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Five facts about Penn’s 2022 Commencement speaker, Ken Burns The award-winning documentarian will deliver his speech at commencement on May 16 KATE RATNER Staff Reporter
Meet Ken Burns, the award-winning documentary filmmaker who will deliver Penn’s 2022 Commencement speech on May 16. 1. He has won a slew of awards and honorary degrees. Burns’ work has won him several prestigious awards, including two Oscar nominations, two Grammy Awards, and 15 Emmy Awards. Additionally, Burns has received three Erik Bar-
Meet Penn’s 2022 honorary degree recipients This year’s cohort of eight recipients includes Penn affiliates and individuals with accomplishments in fields ranging from the arts to medicine ANNA O’NEILL-DIETEL Staff Reporter
A surgeon, a lawyer, and Amy Gutmann will walk onto the stage at commencement to receive their honorary degrees, celebrating their accomplishments in fields ranging from the arts to medicine. This year’s cohort of recipients includes surgeon Atul Gawande and lawyer Margaret H. Marshall, as well as Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden, composer George E. Lewis, filmmaker Ken Burns, and physicist Edward Witten. Two Penn affiliates will also receive honorary degrees — outgoing University President Amy Gutmann and professor of history Mary Frances Berry. Ken Burns Burns, an internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker, will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree and will deliver Penn’s 2022 Commencement speech on May 16. Burns’s work has brought a variety of topics to life. Some of his best known documentaries include “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “The Vietnam War,” and “The Central Park Five.” His films showcase in-depth research, stirring music, and his signature style of pan-
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nouw Awards from the Organization of American Historians, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, three Peabody Awards, and 30 honorary degrees. At Penn’s 2022 Commencement ceremony, the University will present Burns with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree. 2. He has an effect named after him on iMovie. The “Ken Burns effect” on iMovie is named after Burns’ iconic panning and zooming on still images in his films. When the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached Burns and asked for his permission to use his name in the video editing software, Burns initially responded, “I don’t do commercial endorsements.” Burns later agreed to this proposition, exchanging the “Ken Burns effect” for hundreds of thousands of dollars in Apple software and hardware, which he donated to nonprofits. 3. He is passionate about United States history. Since childhood, Burns has always preferred nonfiction to fictitious stories. In an interview with Weber Studies, Burns said that “by understanding history, perhaps you could abolish its merciless outcomes.” Many of Burns’ most well-known documenta-
ries tell the story of prominent figures and events in U.S. history, including “The Civil War,” “The Dust Bowl,” “Thomas Jefferson,” and “Mark Twain.” Burns’ most recent release, “Benjamin Franklin,” is a four-hour, two-part film about the founding father. The documentary, released last month on PBS, explores Franklin’s legacy and impacts on Philadelphia. 4. He enjoys connecting his work to his charitable donations. In 2019, Burns collaborated with philanthropists Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine to create The Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. This $200,000 award, presented annually until 2029, will give grants to filmmakers to complete their productions. Additionally, Burns is the honorary national chair for the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Neb. The facility, consisting of a museum, archive, and arts and cultural center, is dedicated to the writer’s contributions to Western American culture. Burns, an enthusiast of Cather’s works, assisted in the 2017 opening of the Center, which he describes as a “permanent home to some of Willa Cather’s most personal treasures, items made famous in her stories, and artwork inspired by her vision of the prairie.”
5. He is also an avid quilt collector. Burns has been collecting American quilts since the mid-1970s, amassing about 75 quilts by 2018. According to Burns, his quilts represent “an essential building block of the culture that’s making them.” After 40 years of collecting, Burns revealed his hobby to the public. In 2018, he gave permission to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Neb. to put almost 30 of his quilts in an exhibition titled “Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection.”
ning and zooming from image to image. His latest project, “Benjamin Franklin,” a two-part series detailing the life of Benjamin Franklin, premiered this year on PBS. Mary Frances Berry Berry, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, History, and Africana Studies Emerita at Penn, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. In 2021, Berry was honored with the Lewis Award for History and Social Justice by the American Historical Association. In 2012, she received the Nelson Mandela Award from the South African government for her role in organizing the Free South Africa Movement in the United States. Berry held a number of positions in public service. She was the assistant secretary for education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration. She also served as the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights chair from 1993 to 2004. Atul Gawande Gawande, a renowned surgeon, writer, and public health leader, will receive an honorary Doctor of Sciences. He practiced general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and was a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University’s School of Public Health. Gawande has published several books, including “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science”; “Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance”; “The Checklist Manifesto”; and “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” Today, Gawande serves on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board and is the assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Amy Gutmann Gutmann, who served as Penn’s president from 2004 to 2022, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws. The longest-running president of Penn, she is known for championing affordable access to education and racial diversity on college campuses. During her time at Penn, the number of students identifying as first-generation, low-income jumped from one in 20 in 2004 to one in seven in 2022. Gutmann oversaw a campus transformation, including the 23-acre Pennovation Works, the flagship Pennovation Center business incubator and laboratory, and off-campus buildings such as the Hub, the Radian, and Domus. She chaired President Barack Obama’s Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues for eight years, and was named by Fortune magazine in 2018 as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” She was confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Germany on February 8. Carla D. Hayden Hayden, who became the 14th Librarian of Congress in 2016 after the nomination of then-President Barack Obama, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library. She served as the library services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry and an assistant professor of library and information services at the University of Pittsburgh. Hayden later served as deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library. In January 2010, Obama nominated Hayden to be a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board and she was confirmed later that year. George E. Lewis Lewis — a musician, composer, and professor — will receive an honorary Doctor of Music.
Lewis serves as the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University. He also serves as area chair in composition and faculty member in Historical Musicology. Lewis’ compositions include “The Will To Adorn,” “Emergent,” and the opera “Afterword.” His written work explores music, technology, and race. His book “A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music” received the American Book Award and the American Musicological Society’s first Music in American Culture Award. Margaret H. Marshall Marshall, a lawyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Appointed to Associate Justice in 1996, Marshall then became the first woman to be named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Marshall served as Vice President and General Counsel of Harvard University, the first woman to do so, before joining the court. She was also president of the U.S. Conference of Chief Justices and Chair of the Board of the National Center for State Courts. Edward Witten Witten, a mathematician and physicist, will receive an honorary Doctor of Sciences. Witten is a leader in theoretical physics, string theory, and pure mathematics. As the Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., Witten conjectured in 1995 that the then-five competing notions of string theory could be unified under a single description. This hypothesis, M-theory, led to the “second superstring revolution.’’ Witten is also an advocate for peace in the Middle East and serves on the board of directors of Americans for Peace Now and on the advisory council of J Street.
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Cultural centers host graduation celebrations for the Class of 2022 From a virtual powwow to music performances, the DP spoke with the cultural centers at Penn about how they will celebrate graduating students this spring STEPHANIE CHEN Staff Reporter
Penn’s cultural centers plan to hold special graduation celebrations through the end of May in honor of graduating students in the Class of 2022. From a virtual powwow to music performances from student groups, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with representatives from the seven cultural centers at Penn to find out how they will be celebrating graduating students from the undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. Natives at Penn Natives at Penn hosted a virtual “Honoring the Graduates” ceremony on May 5 from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. In the past, the Native community at Penn used to honor the graduates at an annual, in-person powwow in the spring semester, Greenfield Intercultural Center Director Valerie De Cruz told the DP in a written statement. However, the virtual event offered last year was highly successful, drawing in many alumni and families who otherwise would not have been able to attend, De Cruz wrote, so the event this year was held virtually. The celebration was hosted in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Office, allowing students to connect with members of the Association of Native Alumni, De Cruz added. Penn LGBT Center The LGBT Center hosted its eighth annual Lavender Graduation on May 6 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at its building on campus at 39th and Spruce streets. Each student was acknowledged individually with their degree, campus involvements, and awards received, Associate Director of the LGBT Center Malik Muhammad said. Rainbow tassels were distributed to the community, and, for the first time, transgender and nonbinary tassels were also available. The center invited 2000 College graduate Hema Sarang-Sieminski, the policy director at the nonprofit organization Jane Doe, to give a keynote speech. The ceremony also featured a musical performance by a queer organization on campus. “This is an opportunity to highlight and uplift queer folks and allies within our community and to acknowledge all of their competent accomplishments throughout their time here at Penn,” Muhammad said. Penn Women’s Center At the Penn Women’s Center, a “Lunch with Seniors” event will be held on May 13 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the PWC Garden, located on Locust Walk. The celebration will be “very relaxed and casual,” with simple refreshments and treats for the students, PWC Interim Director Elisa Foster said. She said that the celebration is open to everyone — even for students who are not associated with PWC. “Our mission really is gender equity. So students of all identities and backgrounds are welcome to
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come and get a purple cord and celebrate with us,” Foster said. PWC will also hold an alumni reception for the grand opening of the newly named Class of 1995 Garden on May 14 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The PWC garden was renovated due to a donation from the Class of 1995’s 25th Reunion Class Gift in 2020. Makuu: The Black Cultural Center Makuu will host a “Senior Celebration and Awards” event on May 14 at 10:30 a.m. in Cohen Hall Auditorium. It will also have a reception at noon of the same day in the ARCH building. Director of Makuu and 1993 Engineering graduate Brian Peterson, who also received his master’s degree in 1997 and Ph.D. in 2013 from Penn, said that the purpose was to recognize the graduating class and honor seniors nominated for awards by their peers. The center will also resume its annual tradition of taking a senior class photo on the Penn Common
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steps, which has not been able to happen in the past two years due to COVID-19. “For many of our students, Makuu is a home,” Peterson said. “So we want to be able to take the time out to just say, ‘Thank you,’ and say, ‘We’re proud of you, see you, and good luck in your future.’” Greenfield Intercultural Center The GIC will host its “Celebration of Graduates & Alumni Garden Party” ceremony on May 15 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the GIC Patio and in the Lenape Native Garden at 37th and Chestnut streets. “This is an opportunity to celebrate students, both undergraduate and graduate students within our intercultural communities,” De Cruz wrote to the DP. The recent graduates will be introduced to members of the GIC’s alumni community. La Casa Latina La Casa Latina will host its Raza Graduation ceremony on May 15 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium. The event will feature Latinx student, faculty, and alumni speakers.
