikita Maheshwari Nicholas G. Strauch Adam Nabil Alghalith Benjamin Foster Pietro Gerard Maisano Irene Su Maria Francesca Arruda Rachel Shell Fromer Srinivas V. Mandyam Robert Christopher de Amaral Ariel E. Gelrud Shiro Bella Masterson Subtirelu Staci Marie Bell Irene Gendelman Hannah McDonald Tan Shun Qing Chloe Nurul Ezzaty Binti Kelcey Darling Gibbons Melisande Brie McLaughlin Madison Emily Taylor Hasbullah Brian Goldstein Natasha Menon Hiab Amlak Teshome Daniel De Varona Brennan Mahip Grewal Alyssa Leigh Mulé Pranav R. Trivedi McKay P. Burdette Pavithran Guttipatti Yareqzy Leticia Muñoz Victoria Tsao Catherine Locke Campbell Lucy Hu Wesley Neal Madeline Grace Villalba Ka Ki Jacqueline Chan Saleel Sanjay Huprikar Amanda Mai Caughey Ngo Toni Denise Walker Jennifer Si-Yi Chen Anastasia Hutnick Theodoros Papazekos Tiffany Wang Yujiao Cecily Chen Justin A. Iannacone Natalia Sarahi Parjane William Wang Carolyn Pui-Yun Chow Noa Katherine Jett Roshan Patel Jenna Paige Weingarten Aoife Coady Nathan Jiang Arielle Mae Pierson Brent Gabriel Weisberg Daniel E. Cohen Elizabeth Kaliff Ammar Mansur Plumber Sarah Arielle Weitzman Asha Kayla Dahiya Omkar A. Katta Abigail Naomi Poteshman Yosef G. Weitzman Margaret Mary Danaher Clare Elizabeth Kearns Grace Victoria Ringlein Yuxin Wen Maegan Anne DeLessio Spencer Henry Kersh Martin Aharon Rubin Piotr Wojcik Clemen Deng Noah Alexander Kest Samali Anova Sahoo Grace G. Wu Brooke Emily DiGia Marc Stuart Klinger Christeen Samuel Karen Yang Maura Sloan Fay Brooke Alexis Krancer Leo Sarbanes Ji Hyoung Yoon Sarah Joy Fendrich Ruth Tsung-Lin Lee Jordyn Arielle Schor Alexander Zhou Flora Linfei Feng William Zhuo-Ming Li Adithya Sriram Alice Li Zhou Mackenzie Cahira Fierceton Tianyu Lin Christopher Stanczak Qingyang Zhou Britney Nia Firmin Sophia Paulette Lindner Christina Merci Steele

MATTHEW CRYER HONOR SOCIETY OMICRON KAPPA UPSILON (DENTAL MEDICINE) (DENTAL MEDICINE) The Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Society (OKU), a national The Matthew Cryer Honor Society was established in 1912. dental honor society, was established in 1914 to promote Membership in the Penn Dental Medicine’s Cryer Society is and recognize scholarship and character among students of the highest scholastic honor awarded to the highest–ranked dentistry. Annually, faculty members of the OKU ETA Chapter students in each class at the completion of the second year. at Penn Dental Medicine select senior student recipients. The Society honors the academic achievements of its members and acts as a resource to new students entering the dental Ali Al-Sammak Nasim Levin school. Marie-Elena Cronin Selin Soyupak Vincent Michael Debitetto Lauren Elizabeth St Laurent Vincent Michael Debitetto Matthew Conrad Siracusa Sarina Priyesh Dodhia Ashley Elizabeth Swan Sarina Priyesh Dodhia Lauren Elizabeth St Laurent Lauren Elizabeth Fitzgerald Justin Lewis Tomack Lauren Elizabeth Fitzgerald Ashley Elizabeth Swan Mordechai Fried Erica Weinberg Michael Eli Ginzburg Erica Weinberg Michael Eli Ginzburg Catherine Marie Wroclawski Jonathan Griffin Catherine Marie Wroclawski Jonathan Griffin Eliott Eytan Zarabi Neysha Biren Patel Eliott Eytan Zarabi Fatima Naqvi

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ETA KAPPA NU (ELECTRICAL AND GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY (MEDICINE) COMPUTER ENGINEERING) The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) honors medical Eta Kappa Nu is the international Electrical and Computer students, residents, role-model physician teachers and other Engineering Society. Members of Eta Kappa Nu are selected exemplars recognized for “demonstrated excellence in clinical in their junior and senior years based upon academic care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.” achievements and relevant majors. Kelly Anne Boylan Ilana Nelson-Greenburg Wing Kin Chu Logan May Julia Carney Bianca Manyi Nfonoyim Joshua Cohen Matteo Sciolla Elizabeth Anne Duckworth Joy Ebunoluwa Obayemi Miku Fujita Rahul Shekhar Hanna Mohamed Elmongy Alomi Ojus Parikh Monal Garg Prasanna Poudyal Sutton Elizabeth Higgins Leah Britt Rethy Daniel Hayes Hanming Zu Catherine E. T. Hutchison Emily Ann Rider-Longmaid Julian Mauricio Lejbman Daniel H. Saris TAU BETA PI (ENGINEERING) Katherine L. Magoon Steven R. Scarfone As Penn’s engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi invites Alexandra Smith Miller Erin Elizabeth Tully exemplary juniors and seniors to join each semester. Valuing Heardley Moses Murdock scholarship and character, the society organizes events aimed at community service, student networking and enhancement SIGMA THETA TAU (NURSING) of undergraduate education. Xi of Pennsylvania Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Sam Akhavan Samantha Lunt Nursing, has a mission to support the learning, knowledge, Raj Bhuva Jared Marks and professional development of registered nurses. As a Steven Bursztyn Palmer Paul global community of nurses, members of Sigma Theta Tau Arjun Dave Jacqueline Peng International, uphold the mission of the Society in an effort Angelica Du Pranav Pillai to improve the health of people worldwide. Membership Lauren Duhamel Vijay Ramanujan is by invitation to those nursing students who exhibit Christopher Fischer Rahul Shekhar academic excellence. Amit Gupta Weizhen Sheng Nicole (Xinran) Han Stephanie Shi Samelle Arhin Allison N. Kiernan Lauren Hoang Alexander Silva Anna Kristine Bennett Lindsay E. Krott Andrew Huang Arielle Stern Nicole Kassandra Carissimi Melanie Agnes Mariano Tyler Larkworthy James Xue Briana C. Cass Katelyn D. Mark Vera Lee Shuzhen Chee Megan P. McDowall Dena Marie Deluca Stephanie A. Nekoroski ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA (MEDICINE) Anna-Marie V. Diaz-Paredes Jessica S. Newfield Beta of Philadelphia Jada A. Edwards Michelle O. Nigro Alpha Omega Alpha is a national honor society that Claire E. Foster Allison Sherman recognizes and perpetuates excellence in the medical Jenna A. Garo Brianna T. Spatz profession. The organization promotes scholarship and Alicia K. Go Dana R. Stefany research in medical schools, encourages a high standard of Daniel Gonzalez Melissa B. Sullivan character and conduct among medical students and graduates Gordon X. Han Allison M. Trudeau and recognizes high attainment in medical science, practice, Marcus D. Henderson Crystiana Tsujiura Nora E. Hennessy Emily E. Webster Prateek Agarwal George Michael Maliha Aaron A. Huntley Inez Anna Zuska Steven Nicholas Baldassano Blake Collins Meza Julia A. Kennedy Kelly Anne Boylan Katharine Freeman Michel Remy Marja Bremner Jennifer Morganroth Gina Jee Yoon Chang Heardley Moses Murdock Daniel David Child Sneha Narasimhan Steve Sungwon Cho Natalie Hunt Neale Alexandra Grace Doms Alomi Ojus Parikh Claire Elise Drolen Leah Britt Rethy Christine Lynne Farrell Jaclyn Michele Rosenthal Naomi Elizabeth Gutkind Hannah Lauren Schultz Catherine E. T. Hutchison Yixin Ally Wang Scott Michael LaValva Leah Rebecca Zuroff Carissa Elaine Livingston

