Joshua M. Weiner

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Computer & Information Science; Mathematical Economics

Dear Joshua,

For the past 6,446 days, you have been an outstanding student, classmate and leader. We are so proud of you and know you will do great things in your next chapter. Your entire family and friends are cheering for you!

Love, Mom, Dad & Julie

Rachel Wilson

College of Arts & Sciences

Biology

Dear Rachel,

Congratulations on your graduation! You worked so hard for this day, and we are immensely proud of you. Your brilliant mind and talents amaze us every single day. Thank you for using your gifts to help others. You bring light, love, and joy to everyone around you. We look forward to all that you will accomplish in med school and beyond. We love you so much and grateful for you. Love always and forever, Grandma, Grandpa, Halmuni, Eemos, Dada, Moomy & Emily. Go Neko Go!! Super Neko

R Iao

School of Engineering & Applied Science Computer Science

Rebecca Wirtschafter

The Wharton School Finance

Congratulations on an amazing four years! You really made the most of your time at Penn. We are so proud of you. We are excited for this next chapter!

We love you so much!

Mom, Dad & the Fam

Sydney Woods

The Wharton School

Finance; Management

Graduation is not the end, it’s the beginning. This is the beginning of anything you want. Keep reaching for the stars! We are beyond proud of all you have done and who you’ve become! And so the adventure begins.

Lots of love!

Mom, Dad & Niki

Dan Xiang

The Wharton School MBA

Amy Xiang

College of Arts & Sciences Sociology

Double celebrations!!

Congratulations, Jeffrey!

We are so proud of you and so happy for you! May all your dreams come true!

Love,

Mom, Dad & Ed

Isabelle Yablon

College of Arts & Sciences

Design; Consumer Psychology

Isabelle,

Feels like yesterday that I took my funny, impish-smiled redhead, with silly legdances, to kindergarten. I’m so proud of the incredible woman you’ve become, from Kumon student with Dori-like tendencies to DJ, Nobel-prize-economist, and creative Magna-Cum-Laude Penn graduate. Your diligence, resilience, and determination are inspiring. As you journey forward, be courageous, follow your passions, remain trueto-yourself, embrace emotions, stay “above-the-fray,” and keep your attitude and energy positive. I’ll always be here to listen, advise, hug, and love you unconditionally!!! Don’t stop amazing and dazzling the world. Mazel-Tov!

Congratulations you two, brother and sister, on graduating together! We are so proud of you and all you’ve accomplished. Penn has opened doors wide for you to start an exciting journey of realizing your big dreams. We are looking forward to continuing to support and cheer along the way. We love both of you so much.

With love,

Mom, Dad & Sarah

Amy Zhou

School of Engineering & Applied Science

The Wharton School Management & Technology

Amy! Congratulations! As you walk across the stage and receive your diplomas, we’re immensely proud of you. You have worked hard and persevered through challenges to get to this moment, while having lots of fun along the way. Your dedication, determination, and cheerful spirit inspire us every day. We know you will continue to achieve great things as you embark on the next chapter of your life. Follow your passions and keep chasing your dreams.

Congratulations again, our amazing daughter!

Love, Mom & Dad

Pharisee

Nicole Harrington C’23

Sabria Henry-Hunter C’23

Shriya Karam SEAS’23

Alexys Knighton C’23

Angela Lao C’23

Jessica Lin** C’23

Nyair Locklear C’23

Zakaria Loudini C’23, W’23

Tyler McCormick C’23

Joel Olujide W’23

John Palmer** NU’23

Megha Raman W’23

Jake Rodin W’23

Cati Romo W’23

Laila Shadid C’23

Tara Teipel NU’23

Mark Wasuwanich C’23

Andrew Yu SEAS’23

The Sphinx Senior Society is pleased to induct its Honorary Member for 2023. She is Dorothy E. Roberts. An acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, Prof. Roberts joined the University of Pennsylvania as a “Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor” with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School where she holds the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander chair. She is also founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society in the Center for Africana Studies.

Prof. Roberts’ path breaking work in law and public policy focuses on urgent social justice issues in policing, family regulation, science, medicine, and bioethics. Her major books include Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century (New Press, 2011); Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (Basic Books, 2002); and Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Pantheon, 1997). Prof. Roberts is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as a co- editor of six books on such topics as constitutional law and women and the law.

The Society is also pleased to present the 2023 winner of the annual Sphinx Senior Society Paul Miller Award for Public Service Leadership. He is John Palmer, NU’23. John has dedicated his college career to being a “leader of leaders” in the tradition of the late Paul Miller, C’83.*

The Society recognizes John for his extraordinary leadership in elevating the impact of the School of Nursing as President of the Student Nurses of Penn. He has also achieved a state-wide impact and galvanized the Pennsylvania student nursing community as President of the Student Nursing Association of Pennsylvania. Further, he has impacted student nursing on a national level as Chair of the Council of State Presidents for the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). John is also the first Penn student to receive the NSNA’s Core Values Award. At Penn, John has elevated the nursing curriculum at Penn as the Student Representative to the Penn Nursing Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. John has also received national recognition of his innovative program for Penn nursing students: “Supporting Yourself While Supporting Others: Self Care Strategies for Nursing Students.” John Palmer leaves future Penn nursing students his legacy of leadership and accomplishment on which they can build while he advances now into his chosen profession as one of our most appropriate and distinguished recipients of the Paul Miller Award for Public Service Leadership.

*Coping with life-long dwarfism at 4’5”, Paul Miller still excelled in campus and public service leadership as a Scribe of the Society and cherished Mask & Wig performer. Later, he was a leading author of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1994-2004. In 2008, the University of Washington appointed Miller the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law. At the installation ceremony for this position, a Harvard Law School colleague commented,”Paul Miller may have been born a dwarf, but in reality he is a giant. We are all better for seeing a little further from the perch of his shoulders.” Paul Miller died of cancer in 2010, leaving a wife, two children, scores of admirers, and the inspiration in 2011 for the creation of this annual award.