Director of La Casa Latina Krista Cortes wrote of the “culturally empowering celebration” that the Latinx Graduation represents, in a written statement to the DP. The ceremony will be conducted bilingually in English and Spanish to accommodate attendees who are not English dominant, according to Cortes. For the first time in the ceremony’s history, students will be allowed to walk with loved ones during the procession. “This event also pays homage to the importance of family in the Latinx culture. Students walk across the stage alongside two family members or mentors that have impacted their educational journeys,” Cortes wrote. The following day on May 16, students will be able to continue the celebration at La Casa Latina in the ARCH building from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. for a “Brindis” event. Pan-Asian American Community House PAACH hosted an “End-of-Year Celebration” on April 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the ARCH Building. On May 16, it will also have a “Family & Friends Reception” from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the ARCH Building. “Our ceremonies are a great opportunity to reflect and celebrate our connections with each other,” Director of PAACH Peter Van Do told the DP in a written statement. Van Do added that non-graduating students were also allowed to offer some “heartfelt words of reflection” for the graduating class at the End-of-Year Celebration. PAACH graduation stoles were presented to all graduating students in attendance, and there was a livestream option for anyone who could not come in person to participate. “Our diverse PAACH communities contribute to Penn’s culture in such significant ways,” Van Do wrote. “These programs serve as a thank you for all of our students and stakeholders. Further, [they] offer a chance to reflect, honor, and celebrate our collective contributions to Penn.” Across the cultural centers, the faculty have worked to make sure their celebrations are successful. “I work with the other cultural centers to learn from each other about the different celebrations we’re trying to host and to make sure our students feel special,” Peterson said. “It’s really great to have such a strong team.” Although each cultural center will host separate ceremonies, representatives from the cultural centers share a common goal of celebrating students and their time at Penn. “Graduation time is an opportunity to celebrate our cultural communities and highlight their many accomplishments as part of the tapestry of Penn Traditions,” Cortes wrote.
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My most challenging, yet rewarding, four years SENIOR COLUMN | The DP helped me find my voice, and instilled in me a passion to help others share theirs
ALESSANDRA PINTADO-URBANC President PIA SINGH Executive Editor JONAH CHARLTON DP Editor-in-Chief TYLER KLIEM Design Editor TORI SOUSA News Editor EMI TUYẾTNHI TRẦN News Editor DELANEY PARKS Assignments Editor SOPHIE APFEL Copy Editor JESSE ZHANG Photo Editor ASAAD MANZAR Opinion Editor PHOEBE LEUNG Social Media Editor MATTHEW FRANK Sports Editor ESTHER LIM Sports Editor KAVEEN HAROHALLI Video Editor NICOLE ZHAO Podcast Editor GREG FERREY Business Manager RAUNAQ SINGH Technology Manager ANVIT RAO Analytics Manager BAILEY CAMPBELL Marketing Manager SUNNY JANG Product Manager
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hen I arrived at Penn four years ago, I had no idea what I wanted to do, or even who I really was. I’ve lived through several versions of myself. There was musician me, who played piano as a kid and French horn through high school. There was athlete me, who spent dozens of hours each week in a sweaty gym flipping and tumbling into oblivion. There was student me, who locked herself in her room nights and weekends studying for tests and papers that seemed so important back then, and so inconsequential now. And then there was journalist me, who wrote for and edited my high school paper, and figured — why not join The Daily Pennsylvanian? I’ve never looked back. As I sit at what used to be my desk, in what used to be my office at the DP, I’m overcome with emotion. Gratitude for all of the memories that I’ve had in this iconic space — windowless yet full of so much light and life. Honor that I was able to be the DP’s first Black editorin-chief, and have a role in shaping coverage to be more reflective of the University and the surrounding community. Pride that I’ve been able to find my voice as both a columnist and reporter and use it to fight for justice and equity at Penn. And of course, a little bit of relief that I’ve successfully passed on the baton to my successor, and can now read a “University Notification” without jumping into overdrive. Yet, underneath all of those feelings, there’s worry. I often feel that I’m split into two identities — being a Black woman and being a journalist. I have dedicated the past four years to trying to mold those identities, and in doing so, worked to bridge those communities at Penn. Some of the projects the DP spearheaded to achieve that goal include
capitalizing the letter B in “Black” in January 2020 — a feat we achieved five months before our peer collegiate publications, as well as local and national publications like the Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. We also launched a paid diversity fellowship with mentorship from our alumni of color, and prioritized racial and ethnic diversity in our selection process by modeling our applications on those of equal opportunity employers. I’m proud of how far the DP has come, and I’m hopeful for our continued progress, but I’m also fearful. Fearful that, due to the media industry’s legacy of being predominantly white, and its deep-rooted history of racism, our changes can be reversed at any moment. Fearful that we might not ever have another Black editor-in-chief. Fearful that the advances we’ve made toward rebuilding our relationship with Penn’s Black community and other marginalized groups of color could come to a halt under another editorial board. While representation matters, and I truly do believe my term signified at least some sort of institutional change and hope it inspired other young Black reporters to join the DP like I was inspired to do four years ago, our progress is thanks to the entire 137th editorial board: our tireless news department, my dear friends and editors Conor, Pia, Hannah, and our executive editor Ashley, who would have spent the entire night in the blue room, if needed, to ensure their reporters handled coverage and sources with respect and care. Our copy department, steered by the intrepid Brittany, whose attention to detail in fact-checking is unmatched. Our opinion department, which Alfredo took to new heights by recruiting
thought-provoking guest and staff columns. Our sports department, which Lochlahn and Brandon made sure went beyond sports recaps to sharing the athletes’ stories and identities. Our audio-visual departments, led by Kylie, Sophie, Isabel, Evie, and Sunny, which took our coverage one step further by humanizing it. And of course, our diversity chair — and fearless 34th Street editor-in-chief — Bea, whose passion for reporting with integrity motivates me to be the best journalist I can be. I am tremendously grateful for the passion every single person on our editorial board — and every single person on staff — brought to the office every day. They are the root of our progress and our success. As the newspapers in the office from my tenure begin to yellow, I’m reminded that life will go on once I leave the hot pink walls of 4015 Walnut Street. But I am proud of our role in documenting history at Penn. From the entire COVID-19 pandemic, to Wharton’s first Black and first woman dean, to student protests for PILOTs and against police brutality, to the end of Amy Gutmann’s presidency. Our journalism has served as evidence of not just my time here, but that of the entire Class of 2022. So thank you to the Penn community for reading my stories — some of which feature my own voice; many of which feature the voices of your peers. And thank you to my DP family for giving me the platform to share these stories. While I sometimes feel as though I’ll never be ready to move on, I know the DP has given me all that I needed: reporting, editing, and writing experience; the chance to work as a team; and lifelong friends with whom to share
my future journeys. Thanks again to everyone for their support, goodbye for now, and as always, read the DP!
HADRIANA LOWENKRON is a graduating College senior from Maplewood, N.J., studying urban studies and journalistic writing. She was The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editor-in-chief on the 137th Board of Editors and Managers and previously served as a copy editor, beat reporter, and opinion columnist.
How I accidentally graduated in three years SENIOR COLUMN | … and some observations about Penn I made along the way
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used to spend some time debating if I lost my sophomore year or junior year. It’s a question that has no real importance or answer. It did give me the basis for jokes I told far too many times about how some club positions aged me two years in 365 days. But no matter how I want to package it, I’m graduating now, three years after I started at Penn. Almost exactly half of my career here was spent in person, the other half spent on Zoom. Graduating in three years really just means I get asked two questions a lot: “Why?” and “How?” I think, for Penn students, the question of how I did it is more interesting, because most people assume I walked in my first semester with a massive spreadsheet that carefully counted credits and balanced requirements. I’ll admit it would be pretty badass if I did that, but it’s not the truth. The real answer is it was a bit of chance, a bit of cooperation from advisors, and a lot of learning about what makes the Penn community tick. I’m of the conviction that there are two types of people at Penn — the underambitious and the overcaffeinated. As you might guess, I firmly belong in the overcaffeinated pod. Jump to my third semester here, when I’m declaring my history major. Yvonne Fabella, the undergraduate advisor, alerted me that I’d taken a good portion of my major already and that early graduation was possible. “How early?” I asked. “Possibly three years” was her response. It intrigued me, but it wasn’t really a goal.