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PHI ZETA (VETERINARY MEDICINE) BETA GAMMA SIGMA Beta Chapter (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) The Society of Phi Zeta was organized in 1929. Also, in 1929, Alpha of Pennsylvania a charter was granted to the University of Pennsylvania Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving School of Veterinary Medicine, establishing the Beta Chapter. business programs accredited by AACSB International – The goal of the Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society is to The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. promote, acknowledge, and reward scholarship in the Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition veterinary profession. a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International. Alea Devi Agrawal Kaitlyn Anne Johnson Alison Rose Billas Adriana Karina Lopez Samantha Elvira Lopez Shawn Kianmahd Franklin Louis Brown Nieves Abello Justin Maxwell Lambroza John Coston Cain Courtney Marie Lunger Alex Agus Jiho Lee Mariel Sarah Covo Alexandra Nuria MacLeod Gabriel Ajzenman Richard Jiahui Li Rose Helen Dicovitsky Laura Katherine Massey Max Philips Albert Vivian Li Mary Jane Drake Danni Jay Mitchell Xiang Han (Max) Bai Tianyu Lin Rachel Frances Durrwachter Colleen Nichole Moore Ziad Ben Hadj-Alouane Benjamin Liu Gabrielle Faragasso Gabriella Elyse Motta Zachary Blitzer Michael Lu Samantha Joan Goodridge Anthony Frank Pizzelanti III Dillon C. Bogart Naveed Matinfar Emily Hanlon Griswold Amanda Nichole Samuels Stephen Marc Brand Arjun Narayan Mehrotra Maria Macarena Daniel Marco Sandoval Grant Charles Carlson Dylan Zeng Milligan Guerrero-Reyes Trinity Michael Scanlon Puti Cen Hong Huynh Nguyen Elisa Lauren Heacock Elana Michelle Vlodaver Nok Yin Connie Chan Akash Rao Pulluru Caitlin Taylor Hering Elinor Elise Willis Mei Chung Jennifer Zijun Qiu Ryan Douglas Daniel Andres Romeu Elana Fortson Victoria Maria Sacchetti Matthew Gilbertson Karina Manish Shah Qinyi Gu Eric Z Shan Qiaochu Guo Wesley G. Sheker Amit Gupta Stephanie Yuyan Shi Abhinav Reddy Gurrala Jake Smolenski Robert Zvi Halfon Juliet Paige Solit Elizabeth Holmdahl Rahul Sood Sonya Huang Karl Valentini Abhinav Kajaria Stephanie Wu

14 Prizes and Awards

This is a partial list of recipients of prizes and awards. A number of awards are not announced prior to the time that this program goes to into production.

SENIOR CLASS AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Althea K. Hottel Shield Award: Carolynne Liu Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award for Outstanding Service to Gaylord P. Harnwell Flag Award: Angelica Du Graduate and Professional Student Life: Jonathan David R. Goddard Loving Cup Award: Jordan Andrews Hoffman, David Kirui, Shichun (Asminet) Ling, R. Jean Brownlee Skimmer Hat Award: Natasha Menon Silicia Lomax, Sudhir Gaddam (Sid) Radhakrishna Spoon Award: Karim El Sewedy Beinecke Scholarship: Christina Steele Bowl Award: Jordan Williams Boren Fellowship: Raekwon Burton Cane Award: Daniel Gonzalez Churchill Scholarship: Srinivas Mandyam Spade Award: Arman Ramezani Class of 1939 Graduate Fellowship: Alexander Geer Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace: Sabina London PRESIDENT’S ENGAGEMENT PRIZES Gates Cambridge Scholarship: Shadrack Frimpong Philip Chen Kwaku Owusu George H. Frazier Prize: Madeline Villalba Shivansh Inamdar Artemis Panagopoulou Goldwater Scholarship: Lauren Duhamel, Hyungtae Kim Aditya Siroya Srinivas Mandyam, Abigail Poteshman Meera Menon Mckayla Warwick Fulbright Grants: Faith Cho, Serena Hajjar, Henry Hoffman, Natalia Lindsey, Ton Nguyen, Aiden Reiter, PRESIDENT’S INNOVATION PRIZE Arryonna Santos, Adithya Sriram Nikil Ragav National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship: Vignesh Chandra Bhethanabotla, Sabina Rachel LEADERSHIP AWARDS London, Srinivas Mandyam, Adithya Sriram Asian Alumni Network Student Leadership Award: Heidi Chiu Norman J. Goldring Prize: Association of Alumnae Fathers’ Trophy: Nia Akins Alexandre Amice, Madeline Villalba Association of Alumnae Continuing Education Award: Marshall Scholarship: Christina Steele Kelcey Gibbons Paul F. Miller, Jr. Scholarship: Association of Alumnae Robert J. Alig Senior Award: Tolulope Adebayo, Oscar Aguila Ka Ki Jaqueline Chan, Delaney Keenan Penn Alumni Student Award of Merit: Promise Adebayo-Ige, Association of Latino Alumni Student Leadership Award: Gabriel Barnett, Raj Bhuva, Hayley Boote, Erik Vargas Lindsay Foster Association of Native Alumni Student Leadership Award: Penn Student Agencies Award: Jessica Andrews Dana Parmalee President’s & Provost’s Honor for Developing New Initiatives in Black Alumni Society Student Leadership Award: Graduate and Professional Student Life: Gregory Ajibola Bodunrin Callaghan, Gina Chang, Matt Lee, Kevin Alicia Torres James Brister Society Student Leadership Award: Louis Lin Rhodes Scholarship: Stephen Damianos, James Brister Society Graduate Student Leadership Award: Nurul Ezzaty Binti Hasbullah Chi Leuk Chan Schwarzman Scholarship: Zinan (Crysti) Chen, Class of 1915 Award: Adam Goldner Andrew Howard Keller Award, Netter Center for Community Partnerships: Stephen Goff Award for Student Performing Arts: Priscilla Felten Carter Gale Thouron Awards (American Fellows): Campus Compact’s Newman Civic Fellow: Carter Gale Daniel Brennan, Gregory Forkin, Natasha Menon, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alumni Association Robert Subtirelu, Zachary Whitlock Student Leadership Award: Wesley Neal Thouron Awards (British Fellows): The Penn First Plus Alumni Student Leadership Award: Paul Calleja, Amelia Clegg, Edward Grigg, Daniel Gonzalez Crawford Jamieson, Edward O’Hare, Isabel Straw, William A. Levi Kite and Key Society Award for Service Christian Zabilowicz and Scholarship: Sydney Shiffman Truman Scholarship: Louis Lin, Angel Ortiz-Siberon Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Michele Huber and Bryan D. Giles Award: Qiaochu Guo Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Student Leadership Award: Natasha Menon Stephen Wise Award: Catherine Campbell, Jackson Foltz, Tafshena Khan James Howard Weiss Memorial Award: Louis Lin