I continued to take a big load of classes, counted my credits after they were over, and decided that I could do it if I wanted. So I did it. That’s the macro view of what happened. One of the great ironies that I take from my journey at Penn was that it was the pursuit of the non-professional that made it more bearable. I know many people who, via their spreadsheets and friend groups, plot a transcript to match a potential job down the line. That might include a data science minor, a second major in economics, or work with a consulting club. I don’t intend to disparage people who do those things or write to claim they don’t work, but I think my extreme experience really highlights the value of pursuing something you enjoy. Every week I would look forward to my five-hour Sunday block spent in The Daily Pennsylvanian’s office, juggling opinion department meetings, editorial board pitch sessions, and all-editor Kahoots. It gave me an outlet to be creative and social in a way that (hopefully) made some sort of lasting impact. My time at the DP usually wasn’t time on my calendar I dreaded or treated as just another set of obligations I had to meet. Through my term as opinion editor, I also learned that people (at least at Penn) tend to be less extreme than I was expecting them to be. Sure, we got plenty of hate mail and derogatory comments on columns, some of which was extremely comical. But so long as we stuck to writing
pieces with relevance and backing them up with sound reasoning, people were accepting. This applied both on topics mostly limited to campus as well as ones that were politically charged (and argued points that probably weren’t in line with the status quo). There were a few exceptions, but I found myself wondering if worrying about “them” (meaning the people who would pour out to criticize our work) really existed so long as we held up our end of being good journalists. I also learned that the most popular belief on a typical issue tended to be no opinion. As hard as that was to fathom as an opinion columnist, it is the truth. And it reaffirms my belief in why an opinion section is essential — in times when people need to pick a side, having columns ready to explicitly present a reasoned opinion is necessary. But I digress. We tend to think in extremes at Penn. Are we going to go into investment banking or a nonprofit? Will we sleep at 10 p.m. or 5 a.m.? Is Penn the place of our dreams or a place we hate? That can be entertaining in the moment but extremely fatiguing in the long run. I found taking things as they come and dedicating myself to the things I truly enjoyed was far better than worrying about predicting the future and how I would fit into it. Graduating now is tinged with probably just a little more sadness for me because an extra year of everything that makes undergraduate education so worthwhile could
have been mine for the taking. But it’s also laced with appreciation for the people who helped me along the way and for what I’ve been able to do. But for all the trade-offs and lost sleep, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
ALFREDO PRATICÒ is a graduating College senior studying American history from Philadelphia. He served as The Daily Pennsylvanian’s opinion editor on the 137th Board of Editors and Managers. His email is pratico@ thedp.com.
We are storytellers SENIOR COLUMN | How an actor became an opinion columnist
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LETTER SUBMISSION Have your own opinion? Send your letter to the editor or guest column to letters@thedp.com. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc. Editorial Board, which meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to Penn’s campus. Participants in these meetings are not involved in the reporting of articles on related topics.
ne of the core lessons I have learned from writing for The Daily Pennsylvanian is that people are drawn to stories that resonate with them. I would like to share my evolution as a storyteller at Penn and encourage you to tell stories in whatever way feels authentic to you. Each of us has a narrative that is core to our identity that we frame for others to understand. However, we try to condense our narratives into bite-sized chunks so it can be easy for others to understand who you are. Here’s a little research-based exercise to demonstrate this: When you ask yourself the question “Who am I?” what are the first five words that come to mind? I’ll give you a moment to think of them or write them down somewhere. Thinking back to my first-year self when I took this survey in my social psychology class, the label “actor” would have come to mind. I loved performing on stage in high school, so I prioritized getting involved in Penn’s Theatre Arts Council. In fall 2018, I was cast in Quadramics’ production of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a Peter Pan prequel about the pains of growing up. I found the production team welcoming and the upper-level students inspiring. After this production, I felt confident that I would continue my involvement in theatre for my remaining time at Penn.
During my first three semesters at Penn, I did not write for The Daily Pennsylvanian because I was busy with classes, theatre, and other extracurriculars. I remember how I used to read the opinion pages of The Daily Pennsylvanian while eating lunch in Hill Dining Hall. I admired the columnists who shared their bold perspectives for the community to read and discuss. I would sometimes email columnists when I enjoyed their piece. (I can speak from experience: Columnists appreciate constructive feedback!) While I liked reading opinion columns, I did not envision that I would write one. I reasoned that I had neither strong opinions nor a distinctive voice to share with the community yet. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and in-person theatre screeched to a halt, my role as a storyteller shifted. I evolved from a performer to a writer. In April 2020, I wrote my first guest column for The Daily Pennsylvanian about the benefits of the in-person campus experience. During an isolating and uncertain time, writing a column was a purposeful avenue of storytelling that I could mold and share with others. In August 2020, I had fun researching and writing my second guest column comparing and contrasting the 1918 flu epidemic’s impact on Penn to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the virtual fall 2020 Student Activities Fair, one of my friends in the DP asked if I wanted to join The Daily Pennsylvanian. At the time, I decided I was too busy leading a theatre company, so I declined. It was not until May 2021, the summer before my final year at Penn, that I joined the DP as a regular opinion columnist. If you have a written piece to share, I highly recommend that you submit a guest column to the DP’s opinion section, Word on the Street personal narratives to 34th Street, or other student publications. It can be a one-off gig, or it can evolve into a recurrent writing opportunity. As a guest submissioner, you have the freedom to choose how often you want to write. Creative storytelling extends beyond writing for a publication. There are also numerous campus resource centers that can help you start your project, including (but not limited to): Kelly Writers House, Platt Student Performing Arts House, and the fine arts program. As I sign off my last column as a Penn undergraduate, I would like to thank you for reading “Cloobeck’s Call.” I’m grateful to my editors and illustrators/photographers for enhancing the textual and visual experience of my columns. Finally, thank you to the DP opinion section for being a thoughtful and unique community to discuss ideas with.
Writing this column has been a highlight of my Penn experience, and it has inspired me to continue writing after I graduate. Performing and writing have taught me that we all have stories to tell. I hope you will share yours.
JADEN CLOOBECK is a College fourth year from Laguna Beach, Calif. studying psychology. His email address is jaden@sas.upenn.edu.
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Explore at your own risk SENIOR COLUMN | How college conflicts with the nature of exploration
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eople tell you to explore in college — take diverse classes, join different clubs, find out what you like to do. I took that advice with no idea that it could ever come with a risk. My first year, I took a variety of classes that seemed interesting and joined the DP as a reporter. I cast my net out wide to give myself as many options as possible, but I was left feeling more confused and lost than before. I liked the DP but figured it would just stay a hobby, and I did not particularly love any of the classes I took. Not sure of what to do, I shifted gears and became pre-med. I liked chemistry and knew I would be able to make an impact as a doctor, so why not? I also started to take more East Asian studies classes, because I had always found the topic interesting but never had the chance to study it before college. But as I became more involved with the DP, I fell in love with reporting and storytelling. I would spend 30 hours in the DP office a week writing and editing, and I found a group of people who loved it just the same as me. Before I knew it, I became an East Asian studies major and chemistry minor, taking all the pre-med classes while seeing if journalism could be a potential career for me. The expectation at Penn that you need to have it all figured out by the time you graduate sets an unrealistic timeline for any sort of in-depth exploration in multiple different fields. While this should be far from the truth and the reason for post-baccalaureate programs, online courses, and career shifts after college, this pressure at Penn, greatly stemming from its preprofessionalism, gives students very little room for trial and error. If you want a good chance at a full-time job out of college, you recruit for consulting companies and investment banks as an underclassman for
summer internships which you hope lead to job offers. You start taking computer and information science classes as an underclassman in order to land big tech internships which you hope lead to a job. You start taking pre-med requirements as an underclassman so that you can apply to medical school by the time you are a senior. But are you truly able to explore when you have to get it right on the first try? When you already have to start narrowing down on a major and take enough requirements to even declare the major by the end of your first or second year, depending on the school? I soon realized that trying to keep my options open while exploring was an almost impossible feat. Working 30 hours a week for the DP, 25 hours a week for CNN, while taking a full load of classes junior year — all so I could keep exploring my different interests without completely ditching the other — made me question whether college truly allows students to explore their interests without setting them up for failure. I ended up taking all the pre-med classes to realize I wouldn’t become a doctor, dedicated my Penn career to the DP to realize I wouldn’t become a reporter right out of college like my other colleagues, and majored in East Asian studies to pursue a master’s in computer science hoping to work at the intersection of technology and journalism. Admittedly, much of my journey filled with detours and dead ends has to do with my own indecision and inability to let go of this idea that I could do it all. I do not regret it, because otherwise, I would not have found my home at the DP, lifelong friends in the windowless, pink palace that we call our office, and my hidden love for journalism. But I do regret blindly believing that college is four years of free exploration. This
vision is an idealized truth and hides the reality that exploration comes with great risk and sacrifice. The college experience, particularly one like Penn with a hyperfocus on preprofessionalism, conflicts with the nature of exploration. True exploration requires time and sacrifice, which is difficult in an environment that expects you to have a job or concrete plans within the span of four years. I am not discouraging the pursuit of different interests, because it could unearth something unexpected, fascinating, and worth dedicating your entire career to, as it did for me. And maybe you could be the lucky one and strike gold on your first swing, but do not naively expect that to happen. Do not expect your path to be more glorious, clear, or worth it by the end of your four years of college. The path may be even more strenuous and filled with doubt and confusion. You might constantly feel lost and question the point in your endeavors when all they seem to do is lead to dead ends. And it is up to you to determine whether the twisting, grueling climb is worth the nice view at the top. I had the privilege of taking many different classes at Penn, like a curious kid sampling all 60 Coca-Cola flavors at the World of Coca-Cola museum. I had the privilege of learning the stories of countless students, faculty members, and West Philadelphia residents and holding the University accountable through the DP’s platform. I had the privilege of reporting at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with CNN’s health and science team, an opportunity of a lifetime. And I would be amiss if I did not acknowledge that this was all only possible because I dedicated myself to exploration.
I am not claiming that you cannot take classes that interest you nor explore your diverse interests at Penn. But be warned: Explore at your own risk.
ASHLEY AHN is a College senior from Atlanta, Ga. studying East Asian area studies. She served as the executive editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian on the 137th board. Previously, she was the news editor on the 136th board and a beat reporter.