15 CIVIC SCHOLARS Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Alana A. Adams Jenna Z. Liu by Graduate Students Jordan F. Andrews Natasha Menon Todd Baker, Philosophy Rachel B. Baum Yareqzy L. Munoz Micah Del Rosario, English Catherine A. DePaola Ton T. Nguyen Taylor Dysart, History and Sociology of Science Mackenzie C. Fierceton John P. Ortega Stephen Hackler, Physics and Astronomy Noa K. Jett Bri Rodriguez Theodora Naqvi, Classical Studies Gino Pauselli, Political Science Makiki Reuvers, History Mario Sassi, Romance Languages Ellen Urheim, Mathematics Zachary Zimmerman, Chemistry

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Dean’s Scholars – College of Arts and Sciences Fahad Ahmed, Communication Omkar Katta, Mathematical Economics Srinivas Mandyam, Biophysics, Mathematics, and Physics Annenberg School for Melisande Mclaughlin, Cinema and Media Studies Communication Leo Sarbanes, Music Adithya Sriram, Biophysics and Physics Christina Steele, Psychology Computational Modeling Prize in Applied Cognition, Piotr Wojcik, Urban Studies Cognitive Science Society: Douglas Guilbeault Qingyang Zhou, Cinema and Media Studies, Graduate Associate, Perry World House: Florence Madenga Comparative Literature, and German Graduate Fellowship, Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Program: Natalie Herbert Dean’s Scholar – College of Liberal and Penn GAPSA-Provost Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Innovation: Professional Studies Undergraduate Program Hye-Yon Lee Nathan Duane Coonts, Political Science Russell Ackoff Fellowship: Stephanie Gratale, Soojong Kim Top Four Paper Award, International Communication Association: SCHOOL PRIZES Soojong Kim Top Poster Award, International Communication Association: Abraham D. Cohn Prize: Louis Lin Lori Young Association of Alumnae Rosemary D. Mazzatenta Top Student Paper Award, International Communication Scholars Award: Ashleigh David, Merobi Degefa Association: Jennifer R. Henrichsen, Jeanna Sybert Charles W. Burr Book Prize: Samantha Friskey, Jackson Sauls Waterhouse Family Institute Research Grant Award: Soojong Kim College Alumni Society 250th Commemoration Award: Daniel Hayes Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Challenge Award: School of Arts and Sciences Adam Alghalith, Sabrina DaSilva, Srinivas Mandyam, Grace Ringlein, Adithya Sriram, Irene Su GRADUATE AWARDS College Alumni Society Undergraduate Dean’s Scholars – Doctoral Programs Research Grants Shorouk Badir, Chemistry College Alumni Society Board of Managers and Presidents Eilidh Beaton, Philosophy Undergraduate Research Grant: Fahad Ahmed, Tanner Kaptanoglu, Physics and Astronomy Kabele Cook, Maxwell Frankfurter, Lucy Ma, Mina Khalil, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Hannah Nasseri, Adithya Sriram, Christina Steele, Davy Knittle, English Samantha Stein, Anna Waldzinska, Tiffany Wang, Ruth Moyer, Criminology Tina Wu, Karen Yang Benjamin Oyler, Music Ernest M. Brown, Jr. College Alumni Society Undergraduate Claire Sabel, History and Sociology of Science Research Grant: Hyuntae Byun, Peter Chan, Julia Comer, Aline Zanardini, Mathematics Jessica Griff, Lena Leszinsky, Sabina London, Sofia Miguez, Brandon Santhumayor, Hiab Teshome Dean’s Scholar – Professional Master’s Programs Goldfeder Family Undergraduate Research Grant: Hope Elliott, Applied Geosciences Nikita Maheshwari continued next page

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College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grants, continued Kanta Marwah College Alumni Society Undergraduate Anthropology Department Research Award: Omkar Katta Department of Anthropology Prize: Sarah Carson, Louis H. Castor, M.D., C’48 Undergraduate Research Grant: Chuan Hao Chen, Raquel Fleskes, Christopher Green, Alana Adams, Catherine Campbell, Haley Gelberg, Caroline Hodge, Sharon Jacobs, Alexandra Kralick, Michelle Kahng, Elizabeth Lazarus, Sylvia Rhodes Autumn Melby, Kristina Nielsen, Mary L. and Matthew S. Santirocco College Alumni Society Nooshin Sadeghsamimi, Fatima Tassadiq, Undergraduate Research Grant: Rebecca Alifimoff, Tali Ziv, Naomi Zucker Michael John, Jessica Li, Zubaida Salman, Pei Hsuan Tseng Asian American Studies Program Ruth Marcus Kanter College Alumni Society Undergraduate Dr. Rosane Rocher Prize: Hyungtae Kim Research Grant: Jiani He, Srinivas Mandyam, Adithya Sriram, Samantha Stein, Toni Walker, Benjamin Franklin Scholars Tiffany Wang, Qingyang Zhou Benjamin Franklin Scholars Research Talk Prize: Ruth Lee Millstein Family Undergraduate Research Grant: Donnisa Edmonds, Angela Ji, Jason Knies, Biochemistry Program Suh Jung Park, Abigail Presti, Jordyn Schor, Chair’s Award: Sabrina DaSilva, Irene Su Madison Taylor, Quentin Wedderburn, Founder’s Prize: Megan Gumina Jenna Weingarten Helix Prize: Adam Alghalith, Katherine Novak Pincus-Magaziner Family Undergraduate Research and Hydra Prize: Alice Liu Travel Grant: Yujiao Chen, Olivia Crocker, John C. Makris Memorial Award: Pavithran Guttipatti, Donnisa Edmonds, Natasha Guy, Kaila Helm, Alice Zhou Aime Bienfait Igiraneza, Hareena Kaur, Paul Yook Class of 1996 Prize: David Yang Delaney Keenan, Christopher Lee, Ari Levine, Nicholas Paleologos, Luiza Repsold Franca, Ila Sethi, Biological Basis of Behavior Program Arundhati Singh, Hiab Teshome, Paul Um, Yuxin Wen, Edward N. Pugh, Jr. Award: Grace G. Wu Sarah Werner, Tina Wu Chemistry Department COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award: PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Anthony Ciro Association of Alumnae Continuing Education Award: ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award: Kelcey Gibbons Nahima Saliba Christopher Peterson Memorial Fellowship: Celeste Caton ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award: Linda Bowen Santoro Award: Yezta Johnson Wiggins Adina Singer LPS Award for Academic Achievement in the Natural Sciences: ACS Scholastic Achievement Award: Anna Schmitt Mauricio Alvarez Alpha Chi Sigma Award: James Kwon LPS Distinguished Student Service Award: Master of Chemical Sciences Capstone Award: Eric Ellison, Joo-Hyung Park Hung-Chin Chen, Changfeng Deng, Jing-Zhi Lo, Ronald J. Caridi Award: Jeffrey Manner Devendra Maurya Priestley Club Award: Maegan Delessio DEPARTMENTAL, CENTER, AND Royal Society of Chemistry Award: Emily Augustine, PROGRAM AWARDS Abigail Solit

Center for Africana Studies Classical Studies Department Arthur Fauset Award: Kyle Oden College Alumni Society Prize in Classics: Margaret Danaher Award for Best Dissertation in Africana Studies: George Allen Memorial Prize: Matan Davis, Richard Hakes, Samiha Rahman Catherine Simons Buchi Emecheta Prize in African Studies: Oyindamola Ogunlade Cognitive Science Program John Edgar Wideman Prize in Africana Studies: College Alumni Society Prize in Cognitive Science: Oyindamola Ogunlade Natalia Parjane Nnamdi Azikiwe Prize in African Studies: Angela Kumirai Raymond Pace Alexander Prize in Africana Studies: Sonari-Nnamdi Chidi, Imani Davis Sadie Tanner Alexander Prize in Africana Studies: Sophia Lindner W.E.B. DuBois Prize in Africana Studies: Sophia Lindner

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Communication Program (Annenberg) Creative Writing Program C. Nicole Dickerson Award: Fahad Ahmed College Alumni Society Poetry Prize: Wes Matthews Charles Morris Prize Award: Tiffany Wang Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation: Samantha Friskey Honorable Walter H. Annenberg Award: Nathaniel Morris Gibson Peacock Prize for Creative Nonfiction: Sophia DuRose Kathleen Hall Jamieson Award: Tiffany Wang, Karen Yang Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing: Alishan Valiani Phyllis C. Kaniss Award: Hadeel Saab Lillian and Benjamin Levy Award for Reviewing: Wes Matthews Parker Prize for Journalistic Writing: Rowana Miller Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prize: Daniel Finkel Bassini Writing Apprenticeships: Amber Auslander, William Carlos Williams Prize of the Academy of Alec Druggan, Samira Mehta American Poets: Julien Brugeron

RealArts@Penn Internships Critical Writing Program (The Marks Family 1812 Productions: Lynn Osegura Center for Excellence in Writing) Brooklyn Films: Becca Lieberman Samuel P. and Ida S. Mandell Prize for Best Critical Writing David Stern and Stuart Gibbs, Writers: Caroline Harris Publication in a Penn Undergraduate Journal (Second Place): Doug Robinson Productions: Liza Babin Brooke Krancer Downtown Bookworks Inc.: Elaina Doft Samuel P. and Ida S. Mandell Prize for Distinguished Flathead Beacon: Charlotte Bausch Critical Writing Produced in a Seminar (Honorable Mention): Genre Films: John Anderson Eytan Deener-Agus Grandview: Kate Lindenburg Library of Congress: Joyce Hida Kelly Writers House Management 360: Hughes Ransom, Lexi Lieberman Clearman Cottage Residency: Caroline Curran McSweeney’s and the Believer: Sophia DuRose Creative Ventures Capital Grant: Josephine Cheng, Monami Productions: Shalom Obiago Imani Davis, Alyson del Pino, Morgan Herrmann, Morgan Library and Museum: Brooke Krancer Eva Lewis, Beatrize Stephen-Pons, Philadelphia Magazine: Sabrina Qiao Samuel Strickberger Philadelphia Media Network: Carmina Hachenburg Cultural Preservation Prize: Sharon Christner, Pitchfork Media: Colin Lodewick Meerabelle Jesuthasan Settlement Music School: Teresa Xie Faculty Director’s Discretionary Grant: Husnaa Hashim, Shore Fire Media: Samuel Kesler Anthony Lagana, Mary Osunlana Small Press Distribution: Elizabeth Lemieux Friend Fellows: Claire Adams, Sophie Burkholder, Tremolo Productions: Akhil Vaidya Samantha Claypoole, Erin O’Malley, Nick Seymour, Viacom Catalyst: Creative + Strategy: Francesca Reznik Jess Shollenberger Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures: Ali Yarto Goldstein Prize: Erin O’Malley Whitechapel Gallery: Autumn Wynde Kerry Sherin Wright Prize: Samantha Friskey, Jacob Kind Terry B. Heled Travel and Research Grant: Sonali Deliwala, RealArts@Penn Prizes Isami McCowan Creative Resilience Collective: Maritza Hernandez Mad Chance Productions and Joint Effort Productions: Kati Kim Criminology Department Mophonics & Spin Move Producers: Peter Lu J. Francis Finnegan Memorial Prize: NoCamels.com: Anjali Berdia Maria Francesca Arruda de Amaral, Alec Bardey Pennsylvania Ballet Association: Cassidy Mazurek Philadelphia Museum of Art: Ka Yee Christy Ching Earth and Environmental Science Department Safehouse Pictures: Rachelle Frederic Earth and Environmental Science Award for Excellence in The New York Public Theater: Rowana Miller Applied Geosciences (Graduate): Denise Teresa Pereira The Barnes Foundation/Slought: Galena Sardamova Earth and Environmental Science Award for Excellence in To Write Love On Her Arms: Amy Marcus Environmental Studies: Hayley Jane McCurdy Viacom: Toni Walker Earth and Environmental Science Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Erynn Ho Johnson Elaine B. Wright Award (Undergraduate): Melissa Elizabeth Frankil Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden Award (Undergraduate): Colleen Kutschera Frederick N. Scatena Award: Chloe E Cerwinka Henry Darwin Rogers Award (Undergraduate): Nicole M. Posadas