De-normalize student journalist burnout SENIOR COLUMN | Taking a leadership role in your college newspaper shouldn’t come at the cost of things that make you happy and healthy
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urning out because of something you love is a strange feeling. I have a hard time processing exactly what The Daily Pennsylvanian has meant to me — I’ve never cared so intensely about anything, but I’ve had to grapple with the reality that my greatest source of pride at Penn also took a toll on my mental and physical health. In 2021, I was on my second straight year as one of the DP’s three news editors — so for four semesters in a row, I spent late night after late night at my desk at the DP office and put editing news stories before my schoolwork (which barely got done). Most of this also took place during the pandemic, making the job much more isolating and unpredictable. I loved the work, but by the end, I was just so tired. It was probably the hardest year of my life. But I knew I could never quit. I just loved the work and my friends at the DP too much, and I didn’t want to let anyone down. I’m lucky that I can counter every difficult memory of my tenure here with many more happy ones. Some big ones, like when my DP friends threw me a party in our office because my 21st birthday fell on a print production night. And some small ones, like every time my co-News Editor Pia (and my literal rock for that entire year) and I got milkshakes from Wawa at 2 a.m. on our way home from the office, or when we watched the painfully average romcom “Love Hard” on the office projector. I never felt genuine pride like when Pia and I published our investigation into Penn’s Gene Therapy Program’s toxic workplace
environment (and a follow-up story on the alleged University cover-up), and my favorite part of my job was mentoring young reporters and watching them blossom into beautifully talented journalists. It made me feel like what I was doing mattered. And that’s exactly why reflecting on my time at the DP is so confusing. I’m certainly not the only one for whom burnout threatens to stain some of my brightest memories. It’s just the way it is for student journalists around the country, who are often unpaid, working hours that can exceed full-time jobs, all while being full-time college students. What makes it harder is that student journalism jobs aren’t “9 to 5s.” You never clock out, ever — not on the weekends, and definitely not while you’re in class. You also don’t have the same institutional support you would have at a real job. I didn’t have a human resources department to help me when I had a personnel issue, and honestly, it’s a really weird situation to navigate when you’re a college student and have to be the boss of your peers. Last year, I started to realize the impact my DP work was having on my social, physical, and academic lives. My non-DP friendships suffered and I often went days without seeing my roommates. (Catherine and Shiv, I love you both.) I didn’t have time to cook healthy food or work out, and I did the bare minimum in my classes. (I’m sorry to all my professors.) I felt guilty about all of it. It’s just not a sustainable lifestyle. Taking a leadership role in your college newspaper
shouldn’t come at the cost of things that make you happy and healthy, and it shouldn’t overshadow your identity as a college student. I want to say that the tribulations made me stronger, or something like that, and the truth is they probably did — but I just can’t help but feel like it didn’t have to be this hard. Something needs to change, but I don’t know what the solution is. It’s no secret that news organizations nationwide are struggling financially, but I’m still a firm believer that student journalists deserve to be paid — and be paid well — for their work. These students also deserve sufficient mental health resources and other institutional support from their newspapers. I know the DP has been trying to better support its staffers in recent years, and my sincere hope is it will continue on this path and focus on how it can alleviate burnout. Despite my difficult moments at the DP, it was comforting to know that every time I walked through the doors of 4015 Walnut Street, I was walking into the embrace of a genuine family. Pia and Hannah, forever my 137 blue room besties, I mean it when I say that you two made every hard day last year infinitely brighter. Brittany, Hadriana, Isabel, and everyone else who stuck it out through print production nights with us, I love you all. And to Max, Julie, and everyone who has since graduated that mentored me — you all made me love journalism, which is the best gift I could’ve asked for. Working at the DP was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I’m privileged to have called it
my home for four years. And I’m really hopeful it’ll be an even warmer, brighter, less stressful home for many more students to come.
CONOR MURRAY is a graduating College senior from Bergenfield, N.J., studying political science and English. He was a news editor on The Daily Pennsylvanian’s 137th Board of Editors and Managers and previously served as assignments editor on the 136th board and a beat reporter.
A lens into resilience SENIOR COLUMN | A snapshot of my time behind the camera and what it taught me
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an I get a name for your order?” These words sting with hollowness. I frantically wonder what to tell the barista, knowing they will mispronounce my Sikh name. “SK is fine,” I sigh. I pick up my peppermint hot chocolate — a good luck charm before my organic chemistry final — and notice the sharpie engraved on the cup: “E-S-K-E.” I’m frustrated, but I keep walking toward the Vagelos building. I thought sharing my initials would waste less of my time and keep me from embarrassing myself once again. Stepping into the exam room, I dismiss this encounter as frivolous. This isn’t new to me. Yet, this mundane moment remains etched in my mind. I neglected to take ownership of what my name truly represents and let its power strip away from me. . Sook-MUH-nee. Peace of mind. I can’t remember the first time I felt inner peace. I often find myself blending into the nearby environment. As a child, I avoided attending gym class, engulfed by the fear of the visibility of the thick black hair covering my skin. I hated stepping in front of a camera. Every strand of hair on my upper lip became much more noticeable to the world. When I found the avenue to hide behind a lens, I vowed to never look back. Everyone hopes for college to be full of memories to reminisce about years later. When I first stepped on Locust Walk’s compass, I couldn’t find where to go. Through documenting the University of Pennsylvania and broader Philadelphia culture during my time at the DP, I felt an emerging passion for amplifying the voices of vulnerable communities through the lens of a Nikon D500. Serving as the 136th photo editor for the DP during 2020 gave me the opportunity to visually delineate and connect the struggles of the separated Penn community. I aimed to instill
a stronger sense of belonging in an isolating time through health care reporting and community-driven narratives. As the tumultuous year unraveled new wounds in the midst of a pandemic-altered election, I felt a greater responsibility to provide a more supportive platform to marginalized communities. Since December 2020, 11.6 billion vaccines have been administered worldwide, granting many the golden ticket back to a semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy. Families reunited across countries. College friends survived online learning. Sports fans cheered feet away from athletes. Performers jumped back into sold-out shows, connecting their audiences with harmonies of unity, peace, and hope. All of these moments inspired me to think outside of my own comfort and spark conversations with strangers. I can’t picture the first photo I took with a camera. But I’ll never forget the time I first fell in love with photojournalism. It was March 10, 2020. I walked up the steps in the main hall of the National Constitution Center and panicked. ABC. The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post. I felt like an outsider seeping my way into a place I did not belong. I was one of a few Asian American journalists in the room. Everyone anxiously waited for hours before Dr. Jill Biden and President-Elect Joe Biden walked to the podium. I felt lucky to be in the presence of a leader who would take the ropes of the highest office in our country. Why was I here? If you love something enough, you’ll learn to make it work, even if it’s unconventional. A lot of people asked me why I voluntarily chose to spend most of my free time on the school newspaper. This job often required over 35 hours per week — time that often blurred into sleepless nights when instead, I could have been studying
with my other pre-med friends, volunteering at clinics, and strengthening my medical school application. I felt displaced. For my DP friends, mostly liberal arts majors, it was difficult to understand the struggle. I battled with the uncomfortable idea that I was wasting my time on something that would never help me. That I chose the wrong path to take. That I should quit. The camera became my outlet and recharged me when I felt depleted from Zoom classes. Spontaneous photo walks around the city gave me time to reflect on my personal image as a Sikh American woman. I spent most of my senior year weekends photographing nearly every performing arts group on campus with my best friend Sage Levine. The jeering and mocking that once trailed behind me faded into a distant memory as I returned courtside. Soccer. Football. Gymnastics. Basketball. Squash. The rules of these games became implanted on the back of my hand. I do belong here. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to stop anglicizing my name. That loneliness is a divinity often mistaken for peculiarity. Healing takes longer than expected. I’m proud of the resilient woman I have become. People always ask me why I photograph. I aim to showcase authenticity in the life around me, even when it feels like everyone’s putting on a facade. No class was enough to teach me the greatest lessons I expected to learn at an Ivy League university. The moments where I had a camera wrapped in my hands were honestly enough. This is the peace I obtained during this chapter of my life. One image at a time. This column is dedicated to Ameek Bindra, Namrita Narula, Pia Singh, and my other Kaurageous women. Thank you to my family and my
closest life friends for their constant support of my work, patience, and time. I love you so much.
SUKHMANI KAUR is a graduating College senior studying biology with a concentration in neuroscience and a minor in chemistry from Akron, Ohio. She served as the photo editor on the 136th Board of Editors, summer multimedia editor on the 135th board, and general assignments reporter afterwards. Her email is skaur22@sas.upenn.edu.
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Smokes’ celebrates ‘30 years of pandemonium’ with Kenn Kweder Kweder and his long-time guitarist Mark Teague performed at Smokes’ for the 1,500th consecutive Tuesday night on May 10 JONAH CHARLTON & TORI SOUSA Senior Reporters
On a slow afternoon just over 30 years ago, Smokey Joe’s owner Paul Ryan walked into The Palladium — a restaurant previously located at the center of Penn’s campus — and offered one of its bartenders a chance to perform at Smokes’ the following week. That bartender’s name was Kenn Kweder, a Philadelphia-based musician who was known as “Mayor of South Street” in the 1970s by fans and critics. The following week, Kweder put on the first of what would become three decades worth of Tuesday night performances. On Tuesday, Kweder and his long-time guitarist Mark Teague performed at Smokes’ for the 1,500th consecutive Tuesday night, a streak that has seen the tenure of three Penn presidents, and thousands of
students passing through the bar each week. The May 10 anniversary show was slightly different than his weekly Tuesday set. The night was split into two performances, one from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and a second from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., and both featured a full setlist, something incredibly unusual for Kweder as he prefers to “play to the crowd” when it comes to song choices. “I love Smokey Joe’s and I love all you guys out there and the energy you bring,” Kweder said. “There’s no way me and Mark [Teague] are up there 30 years if students don’t come out year after year.” Kweder, who was born in Southwest Philadelphia and has always considered the city home, said that even though he is known for the chaos of his performances and always having a good time on stage, the weight of the accomplishment is not lost on him. “Look, the music industry is a tricky business,” he said. “There have been other bars where I’ve played for five or 10 years. But 30 years? I’m really grateful to Paul Ryan for sticking with me all these years, and to the generations of students who keep coming out.” Over the years, Kweder has amassed a devoted following of members of the Penn community. Alumni living in New York City, Washington, D.C., and other nearby cities have hired Kweder and Teague to play large events, Kweder said. He added that many alumni traveled back to Penn to catch the 1,500th straight show. Kweder continued to perform weekly during the pandemic on Facebook Live, but he noted that it was impossible to play off the energy of the crowd and create the same level of “pandemonium” that he craves. As the University returned to in-person life this year, Kweder said he has been thrilled with the
“incredibly loyal” Tuesday night crowds this semester. Engineering junior James Kearney said that Kweder’s performances are “always something to remember,” citing Kweder’s engaging performance style and infamous personal renditions of famous songs. “[Kweder] is an awe-inspiring artist who is beloved by the Penn community,” Kearney said.