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East Asian Languages and Civilizations Edward Ziegler Davis Prize: Justin Yue Department Erich Friedmann Memorial Prize: Qingyang Zhou Adele Austin Rickett Memorial Prize: Patrick Beyrer German Society of Pennsylvania Prize: Edwin Bodoni E. Dale Saunders Council on Buddhism Prize: Harrison Schley Max Kade Foundation Prize: Son Nguyen, W. Allyn Rickett Prize: Bryce Heatherly Szilveszter Palvolgyi Otto Springer Prize: Pascal Aubert Economics Department Petronella van Weezel Prize: Luke Hassall Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics: Workmen’s Circle/Arbiter Ring Prize: Adam Sax Spencer Kersh Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize in Economics: History Department Felipe Ruiz Mazin Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Prize: Alia Schechter Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics: Hanbaek Lee Captain Victor Gondos Jr., Prize: Leo Gearin Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics: Gussie Wachs Prize: Sabrina Palacios Sara Casella Hilary Conroy Prize: Archana Upadhyay Lawrence Robbins Prize: Joao Prestes Sousa Korrodi Ritto Jack Reece Prize: Alexandru Zanca Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research: James V. Saporito Memorial Prize: William Weiss Paolo Martellini Jeanette Nichols Prize: Elizabeth Eckhard Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship: Changhwa Lee Lynn M. Case Prize: Brooke Krancer William Polk Carey Prize in Economics: Takeaki Sunada Martin Wolfe Prize: Ji Yoon Robert M. Steiner (C ‘60) Prize: Raja Promige Penn Institute for Economic Research Thomas C. Cochran Prize: Noah Kest Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research in Economics: Aoife Coady History of Art Department Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics: College Alumni Society David M. Robb Prize: Tomas Larroucau William Kahn, Delaney Keenan Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics: Antonio Canales, Stephanie Grossman History and Sociology of Science Department Health and Societies Major English Department Alumni Society Prize: Carolyn Chow College Alumni Society Henry Reed Prize: Annabelle Williams Society of the College Prize: Catherine Campbell Dosoretz Prize: Winner: Charlotte Bausch Science, Technology, and Society Major Honorable Mention: Annabelle Williams Society of the College Prize: Kelcey Gibbons Nancy Rafetto Leach P. Sweeten Prize: Winners: Xin-Yi Gong, Sumant Rao International Relations Program Honorable Mention: James Morrison Bruce O. Newsome Leadership Award: Annie Hsu L. Barry Pick Award: Zoe Braccia College Alumni Society Award for International Relations: Phillip E. Goldfein Class of ‘34 Shakespearean Prize: Maria Francesca Arruda de Amaral, Justin Melnick Winner: Alyssa Mulé Director’s Prize for Exceptional Creativity, Methodology or Honorable mention: Aileen Walsh Approach on the Senior Thesis: Aiden Brossfield Rittenberg Prize: Mary Osunlana International Relations Program Valedictorian: Maria Francesca Arruda de Amaral Fox Leadership Program James Markley Distinguished Service Award: Jingzi Sui Robert A. Fox Leadership Award: Lucy Hu Norman D. Palmer Prize for Best Thesis in International Relations: Winner: Justin Melnick Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program Runners Up: Maria Francesca Arruda de Amaral, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Prize in Gender, Sexuality, and Nicholas Shevchik Women’s Studies: Catherine Campbell, Chloe Tan Lynda S. Hart Prize in Sexuality Studies: Briar Essex, Wesley Neal Jewish Studies Program Samuel and Esther Goldin Endowment Award: Germanic Languages and Literatures Department Shoshana Sternstein Adolph C. Gorr Delta Phi Alpha Prize: Ali Krema, Daria Zaitseva Latin American and Latino Studies Program Arthur M. Daemmrich and Alfred Guenther Memorial Prize: Jose Miguel Oviedo Undergraduate Student Paper Award Erika Kontulainen, Bryan Norton in Latin American and Latino Studies: Amandus Johnson Prize: Favor Idika Maria Francesca Arruda de Amaral C.F. Lauber Prize: Kelly Chen Nancy Farriss Graduate Student Paper Award Daniel B. Shumway Prize: Grace Bridy, Alexandra Lorenzotti in Latin American and Latino Studies: Maria Pape

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Linguistics Department Henry Hoenigswald Prize in Linguistics: Sarah Horwitz, Nikhil Lakhani, Diana Marsala

Mathematics Department Carlitz-Zippin Prize: Jakob Hansen, Benedict Morrissey Herbert S. Wilf Memorial Prize: McFeely Jackson Goodman Moez Alimohamed Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mathematics: Sukjoo Lee Undergraduate Research Prize: James Emory Chapman, Benjamin Foster, John E. Powell

Middle East Center Middle East Center Undergraduate Essay Award: Winner: Nitin Rao Honorable Mention: Donya Zarrinnegar Physics and Astronomy Department Music Department Arnold M. Denenstein Prize: David Rivera, Ningfeng Zhu David Halstead Music Prize: James Andrei Diaz Acosta Chair’s Teaching Award: Tanay Bhandarkar Hilda K. Nitzsche Prize in Music: Ania Vu Thomas H. Wood Prize: Ethan Abraham, Sarah Kane Helen L. Weiss Music Prize: Nathan Courtright Werner B. Teutsch Prize: Qiuyue Liang, Pok Man Tam, Riley Xu Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations William E. Stephens Memorial Prize: Brooke Digia, Department Abigail Poteshman Judah Goldin Memorial Prize for Excellence in Advanced Hebrew Studies: Talya Koschitzky Political Science Department Moshe Greenberg Memorial Prize: Reese D. Berman College Alumni Society Robert Holtz Memorial Prize: Ji Yoon Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Essay Prize in Arabic Leo S. Rowe Memorial Prize: Lucy Hu, Jake Fallek and Islamic Studies: Vasia Barka, Kristina Wirkowski Philo S. Bennett Prize: Justin Iannacone Roger M.A. Allen Graduate Prize in Arabic and Islamic Studies: Matthew Sharp Religious Studies Department Israel Goldstein Award for Religious Studies: Hannah Nasseri Organizational Dynamics Program Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies: Dr. Paul J. Korshin Award for Academic Excellence: Katherine Scahill Katherine Lang Granger Merle Saunders Schaff Memorial Prize: Leora Troy Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Organizational Dynamics Program: Ann-Marie Behringer Romance Languages Department Lois Ginsberg Prize for Community Service: Lacinda Benjamin French and Francophone Studies Dr. Paul J. Korshin Award for Academic Excellence: Clifton C. Cherpack Prize in French Studies: Matthew Fuchs Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics: French and Francophone Studies Honors Thesis Award: Katherine Granger Winner: Matthew Fuchs Master of Philosophy in Organizational Dynamics: Atif Iqbal Honorable Mention: Kate Kassin

Philosophy Department Italian Studies Flower Essay Prize: Jackson Maxwell Honors Thesis in Italian Studies Excellence Award: Ross Essay Prize: Pei Hsuan Tseng Kerry O’Neil, Isabella Tagliaferri, Maximilian Wolman Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program Vittorini Prize for Excellence in Beginning Italian Language: Award for Best Paper in Student Journal: Katherine Poole Tea Qarri Award for Distinguished Service and Support: Jenna Liu Vittorini Prize for Excellence in Intermediate Italian Language: College Alumni Society Prize in Philosophy, Politics, Sergio Roman and Economics: Kara Zhang Vittorini Prize for Excellence in Advanced Italian Language: Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence: Raksha Dondapati Giulia Randazzo Goldstone Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis: Vittorini Prize for Excellence in Advanced Italian Literature Rebecca Molinoff and Culture: Sofia Rabate

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Hispanic Studies Wolf Humanities Center Best Honors Thesis in Hispanic Studies: Timothy Zurcher Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Humanities Research Edwin B. Williams Memorial Prize in Hispanic Studies: Fellowship: Catherine Campbell, Yujiao Chen, Winner: Noah Weeks-Brittan Katherine Dildy, Michael John, Eva Karlen, Honorable Mention: Hannah Listerud Clare Kearns, Brooke Krancer, John Ortega, Lina A. Ruiz y Ruiz Memorial Award in Hispanic Studies: Andrej Patoski, Chloe Tan, Archana Upadhyay, Winner: Daniel Leva Yuxin Wen, Changyue Yin Honorable Mention: Cara Mahoney

Russian and East European Studies Department School of Dental Medicine Luba Zinkowsky Friedman Fund Slavic Department Prize for Academic Affairs Award: Marie-Elena Cronin Excellence in Russian Studies: Julia Ciocca Academy of Dental Materials Award: Mordechai Fried Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest Academy of General Dentistry Senior Student Dental Award: (Honorable Mention): Connor Hardy, Jan Nowak, Amy R. Min Kendall Owens Academy of Operative Dentistry Award: Andrew Jonathan Ng Academy of Osseointegration Outstanding Dental Student in Sociology Department Implant Dentistry Award: Lauren Elizabeth Fitzgerald Baltzell Award Winner for Best Undergraduate Thesis: Achievement Award in Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Chelsea Gardner, Cindy Luo Sarina Priyesh Dodhia, Fatima Naqvi, Best Paper Award: Sophia Lindner Neysha Biren Patel, Staci Megan Smith, Outstanding Service Award: Mckayla Warwick Justin Lewis Tomack, Catherine Marie Wroclawski Outstanding Student Award: Chelsea Gardner ADEA/GlaxoSmithKline Preventative Dentistry Scholarship Award: Marie-Elena Cronin, Neysha Biren Patel Urban Studies Program American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Student Award of Merit: Award for Commitment to Social Justice in the City: Noa Jett, Jooyeon Park Yareqzy Munoz American Academy of Gold Foil Operators Achievement Award: Award for Contribution to the Urban Studies Program: Aledy Miguelina Moreta Abreu Patrick Teese American Academy of Implant Dentistry Undergraduate Eric C. Schneider Crime and Punishment Award: Ava Esquier, Dental Student Award: Sarina Priyesh Dodhia Sophia Durka, Missy Elizabeth Frankil, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Shamari S. Harrington, Carolynne Liu, Piotr Wojcik Dental Student Award: Vincent Michael Debitetto Hassenfeld Grants for Undergraduate Research in Urban Studies: American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology James English, Nadia Goldman, Yareqzy Munoz Achievement Award: Abdullah Paracha Norman Glickman Prize for the Best Senior Seminar Paper: American Academy of Oral Medicine Certificate of Merit: Caroline Terens Elaf Saeed American Academy of Orofacial Pain Outstanding Senior Award: Roy and Diana Vagelos Life Sciences and Catherine Marie Wroclawski Management Program American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Certificate of LSM MVP (Most Valued Peer Award): Anova Sahoo Merit Award: Selin Soyupak Robert L. Benz and Marie Uberti-Benz Family Prize in Life Sciences American Academy of Periodontology Dental Student Award and Management: Jiou Choi, Hope Lu, Ishir Seth for Achievement in Periodontology: Malika Jhawar Roy and Diana Vagelos Prize for a Senior Planning Graduate Study: American Association of Endodontists Student Achievement Matthew Andersen, Matthew Chow Award: Adam P. Forbes Roy and Diana Vagelos Prize for Achievement in Scientific American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Research: Tiankun Wang, Jack You Dental Implant Student Award: Michael Eli Ginzburg American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Student Award: Jonathan Griffin American Association of Orthodontists Award: Erica Weinberg American Association of Public Health Dentistry Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health Award: Sachell Edili Calderon American Association of Public Health Dentistry, Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry: Gabi Victoria Im continued next page

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School of Dental Medicine, continued American College of Dentists Outstanding Leader Award: International Congress of Oral Implantologists’ (ICOI) William Avi Kessler Pre-Doctoral Student Achievement Award: American College of Prosthodontists Predoctoral Achievement Rameen Phillip Vafa Award: Amy Malakoff International College of Dentists Humanitarian Award: American Dental Society of Anesthesiology/2020 Horace Wells Golbarg Razban Senior Student Award: Vincent Michael Debitetto International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award: American Equilibration Society Award: Ashley Elizabeth Swan Lauren Elizabeth St Laurent The Adrian R. and Regina Kristeller Prize in Radiology: American Prosthodontic Society Student of Merit Award: Catherine Marie Wroclawski Alexis Ann Pawlak Limoli Practice Management Award and Scholarship: American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence: Nicholas Branson Leslie Wan-Yi Tay Martin J. Loeb Leadership Award: Lauren Elizabeth St Laurent Theodore Blum Award: John Francis Coburn IV Eisa Mozaffari Award In Radiology: Mostafa Jabr Dr. Morris Bradin Award in Periodontics: Northeastern Society of Periodontists Annual Senior Student Aledy Miguelina Moreta Abreu Award: Se Young Ryoo George Bronkovic Service Award in Periodontics: PASS-International Dentist Award: John Francis Coburn IV Samar Fouad Murtadha Al Quraishi, Ali Al-Sammak, Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Dental Student Award: Fadi Ankah, Urvashi Banerjee, Issam Ghaben, Catherine Marie Wroclawski Nasim Levin, Mandeep Kaur Pannu, Abram Cohen Award in Periodontics: Justin Lewis Tomack Maha Youssef Kamal Sadek, Sepideh Sajadi, Columbia Dentoform Corporation Award: Mallory J. Leibman Zainab Abdul Rehman Sheikh, Nour Hussam Tellawi J. George Coslet Award in Periodontics: Elizabeth Soulas Penn Dental Medicine Award for Excellence in Promoting Matthew H. Cryer Society Award in Oral Medicine: Diversity and Inclusion: Sara Betty Daniel, Sahil Gandotra Lilia Sánchez Cruz Delaware Valley Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Penn Dental Medicine Community Dentistry and Pediatric Excellence Award: Courtney Kelly Dental Health Award: Selin Soyupak Delaware Valley Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Penn Dental Medicine Microbiology Award: Implantology Award: Christian Jimenez Catherine Marie Wroclawski Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Student Leadership Penn Dental Medicine Pathology Award: Award: Marie-Elena Cronin William Flanagan Buchbinder Drabkin Memorial Prize for Research in Biochemistry: Penn Dental Medicine Predoctoral Endodontics Award: Milo Jinho Yu Joseph Newark Legg II Henry M. Goldman Award in Pathology: Pierre Fauchard Academy Senior Student Award: Lauren Elizabeth Fitzgerald John Francis Coburn IV Bal K. Goyal Memorial Award in Pre-clinical Removable Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Periodontics: Prosthetics: Milo Jinho Yu Jonathan Griffin Louis I. Grossman Award in Endodontics: Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Restorative Zainab Abdul Rehman Sheikh Dentistry: Lauren N. Louie HANAUTM Best of the Best Prosthodontic Award: Jessie K. Zhou Quintessence Award for Research Achievement: Qilin Xu Dr. Earle Banks Hoyt Teaching Award: Stephanie H. Chen, Henry B. Robinson Award in Restorative Dentistry: Marie-Elena Cronin, Robert Liu, Darry Ma, Blake Y. Wang continued next page Sepideh Sajadi, Matthew Conrad Siracusa, Elizabeth Soulas, Sherry Xinru Wan