“If I can get another 30 years of pandemonium in, I’ll consider myself lucky. As long as the students keep coming, I’ll be there every Tuesday night.” Kenn Kweder
College senior Lark Izenson, a longtime fan of the performer, said that she believes Kweder Tuesdays are “hands down better than Sink or Swim Wednesdays,” which tend to be especially wellattended given the $1 drink specials that Smokes’ offers its patrons on Wednesday nights. When it comes to her favorite Kweder classic, Izenson said “Heroin” — one of the performer’s many original hits that have become classics over the years — is one she has heard dozens of times and “never gets old.” “Even after I graduate, I’ll make sure to turn on
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some Kweder when I’m feeling nostalgic from my favorite Smokes’ nights.” In addition to “Heroin,” “Remember Me,” “I Drink A Lot,” and “Crackhead” are among the many “Kenn classics,” all of which truly encapsulate the authentic rock style the 70-year-old performer brings to the stage. Kweder said that he never tires of playing these songs. “People always say, ‘Don’t you get tired of playing those songs?’ since they’re requested every week,” he said. “I always tell them, ‘No way, man!’ I’m like a doctor, if the people want penicillin, you got to give it to them if it’s going to cure them. I love it when people want the classics and I hope they don’t stop asking.” Eli Moraru, who graduated from the College in December 2021 but will walk with the Class of 2022 on May 16, said that he has been bartending every Tuesday night at Smokes’ for the last two years, allowing him to watch Kweder perform each week. He echoed both Izenson’s and Kearney’s sentiments regarding Kweder’s talents as a performer and his ability to captivate his audience. “He’s a presence that can’t be ignored — he’s never in the background,” Moraru said of the performer. “He is the center of attention, every performance.” For Kweder, it’s the energy of the crowd that has kept him coming back with consistently renewed energy ever since his first Tuesday performance in 1992. As for what’s next, Kweder said he has no plans of ending his 30-year streak any time soon. “If I can get another 30 years of pandemonium in, I’ll consider myself lucky,” Kweder said with a laugh. “As long as the students keep coming, I’ll be there every Tuesday night.”
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12 students win 2022 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prizes Each winning project will receive $100,000 in funding, and each team member will receive a $50,000 living stipend SAYA DESAI AND JASPER TAYLOR Senior Reporter and Staff Reporter
Interim President Wendell Pritchett announced the winners of this year’s President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prizes, awarding six teams of Penn seniors and recent graduates with funding for various social impact projects. The prizes are awarded annually to Penn seniors for the development and undertaking of a post-graduation project that aims to positively impact the world. Each winning project will receive $100,000, and each team member will receive a $50,000 living stipend. Former President Amy Gutmann announced the creation of both the President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize in 2015. This year, for the first time, seniors had the chance to apply to and receive the President’s Sustainability Prize. The 2022 President’s Engagement Prizes were
After a 39-year intermission, Stephen Dansiger will graduate from Penn this week Dansiger, who will receive his master’s degree, came to Penn in 1979 but withdrew due to struggles with substance abuse JACOB POLLACK Staff Reporter
Stephen Dansiger left Penn in 1981 during his junior year after what was supposed to simply be a one-year medical leave of absence for heavy substance abuse. Thirty-nine years overdue, he will be walking at graduation to receive a master’s degree in health care innovation. Dansiger came to Penn in 1979 as an English major in the undergraduate Class of 1983 but withdrew
(Top left to right) Manoj Simha and Rowana Miller of Cosmic Writers; Eli Moraru of Community Grocer; Shoshana Weintraub, Sarah Beth Gleeson, and Julia Yan of EcoSPIN. (Bottom left to right) Will Danon and Luka Yancipoulos of Grapevine; Sam Strickberger, Seungkwon Son, and Max Strickberger of College Green Ventures; and Saif Khawaja of Shinkei Systems. (Photo from Penn Today)
awarded to five seniors comprising two teams. College senior Rowana Miller and Wharton senior Manoj Simha created the project Cosmic Writers to promote literacy by providing free creative writing education to kindergarten to 12th grade students in the United States. The organization aims to help students with the development of literacy and communication skills. Al Filreis, a professor of English at Penn, mentors the two seniors. after substance abuse issues landed him in the University’s hospital. Over the course of three decades and enrollment in three different universities, he played in multiple punk rock bands, authored several books, and founded a rehabilitation center. Dansiger will return to Penn on May 15 to graduate in the third cohort of students in Penn’s online Master of Health Care Innovation program. The MHCI program, which was launched in 2017, was Penn’s first online master’s degree and is hosted by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The degree is designed to be earned in 20 months or with a three-year extended track option — Dansiger opted for the latter. Dansiger was focused on giving back and helping others in the more than 30 years between when he left and returned to Penn. He works as a senior faculty member at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, where he is a therapist of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing method that treats post-traumatic stress disorder. Dansiger set up a rehabilitation center in 2015 called the Refuge Recovery Center, where he instituted a trauma-focused treatment system that uses Buddhist mindfulness and EMDR therapy to treat addiction. Dansiger also authored several books discussing mental health and mindfulness and is part of startup initiatives that bridge the gap between technology
College and Wharton senior Seungkwon Son and College seniors Max Strickberger and Sam Strickberger created College Green Ventures as a hub for supporting student entrepreneurs focused on sustainable social impact. Their project aims to profile studentled impact startups. Tyler Wry, a professor of management in the Wharton School, mentors the team. Two students in the Class of 2022 received this year’s President’s Innovation Prize.
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and therapy. Dansiger said he has been in recovery from substance abuse for over 33 years, a problem which began in high school and worsened in college. He said that during his temporary medical leave of absence from Penn, his drumming career took off, prompting his permanent departure from Penn. “When I left [Penn], it was through the University hospital, and the inciting incident that got me to the hospital was my friends caring about me and saying, ‘Look, this is non-negotiable, and this is above our pay grade,’” Dansiger said.
College senior William Danon and College and Engineering senior Lukas Yancopoulos created Grapevine, a project that expands on work the team has previously completed. The pair founded Pandemic Relief Supply which has supplied $20 million worth of health care supplies to frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 President’s Sustainability Prize was awarded to five seniors and recent graduates across three projects. Saif Khawaja, who graduated from the Wharton School in December 2021, created the startup Shinkei Systems, which creates robotic technology to minimize fish waste and increase shelf life. Shinkei’s robotics can perform humane Japanese slaughter techniques that ensure fish quality from ocean to table. Khawaja is mentored by Jacqueline Kirtley, an assistant professor of management in the Wharton School. Engineering seniors Sarah Gleeson, Shoshana Weintraub, and Julia Yan are working on a device called EcoSPIN. The device is designed to catch microfibers during the laundry process, so that they do not enter oceans and waterways, reducing water pollution. Eli Moraru, who graduated from the College in December 2021, started the nonprofit The Community Grocer. The organization is based in Philadelphia and works to transform nutritional aid and education to fight health inequity and address food insecurity. “These inspiring projects exemplify the wide range of interests that energize our great Penn students and faculty,” Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein told Penn Today. “They aim to make a tangible difference in people’s lives, bringing our shared commitments to social justice, intellectual creativity, and entrepreneurial drive to some of the world’s most urgent challenges.” Dansiger said that, for many years, he was proud of being called an “Ivy League dropout” until he had a sudden change of heart after his father’s death in February 2019. “My dad had passed away, and I was just so griefstricken,” Dansiger said. “I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, that whole Penn thing was never fully rectified completely. That’s nothing to be proud of. How disrespectful of me to waste all of [my father’s] money.’” He said that he decided to enroll in the online MHCI program as a “closure exercise.” Dansiger’s MHCI coursework focused on learning more about health care policies and innovation strategies that could be applied to mental health initiatives. “The [MHCI] program gave me the tools and inspiration to know and to then plan and implement bringing mental health out of the shadows and into the center of health care,” he said. Dansiger will be working in Ireland to train therapists in a health care incubator, which helps startups and researchers earn funding for health care-related ventures, following his graduation. Dansiger said he is excited for his daughter to attend his graduation and watch him receive his degree. “My daughter has witnessed this part of my education from age 9 to 12 through a pandemic — her being upstairs in her Zoom and me in my Zoom,” he said. “She understands the significance of having left [Penn] all those years ago and finishing now.”