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School of Dental Medicine, continued Judith Rodin Award: Marie-Elena Cronin, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Student Award: Andrew Jonathan Ng Noah Tatman Drs. Samuel and Louis Rossman Endodontic Scholarship Fund: Jaros Baum & Bolles Award: Carlie Bolling Jayden Doyoung Kwak, Nasim Levin John Grist Brainerd Award: Sneha Advani Herman Segal Emergency Care Award: Navkiran Munday Management and Technology Scholarship Award: Bharath Jaladi Seigel Memorial Award in Endodontics: Sara Hamzeinejad Manfred Altman Memorial Award: Quinn M Gallagher Dr. Trina Sengupta D’08 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Award: Moore School A. Atwater Kent Prize: Wesley Sheker Patricia G. Sarcos Alvarez Moore School Council Cwikla Award: Aryaman Vir E. Howell Smith Award in Prosthetic Dentistry: Naren Udayagiri Scholarship Award: Amit K Gupta Staci Megan Smith Penn Engineering Exceptional Service Award: Priya Bhirgoo, Brian D. Stone Memorial Award for Exceptional Care for Raj Bhuva, Ciara Brown, Grace Chong, Liam Dugan, Patients with Special Needs: Lynn My Lê Elom Dumenyo, Qiaochu Guo, Lauren Hummel, Anitha Vuppalapati, MD Award for Excellence in Compassionate Kevin Liu, Diana Marsala, Lauren Mcleod, Patient Care: Sara Betty Daniel Sophia Moses, Evan Paregol, Benjamin Porat, Avery Price, Alexander Proschel Weizhen Sheng, School of Engineering Arielle Stern, Audrey Walsh, Jane Xu R. M. Brick Award: Robert M Brosnan, Joel M Chacko and Applied Science Ralph Teetor Award: Leora F Korn,Vijay R Ramanujan Richard K. Dentel Memorial Prize in Urban Transportation: GRADUATE AWARDS William Wang The Computer Science Academic Award: Caroline Okun John A. Goff Prize: Mathew Halm Victor W. K. Ku Memorial Award: Maher Abdel Samad, Solomon R. Pollack Award for Excellence in Graduate George Popov Bioengineering Research: Jonathan Beagan Walter Korn Award: Celine Lee Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Award: Matthew Joseph William L. Everitt Student Awards of Excellence: Sidney J. Stein Prize: Nadia Krook Christopher Foley, David Guardiola Joseph D’16 and Rosaline Wolf Award: Mahyar Fazlyab, Wolf Family Award in Systems Engineering: Santiago Paternain Anelia Valtchanova Wolf-Hallac Award: Nidhi Kapate, Karen J Shen UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

A. Norman Hixson Laboratory Report Prize: Liam Bartie, Law School Raj Bhuva, Emma Buerger, Ruby Pan Albert Giandomenico Award: Alisa Bhakta, Gabriel Desantis, Law students are acknowledged for a variety of awards, Lauren McLeod, Caroline Raquel including Order of the Coif, at the Law School graduation Albert P. Godsho Engineering Prize: Alexandre O Amice, ceremony. Kuanhao Jiang American Chemical Society Award: James Kwon Perelman School of Medicine American Institute of Chemical Engineers Delaware Valley Section Award: Jinwan Cho, Oghenerut Onosode, AAN Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology: Akaash Padmanabha Sneha Narasimhan American Institute of Chemists’ Medal Award: Lauren Duhamel American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin American Society of Mechanical Engineers Award: Commendation for Academic Achievement: Perrin L Bauder Kelly Anne Boylan, Nicole Romano Curnes, Ben and Bertha Gomberg Kirsch Prize: Katharine M Cocherl Alexandra Grace Doms, Claire Elise Drolen, Bioengineering Student Leadership Award: Katherine Simms Naomi Elizabeth Gutkind, Catherine E. T. Hutchison, Dawn and Welton Becket Digital Media Design Achievement Carissa Elaine Livingston, Jennifer Morganroth, Awards: Grace Gilbert, Joshua E Nadel Natalie Hunt Neale, Sneha Narasimhan, E. Stuart Eichert, Jr. Memorial Prize: Andrew Butt, Jediah Katz, Danielle Corriveau Reny, Leah Britt Rethy, Anderson Myers, Hanbang Wang Jaclyn Michele Rosenthal, Hannah Lauren Schultz Engineering Alumni Society E. Stuart Eichert, Jr. Award: Kathie Jin Clyde F. Barker Research Prize: Amanda Li-Ming Chin Herman P. Schwan Bioengineering Award: Alexander Silva Michelle M. Battistini, M.D. Award: Daniel H. Saris Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize: Steven Bursztyn, Mei Chung, Nancy C. Bell, M.D. Memorial Prize in Dermatology: Jacob Faber-Rico, Alexander Geers, Leo L. Wang continued next page Alexander Goodisman, Xiran Han, Lauren Hoang, Vera Lee, Richard Ling, Samantha Lunt, Roshan Patel, Jacqueline Peng

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Perelman School of Medicine, continued Jeffrey W. Berger Memorial Medical Student Research Award: School of Nursing Andrew Huang, Hannah Lauren Schultz Emily and Francis Botelho Prize for Excellence in Basic Science: Alumni Spirit Award: Beth Hogan Quigley, Victor Richard Cotton Stephanie Han Tran Rojas Michael S. Brown, MD Award: Alan T. Tang Ann Wolbert Burgess Endowed Student Award: Rachele Lipsky Anna Marie Chirico Award: Emily Ann Rider-Longmaid Dean’s Award: Michelle Olivia Nigro Helen O. Dickens, M.D. Award: Heardley Moses Murdock Claire M. Fagin Award: Jennifer F. Morone Endocrine Society’s Medical Student Achievement Award: Marion R. Gregory Award: Marta Maria Bruce Yong Hoon Kim Jeanne Frances Hopkins Award: Nia B. Akins Lillie M. Erk Prize: Ivana Lyn Ganihong Norma Lang Award: Sarah Devlin William T. Fitts, Jr. Memorial Prize: Jessica Fay Guzman Theresa I. Lynch Award: Derek Mitchell Cope Jesse H. Frank, M.D. Prize in Pathology: Ethan Andrew Mack Dorothy Mereness Award: Katelin Kane Hoskins Theodore Friedmann Prize: Emily Ann Rider-Longmaid JoAnn Nallinger Grant Award: Lindsay Flinn Foster Ari Frosch Memorial Award for Advocacy and Social Justice Mary D. Naylor Undergraduate Research Award: in Medicine: Krystal Hill Nina Angelica Santiago Juntereal Dr. Morris Ginsburg Prize: Claire Elise Drolen Henry O. Thompson Prize in Ethics: Sydney A. Axson History of Medicine Prize: Justin Grenet (2019) Joyce E. Thompson Award in Women’s Health: Byron S. Hurwitz, MD, M’66 Memorial Prize: Alomi Ojus Parikh Emily De Penning Peter H. Hutchinson, M.D., M’ 06 and Rebecca N. Hutchinson, Rosalyn J. Watts Diversity Scholar Leadership Award: M.D., M’06 Prize: Alejandro Sebastian Cazzulino, Gabrielle M. Ramos Blake Collins Meza Teaching Assistant Award: Jackelyn Y. Boyden Rose and Hershel Kanovsky Prize in Internal Medicine: Heardley Moses Murdock Kimmelman Family Prize: Kara Rachel Silberthau School of Social Policy & Practice Walker D. Kirby Ophthalmology Medical Student Award: Dr. Ram Cnaan Award for Meritorious Clinical DSW Student: Mohima Sanyal Jason Mallonee Owen Knopping Memorial Award for Exemplary Community Excellence in Social Impact Award: Terri Broussard Williams Service: Emily Ann Rider-Longmaid Richard J. Estes Global Citizenship Award: Pascal Masuba Marie Leebron Prize in Pediatrics: Jillian Louise Smith Hal Levin Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Student: Henrietta and Jacob Lowenburg Prize in Pediatrics: Michelle Mullen Erin Elizabeth Tully Dr. Ruth E. Smalley Award in International Social Welfare: Joel Gordon Miller Award: Alexandra Grace Doms Nicole Hanson Dr. Spencer Morris Prize: Prateek Agarwal Rosa Wessel Award for Meritorious MSW Student: Herbert and Faye Moskowitz Prize: Raekwon Burton Christine Lynne Farrell & Leah Britt Rethy Wilson Spigner Award for Social Policy Excellence: William G. Munns Memorial Prize: Elizabeth Anne Duckworth Shweta Chopra Charles A. Oliver Memorial Prize: Naomi Elizabeth Gutkind Nathan and Pauline Pincus Prize for Outstanding Achievement as a Clinician: Alexandra Grace Doms, John Li Gary M. and Helen Apostolou Phillips Prize for Academic Excellence: Sneha Narasimhan Eric Corey Raps Memorial Prize: Kelly Anne Boylan, Jennifer Morganroth, Leah Rebecca Zuroff Dr. I.S. Ravdin Prize: Rebecca Tang David S. Seller, MD, and Robert H. Seller, MD Prize for Excellence in Primary Care Diagnosis: Bryan J. Auvil Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence Award: John Li Dr. Freddy Stark Award for Gross Anatomy: Sutton Elizabeth Higgins Robert Suskind, C’59, M’63 and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Prize in Global Health: Joy Ebunoluwa Obayemi The J. George Teplick M.D. FACR Memorial Award: Preya Shah The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation: Alexandra Smith Miller Nikitas J. Zervanos M.D. Prize in Family Medicine: Julia Carney

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Weitzman School of Design Wharton School

AIA Pennsylvania Student Award: Caleb Ehly UNDERGRADUATE AIA-LRGV Scholarship: Paul Germaine McCoy DAAD Research Grant Fellowship: Liyang Ding Class of 1975 Management Award: Rohan Menezes HOK Design Futures Competition, 2nd Place: Eric Anderson, Dean’s Award for Excellence: Elana Fortson Megan York Dean’s Award for Innovation: Ishir Seth H+U+D Andrew W. Mellon Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship: Dean’s Award for Service to Penn: Karina Shah German Pallares Dean’s Award for Service to Wharton: Tanusri Balla, 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Dave Joseph Robotic Fabrication, Best Presentation Award: Hao Zheng Herbert S. Steuer Award: Carisa Shah (sophomore), 3rd International Shopping Plaza Concept Competition 2019: Sydney Bell (junior), Katie Schroeder (senior) Xuefeng Li Louis Rudolph Accounting Award: Wesley Sheker ULI Hines Competition 2020, Honorable Mention for Team: Vice Dean’s Award for Service: Tyler Knox, Rae Peterson, Alex Jackson Meghna Sreenivas, Jordan Williams Walter R. Leach Fellowship 2019: Karen Toomasian William D. Gordon Award: Wesley Sheker American Academy in Rome Affiliated Fellowship: Jane Fentress Amrita Sen and Ravi Ahuja Term Fellowship: Rebecca Naegele Christopher Leland Lyon Memorial Fund Award: Lesia Mokrycke Sachs Student Arts Innovation Grant: Glenn Sonnie Wooden Jr. Stuart Egnal Scholarship Award: Rebecca Naegele Vermont Studio Scholarship Award: Narendra Haynes and Illya Mousavijad Albert Binder Travel Fellowship Fund: Ifrah Asif, Dara Mique Epison, Kimberly Rose La Porte, Emelyn Ruby Nájera, Dairong Qiu, Meris Westberg Dawn and Brian Gonick Architectural Conservation Professional Development Fund: Ifrah Asif, Joseph Raymond Bacci, Héctor Berdecía-Hernández, Sung Di, Kimberly Rose La Porte, Elizabeth Anne Sexton

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