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Revamped Triple ‘S’ Show returns for Baccalaureate Ceremony moves first time since 2019 This year’s show was a rebranded combination of two previously distinct shows, the to beginning of Step Show and the Yard Show Senior Week STEPHANIE CHEN Staff Reporter
This year’s ceremony was held on Tuesday and featured speeches from Interim President Wendell Pritchett and University Chaplain Chaz Howard SARA FORASTIERI Staff Reporter
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The Intercultural Greek Council’s annual Triple ‘S’ Show returned on April 30 for the first time since 2019. The Triple ‘S’ Show is a “step, stroll, and/or salute” competition among 12 IGC fraternity and sorority chapters during the 126th Penn Relays. The show was held at Irvine Auditorium starting at 7 p.m., and each team put on a performance related to a childhood movie in accordance with this year’s theme. The show aimed to highlight the history and significance of stepping, strolling, and saluting, which has origins in African American Greek life, according to Nursing senior and IGC President Luz Elena Pérez. Proceeds from the show went to The Block Gives Back, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, and the IGC Step Show Fund. IGC hosted a cookout at Penn Commons before the show and an after-party in the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall. This year’s Triple ‘S’ Show was a rebranded combination of two previously distinct shows, the Step Show and the Yard Show, Pérez said. The Step Show was traditionally limited to historically Black Greek letter organizations, while other organizations participated in the Yard Show. The merging of the two shows meant all organizations in IGC were invited to perform together. Pérez said the combined format of the show was an opportunity to promote IGC’s cultural diversity and create something that was “more inclusive” and “more representative of what the council is.” “The Triple ‘S’ Show this year is an opportunity for the Intercultural Greek Council to really showcase the diversity within our council and also shed light to the traditions within our organizations,” she said. Pérez added that she is very “proud” to have successfully put together a show of such magnitude
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considering that IGC only has around 100 individual members in total. “To me, it’s really inspiring just to be surrounded by individuals who are willing to put all of their effort and energy into this show, especially because we’re approaching finals, and it’s the last week of class,” Pérez said. Students of color said they were able to share part of their culture and their strong connections with their IGC peers with the Penn community through their performances. “[The showcase] is a representation of the bond that we kind of share as a collective throughout each individual organization,” College senior Jason McCleod, who is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, said. The competition had three rounds, and in the first round, participants had to implement African American history into their performance. McCleod said that the movie his fraternity performed, “Roll Bounce,” is a staple in the African American community. “I absolutely want [the first round] to be one of the most engaging aspects of my performance,” McCleod said. “We’re trying to make sure the audience could watch our show and understand the movie that we’re doing and also understand the history behind stepping, strolling, and saluting.” McCleod said he spent an average of 20 hours per week practicing in the weeks leading up to the show. McCleod, a graduating senior and first-time performer at the step show, added that he hoped the audience enjoyed the performance and appreciated its history. “This is my statement as a senior and a member of a Greek organization,” he said. “And I hope [the audience] will walk away with some more knowledge of the Intercultural Greek Council and the organizations.”
The annual Baccalaureate Ceremony, typically held the day before Commencement, was held at the beginning of Senior Week on May 10. Baccalaureate has been held at Penn since 1865 and is one of the oldest graduation traditions at the University. The annual ceremony is an interfaith celebration for graduating seniors that features speakers and performances and addresses aspects of moral life and its relation to a liberal education through speeches, songs, and readings. This year’s ceremony was held on Tuesday in Irvine Auditorium at 4 p.m. and featured speeches from Interim President Wendell Pritchett, University Chaplain Chaz Howard, and Penn professor Dorothy Roberts.
“There’s not a ton of time to stop and give thanks and reflect on the last few years and Baccalaureate is meant to be that,” Howard said. “It’s a chance for the class to sit together and look back and look inward and look ahead.” Howard said that changing the date of the ceremony allows it to be branded as a part of Senior Week and allows more students to attend and be a part of the tradition. He added that this year’s ceremony was more student-driven and featured an address from the Senior Class Board president and readings by Penn student leaders. It also included performances by student groups, such as Penn Student Ensemble, Glee Club, Penn Lions, Atma, and Penn Band. Senior Class Board President Sam Strickberger said that starting Senior Week with a cherished tradition like Baccalaureate was a good introduction to the rest of graduation. “It’s exciting to participate in something that generations of Penn students have done. We’re graduating from college with 2,500 other people, and marking it in a way that people have marked for a long time,” College senior Strickberger said. The Class of 2022 was the first class in two years whose graduation events were all scheduled to be in person, including Commencement, which will take place on Franklin Field on May 16. “I’m excited to be in person with the whole Class of 2022 and celebrate and reflect on our four years at Penn, which have been filled with a bunch of struggles and triumphs,” Strickberger said.
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Speakers at this year’s Baccalaureate Ceremony included University Chaplain Chaz Howard.
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From the Cathedral to the Mecca of college basketball: The homecoming of Jelani Williams After five years with Penn men’s basketball, Jelani Williams is headed to Howard University ESTHER LIM Sports Editor
Hours before Penn men’s basketball triumphed in perhaps its closest battle of the season — an 89-88 win claimed in the last seconds over Brown on its home court on Feb. 19 — the Howard Bisons had notched a victory over Morgan State in the NBA’s inaugural HBCU Classic. Penn senior guard Jelani Williams sat out in an unfortunate absence from the Ivy League matchup that evening. The Washington, D.C. native had sustained an injury the previous weekend against Harvard, one that sidelined him for the remainder of the Quakers’ regular season campaign. Then two months later, Williams would finally knot a connection back home with his announcement to commit his remaining years of NCAA eligibility at Howard University. Washington, D.C. now awaits Williams with the exciting prospect of joining an HBCU basketball program on the rise, and also the opportunity to work toward a degree at a prestigious institution. “Howard was actually the first to call me when I started looking at other schools in the transfer portal,” Williams said. “And immediately it kind of jumped out as being a school back home, and good school; a different experience than what I’ve had before.” The HBCU Classic featuring the two MEAC programs had been the NBA’s newest addition to the All-Star Weekend. As part of its initiatives to elevate HBCU athletics within the national spotlight, the game was broadcast on TNT and ESPN2 during a weekend featuring some of the biggest names in basketball. Chris Paul and Stephen Curry made appearances to meet the players of both schools — each who have been strong benefactors in supporting HBCUs and their athletic programs through the past several years. Later that day in Providence, R.I., before tipping off against the Bears, the Quakers remained seated during the national anthem in endurance of their symbolic protest against racial injustice. In its season on return amid a national reckoning with racism and violence upon Black communities, Penn men’s basketball began the season with initiatives of civic engagement, and continued the movement through the season even when the mainstream avidity for Black Lives Matter seemed to wane. “The guys who were really behind the discussion [of] whether we would sit or not, those guys are
very thoughtful, and are articulate with their point of view, and are informed and knowledgeable about the subject; whether it’s the history of it or their own personal experiences,” associate coach Nat Graham said in January. Williams was among the players vigilant to pick up the lead in the team’s engagement with social justice from greater roles of leadership within the team. After a summer of involvement from home in Washington, D.C. in 2020, Williams upheld the reigns of activism throughout his remaining career at Penn. He is now set to take this leadership to Howard, while also continuing his studies at an institution with lists of alumni who hold immense gravity in Africana studies. For Williams, his move to Howard more resembles a homecoming. “People don’t know this, but I actually went to middle school on Howard’s campus. They have a public charter school on the campus of Howard,” Williams said. “I went to middle school there, so it just felt kind of like, you know, going back home, being able to have my parents and my family members at games.” Then, as an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School for his high school career, his basketball talents have traveled from D.C. to Philadelphia, and are now headed back to Georgia Avenue, where Howard’s basketball program stands aimed on an upward trajectory. Kenny Blakeney, head coach of Howard men’s basketball, also had a career of touring the Ivy League before making a return to his hometown. After becoming a two-time NCAA champion while playing at Duke from 1991-95, Blakeney entered coaching immediately upon graduation. From 2007, he coached for over 10 years in the Ivy League with Harvard and Columbia, until 2019, when he was named to his first-ever position as head coach of a collegiate basketball program with Howard. “With Blakeney at the helm for the next couple of years, I think they have the opportunity to be a really good program,” Williams said, “and I’m excited to be one of the guys that helps jumpstart that.” This past season was one of the Bisons’ most successful campaigns in the past 10 years, with a 16-13 and 9-5 conference record to badge Blakeney’s first full season with Howard. In 2020, the Bisons welcomed five-star recruit Makur Maker to their roster after contending against UCLA, Memphis, and Kentucky. And with the initiation of HBCUfocused traditions like the NBA’s HBCU Classic and the 2022 inaugural HBCU Combine, Howard stands a promising chance at leading the resurgence of HBCU athletic programs in the national arena of collegiate basketball.
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Penn senior guard Jelani Williams at a game against Harvard on Feb. 12, 2022.
“His vision for the team and for the program — eventually, I think Howard is going to be one of the premier basketball programs in the country in a couple of years,” Williams said. “I just have that much belief in the way that they’re building and which way they’re trending.” Blakeney has also proven how he can adapt Ivy League talents to build a formidable team. Graduate transfers Tai Bibbs and Randall Brumant, who both played three seasons at Columbia, were one of four players on the Howard roster to lace up for every single game in the 2021-22 season. In early April, Brumant was selected with fellow Howard teammate Kyle Foster to participate in the inaugural HBCU All-Star Game in New Orleans. “I was able to make great connections with not just Blakeney, but the entire coaching staff, the team that’s there now, the guys that are coming back, and I think we have an opportunity to do something really special next year,” Williams said. “So I’m excited.”
Williams’ talents have always magneted toward prestige. Howard’s basketball program thus fits in perfect frame to the continuing reel of his basketball career. While his departure from Penn and the community he found here will be bittersweet, especially after proving resilience through immense obstacles, there will be a crowd waiting to welcome Williams home. “At high school, coming to my games [were] my little brother, my family members, my mom, my dad, my uncles, grandparents, and all kinds of people, so I’m super excited to be able to go play back home.” This coming fall, Williams’ basketball story will look to live on through The Hilltop, Howard’s student newspaper. Co-founded by Zora Neale Hurston in 1924, the publication wears the title of the oldest Black collegiate newspaper, and is where Williams’ journey from the Cathedral to the Mecca of college basketball will continue to be written with a team on the rise.
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The Class of 2022 began its first year at Penn amid a citywide heat wave. Temperatures in Philadelphia during 2018 New Student Orientation reached a high of 95 degrees — which caused a number of first years living in Kings Court English College House to sleep in lounges and computer labs to cool off. In October 2018, Penn said it planned to install air conditioning in KCECH and Du Bois College House during the summer of 2019. In September 2018, Penn announced it would require all undergraduate sophomore students to live on campus in college houses beginning in the fall of 2021, when New College House West opened with a capacity of 450 students. Construction of NCHW first began on Dec. 3, 2018. Dining options at and around Penn continued to change during the 2018-2019 academic year. In December 2018, Penn Law students protested the closure of the now-former Starbucks location at 34th and Chestnut streets, and the largest Panera in Philadelphia opened in May 2019 on the west side of Penn’s campus.
Politics In 2018, turnout among Penn students for the Nov. 6 midterm elections was higher than that of any midterm election in the previous 12 years. Turnout more than doubled from 1,113 votes cast in the 2014 midterms to 2,762 cast in 2018 at Penn’s six on-campus polling stations. The midterm elections were dominated by Penn alumni and other candidates with ties to the University, such as U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Mt. Lebanon), who graduated from the College in 2006. Penn Law professor Amy Wax, who is currently under University investigation for her history of promoting racist rhetoric, criticized the women behind the sexual misconduct allegations levied against then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In April 2019, former Penn Presidential Professor of the Practice Joe Biden, founder of the Penn Biden Center, declared his candidacy for U.S. president. He later secured the presidency against former President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump in November 2020.
Sports In December 2018, Penn men’s basketball pulled off a historic upset against Villanova in front of a raucous crowd at the Palestra. The loss, by a score of 78-75, was Villanova’s first against a Big 5 opponent in six years and its first versus the Quakers since 2002. While Penn was not one of the institutions named in the nationwide college admissions scandal of 2019, attention centered on bribery allegations against former Penn men's basketball star and coach Jerome Allen, who pleaded guilty to receiving thousands of dollars in bribes from Penn parent Philip Esformes. Esformes also sent more than $400,000 to the charity of William "Rick" Singer, the college consultant at the center of the admissions scandal. On April 5, 2019, Esformes was found guilty on 20 charges, including bribery. Allen was ultimately sentenced to four years of probation, 600 hours of community service, and a fine of $202,000 on July 1. The next day, Penn Athletics removed Allen from its Hall of Fame.
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Penn extended spring break for an additional week in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly all students were required to leave campus and complete the rest of the semester online. Adapting to this new learning environment brought on unique challenges for many students — specifically those without reliable Wi-Fi access and international students with time zone differences. In response to student petitions, Penn extended the pass/fail opt-in deadline to April 29, the last day of classes. The Dean's List was also suspended for the academic year. On May 18, the University held Commencement for the Class of 2020 virtually. Two years later, Penn is hosting an in-person Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 on May 22, 2022, at 10 a.m. on Franklin Field. This ceremony will also include graduate students from the Classes of 2020 and 2021, and all alumni must register in advance. Penn also modified other second semester traditions. Hey Day, when juniors are officially pronounced seniors, was also held virtually for the Class of 2021. In early March, Penn canceled Quaker Days for admitted students to visit campus.
Politics During the academic year, the 2020 Democratic presidential primary election was in full swing with political groups on campus organizing around different candidates. Two student groups, Penn for Bernie and Penn for Biden, traveled to New Hampshire in February ahead of the firstin-the-nation primary to canvass for their respective candidates. Penn Democrats endorsed former Presidential Professor of the Practice and President Joe Biden for the nomination in late March, even though the group was split, with some members still supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the primary. Following this endorsement, the Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault removed Penn Dems from its alliance, as Biden faced a sexual assault accusation from one of his former Senate staffers. Several candidates in the primary had notable connections to Penn. Biden became the nominee after Sanders dropped out in April. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who dropped out of the race in March, taught at Penn Law School from 1987 to 1995. After Biden secured the nomination in the spring of 2020, the general election featured two candidates with ties to Penn — as he would face off against, and ultimately defeat, 1968 Wharton graduate and then-incumbent President Donald Trump.
Sports The Penn volleyball team's season was cut short after posters deemed "vulgar, offensive, and disrespectful" by administrators were found in the their locker room. This discovery brought out a history of alleged mistreatment and formal grievances within the program. Head coach Iain Braddak resigned from his position after two seasons on the job, and he was replaced by Meredith Schamun. The pandemic canceled all Ivy League spring sporting events after March 11, including the Ivy League Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. Teams coped with this unexpected loss by attempting to connect and honor senior teammates virtually. The Penn Relays were also canceled for the first time in the event's 126-year history. The first Digital Penn Relays offered spectators the chance to watch athletes participate in Minecraft races, accompanied by various commentators.
Mental Health Gregory Eells, Penn's executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services, died by suicide on Sept. 9, 2019. He had been appointed to lead CAPS in January 2019, and began his role that March. Previously, he had served as the director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Cornell University. Student groups continued to advocate for better mental health resources and general wellness, which they said took on renewed importance following Eells' death. The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education released its 2020 White Paper, which listed the ability to schedule CAPS appointments online as a primary goal, and the Undergraduate Assembly worked to integrate CAPS clinicians into more undergraduate schools.
2020– 2021 COVID-19
While Penn initially planned to open campus in the fall of 2020, administrators decided to close campus less than two weeks before many students planned to move in. As a result, classes were held online, campus buildings were closed, and campus activities were strictly limited. However, many students returned to the Philadelphia area and lived in off-campus housing. Due to the influx of students returning to West Philadelphia, Penn offered weekly COVID-19 testing to those students who lived near campus during the fall semester. Penn reopened on-campus housing in the spring semester, but still held classes online. The University offered its first COVID-19 vaccines on April 14 and began vaccinating students just five days later. Penn required students to be vaccinated to return to campus in the fall of 2021 and returned to a nearly normal semester.
Politics The 2020 presidential election was significant for the Penn community, as both candidates had strong connections to the University. Penn had a record-high voter turnout and registration rates in this election. Many students turned out to vote in person in the 2020 election, with a total of 689 ballots cast on election day at Penn’s campus polling sites. Some students living outside Pennsylvania traveled back to the state to cast their votes.
Admissions Penn accepted the lowest amount of applicants to the Class of 2025 in its history. Only 5.68% of applicants were accepted. The acceptance rate dropped from 8.07% of applicants accepted to the Class of 2024. The admissions department experienced administrative turnover, as Dean of Admissions and 1987 College graduate Eric Furda left the admissions department at the end of 2020. He was replaced by Whitney Soule, who previously worked as the senior vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin College. Penn Admissions, along with the student-led Kite and Key Society, offered live, student-led, virtual tours to prospective students throughout the 2020-2021 academic year.
Through the Years Relive the Class of 2022’s four years at Penn BY JARED MITOVICH, IMRAN SIDDIQUI, RACHEL MILLER, & KEVIN BRYAN PHOTOS BY CHASE SUTTON, KYLIE COOPER, ALEC DRUGGAN, & MAX MESTER DESIGN BY TYLER KLIEM
2021– 2022 COVID-19
In the summer of 2021, Penn confirmed that the fall semester would be held fully in person. For the first time in more than a year, classes were no longer to be held on Zoom, and campus amenities such as Van Pelt Library and Pottruck Health and Fitness Center were available for student use with appropriate indoor masking. In October 2021, Penn reached a COVID-19 vaccination rate of 99% for its undergraduate population. Alongside the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the 20212022 academic year marked the first time that the flu vaccine was mandated for students. Penn held its largest-ever flu clinic, vaccinating nearly 14,000 community members. Penn’s COVID-19 cases rose at the end of the fall semester, with a positivity rate of 2.26% and a record 241 new cases in a week. On Dec. 21, Penn announced that all members of the Penn community must receive the booster vaccine by the end of January. After students petitioned to move final exams online, Penn announced that the second week of finals would be held virtually. Following the January surge in Omicron variant cases in Philadelphia and Penn's estimate that 1 in 6 community members were infected over winter break, the University moved classes online for the first two weeks of the spring semester and pushed back on-campus move-in by one week. New requirements to doublemask or use an N95 or KN95 mask were also instated. In February, cases on campus fell to a spring semester-low positivity rate of 1.81%. Penn later held its first in-person Spring Fling concert since 2019. Masking mandates were also dropped on March 15 in all indoor settings, excluding classrooms, medical facilities, and Penn Transit.
Penn Presidency In early July, President Joe Biden tapped Penn President Amy Gutmann as the next United States ambassador to Germany. Gutmann was slated to serve as president until June 30, 2022, or until the U.S. Senate confirmed her ambassadorship. Penn announced in September that it had formed a committee to select Gutmann’s successor, consisting of trustees, administrators, faculty, and students. In December, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee began its first ambassadorship hearing on Gutmann’s ambassador nomination. The committee confirmed Gutmann’s nomination on Jan. 12. On Jan. 13, Liz Magill was announced to be the University’s next president. Magill, who is currently the University of Virginia's provost, previously served as dean of Stanford Law School and was known for her extensive leadership in higher education. Former Provost Wendell Pritchett was tapped to serve as interim president until Magill’s term begins. In February, the U.S. Senate confirmed Gutmann as the U.S. ambassador to Germany with a vote of 54 to 42. Penn's Board of Trustees unanimously confirmed Magill as Penn’s ninth president in March. She will begin her term on July 1.
Controversy In November 2021, The Daily Pennsylvanian uncovered evidence of an allegedly toxic workplace environment in Penn’s Gene Therapy Program, with former and current employees detailing extreme work disorganization and inappropriate office behavior. Nearly half a year later, top University officials allegedly manipulated a Perelman School of Medicine investigation into the allegations of abuse to protect its financial stake in the company. In January 2022, Penn graduate and Rhodes Scholarship recipient Mackenzie Fierceton filed a lawsuit against the University in response to its investigation into allegations questioning her claim to be a survivor of abuse and a first-generation, low-income college student. Fierceton gave up her Rhodes Scholarship, and Penn placed a hold on her master’s degree of social work, which was lifted in April following public scrutiny. Calls to suspend Penn Law professor Amy Wax reignited in January, sparked by Wax’s remarks about Asian Americans and immigration policies. Penn Law School Dean Ted Ruger initiated the University's ongoing sanctions process against Wax later that month, which would determine whether Wax had violated behavioral standards. In an interview, Wax retaliated against the decision, saying that revoking her tenure would undermine academic freedom. Months later, Wax appeared on national television, doubling down on her racist rhetoric.
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Olympians show out in full force for first Penn Relays in three years Despite Allyson Felix’s late withdrawal, several of the sport’s greatest stars competed KRISTEL RAMBAUD Sports Reporter
For the first time in three years, Franklin Field was graced by some of the world’s shining stars of track and field. The 126th edition of the Penn Relays took place from April 28 to April 30. Day three of the worldrenowned competition featured eight Olympic Development events in the afternoon that had the crowd on notice. Despite Allyson Felix’s sudden dropout from the competition, the crowd was still treated to the talents of numerous other notable track and field stars, including two-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin. The 400-meter hurdles world record holder made her grand return to the Penn Relays for the first time since her senior year in high school as part of the Union Catholic Vikings. In 2017, she anchored in the high school 4x400 for a time of 50.78 seconds, setting the Penn Relays record for the event. In her grand return as a professional — and her first race since the Tokyo Olympics — she lined up for the women’s 100-meter hurdles to the roar of the crowd — not a single person was sitting down as she lined up. And for good reason, too. If they had sat, they would have missed McLaughlin run a 12.75-seconds time in the event — another Penn Relays record. “It’s a great way to start, especially compared to the last year, and I know that there’s a lot of improvements to be made, so I’m happy with the result,” McLaughlin said. She added that she used the competition as a way to gauge her progress as she gears up for the full heights of this year’s track season. The race also served as a full-circle moment for the 22-year-old, who raced alongside the pros rather than in the high school division. “I remember watching amazing pros right here when I was in high school and just looking at that warm up and aspiring to be there one day, so being able to now be in that position and come back and inspire the next generation,” McLaughlin said. “I think
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me coming back now as a pro, I’m learning to enjoy it a little bit more.” McLaughlin wasn’t the only member of her 4x400 Olympic team present. Athing Mu also came to Philadelphia for her official Penn Relays debut to compete in the 600 meters race. She won the event with a time of 1:22.74 after pulling ahead over Jamaica’s Natoya Goule in the last 100 meters of the event. It was also Mu’s PR for the event. “I [knew it was] gonna be competitive throughout the whole race, and I didn’t want to go out and make my move too early,” Mu said. “I just wanted to stay steady and move up gradually, and then when I had enough to go to the finish line, just take it from there.” Mu also competed against Ajeé Wilson, who finished in sixth — falling just 0.73 seconds off a third-place finish. In Tokyo, Mu had run a 1:55.21 800m race, breaking a record previously held by Wilson. Also landing on the podium for that loaded 600m event was Penn’s very own Nia Akins. Akins graduated from Penn in 2020 from the School of Nursing and has since raced on the professional level in Seattle while further pursuing her nursing career. With the Quakers, she had etched her name in the record books in a bevy of ways: eight Penn all-time best marks, four-time Ivy League Heptagonal champion, and five-time indoor first team All-Ivy. “I’m so happy to be here,” Akins said. “[Being in the pros] feels very different, but it still feels like home at the same time, so it’s really nice to be back. It was really nice to come around and see all my old teammates. It’s surreal.” While the atmosphere and energy of Franklin Field isn’t new to Akins, it was new to Devon Allen. The track and field star made his debut at the Penn Relays, where he notched first place with a time of 13.11 seconds in the men’s 110m hurdles. The time marks a meet record and world record so far this year. Allen had also competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo Olympics; he had finished in fourth in Tokyo for the event by less than a second. He also finished in the race 0.11 seconds ahead of his friend and former Olympic gold medalist Omar McLeod, who represented Jamaica. 3. You were recently awarded honorable mention All-Ivy for this season. What was it like receiving that news for the first time in your career? Yeah, actually, it was really funny. I was sitting on my couch with some of my teammates, and I got the news. We all opened up our phones and saw it, and we were like, “Oh, my God, we made it!” One of my teammates, Ellen O’Callaghan, lives with me also. So the two of us were super excited because we like to joke that we’re the OG D-squad because we’re both seniors. So it was nice to see both of us get recognition, and even everyone else who got recognition like Anna Brandt, Maria Themelis, Keeley Block, [and] Sophie Davis. It was amazing to see that our hard work, while the season didn’t go the way we planned it to go, we still were able to get some recognition, which was nice.
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Olympian Devon Allen attended Penn Relays for the first time this year.
Allen’s debut at Penn Relays was also significant because of its location. Early in April, Allen signed to the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receiver, and prior to Penn Relays, had been participating in the team’s OTAs. “This is kind of like my coming out party to Philadelphia,” Allen said. “I went to the Sixers game on Monday — the playoff game — and I saw firsthand the swings of the fans. So if I can get in their good graces to start, that’ll be good for my career for sure.” With so many professional athletes coming to Penn this weekend, it begs the question of why these athletes travel all the way to Philadelphia to compete at Penn Relays. The answer lies in the unique atmosphere the Penn Relays provide as the world’s oldest and largest track and field meet.
“Not everywhere in the U.S. you can have such a big crowd when you race,” Goule said. “This is the biggest crowd apart from Nationals at Eugene. This is the biggest crowd here in the U.S. … These [people are] cheering you on, even if they don’t know you.” McLaughlin shared similar high opinions of the Penn Relays environment. When asked where she’d rank Penn Relays compared to other track meets on a scale of 1 to 10, she gave it an eight. “I think it’s just this is an environment you really can’t get anywhere else especially. There’s not a lot of events like this in the U.S., so being able to have people that could come locally, and watch this. It’s just a really great time to bring the whole community together,” McLaughlin said. “It’s definitely a super high-energy meet and I just really feel like you can’t get something like this anywhere else.”
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6. You played your last game on May 1 against Columbia. What were your emotions like throughout that whole experience? It was definitely bittersweet. It was definitely very sad, last game in a Penn uniform, but it was nice to see that a lot of the seniors were contributing in very important ways. Katie Bellucci got her first career goal, Robin Panzarella scored her first of the season. Madison Jiranek scored. [O’Callaghan] had some huge caused turnovers on defense, and I think the seniors were able to make an impact all throughout the field. It was nice to see that, wow, it’s our last game, [but] we still were able to all go out on a high note.
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SENIORS, from page 16 Shin started off strong in her freshman year, when she appeared in all seven of the team’s tournaments and had the team-low 74.9 stroke average. She notched several strong finishes, including two third overall finishes. Shin was named second team All-Ivy for her efforts. Her low round of 68 at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate is tied for a program record. The Irvine, Calif. native’s stroke average was nearly identical in her sophomore season, with a 74.7 mark. Her stroke average of 76.1 in her senior year was second on the team. She’s also had success as a senior, including an individual medal at Hartford’s Gillette Ridge Invitational and fifth overall at the Women’s Intercollegiate at Prospect Bay. Men’s Golf Mark Haghani had the honor of being captain in his senior season, and for good reason. Haghani has had a prolific career with the Quakers, starting in his freshman season where he earned at least fifth among Penn players in all of his tournaments — a hint of the success to come. In his senior season, Haghani played some of his best golf of his career. He held a 72.3 stroke average, the lowest on the team, and even reached a low of 65 at this year’s Cornell Invita-
That type of play earned him the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first team AllIvy. Handley’s senior season was reminiscent of his freshman campaign. In the regular season, Handley was second on the team for goals (32). He more than doubles anyone else on the team in assists (32), and led the team in points (64). The Portland native had six hat tricks in the regular season and had a career-high 11 points against the Princeton Tigers. Women’s Lacrosse Taylyn Stadler has been an impactful player on the pitch since she was a freshman. She was the only freshman to start every game that season and scored in all but one of those 18 contests. Stadler finished the season with four hat tricks. Despite losing almost two entire seasons to COVID-19, Stadler is still the type of player she was freshman year. Even in her shortened seasons, she started every game and accumulated plenty of goals during them. As a senior, she has 10 goals on the season and the second-most assists on the team with 13. Men’s Heavyweight Rowing Patrik Farkas came all the way from Croatia to don the red and blue and has made the most of his career so far. As a freshman, he competed primarily in the Varsity 8+ and helped propel the team to numerous second- and third-place finishes in their competitions. Farkas also competed in the EARC Sprints and IRA Regatta as part of the Second Varsity 8+. He continued to help out the Second Varsity 8+ as a junior after a season canceled from COVID-19, but in that season, he took on the role of the stroke seat. Now as a senior, he’s contributed to the team’s three second-place finishes. Women’s Rowing Chloe Rosenberg has been rowing valiantly throughout the entirety of her Quaker career. She was designated to the Varsity 8+ for every tournament that she’s competed in thus far and was at the cox position for all of them. During her freshman year, she was invited to race at the Ivy Invitationals and the Ivy League Championship. Rosenberg and her team have been building off of its previous success. And her role as cox does seem to be working, considering she still retains that position. In 2021, she and her fellow Quakers started strong with a 6:31.97 in the Murphy Cup that earned them a first-place finish. Rosenberg’s successes both as a student and an athlete earned her the CRCA Scholar-Athlete award in her junior year.
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Senior out f ielder Emma Nedley collec ted numerous accolades throughout her career.
tional. He was Penn’s low player in eight of nine tournaments on the season. His success brought him to the Ivy Championship, where he tied for second overall. Haghani truly went out with a bang, earning first team All-Ivy for his farewell campaign. Men’s Lacrosse Sam Handley’s lacrosse career with the Quakers was a historic one from the start. He set three freshman records: most points (61), goals (35), and assists (26). His 61 points his freshman year is the fourth-best by a Penn player of any year.
Men’s Lightweight Rowing Julianna Langhorn made sure her presence was felt right from the start of her freshman year. She competed in eight tournaments her debut season, including the EARC Sprints and IRA Regatta. Her contribution to the team’s success that freshman year — including a first-place finish at the EARC Sprints in one heat — landed her first team All-Ivy and EARC Lightweight Crew Member of the Year honors. Langhorn started in the cox position her freshman year and continued in that spot moving forward. It was the right decision, evident in her junior season where she helped propel the team to three first-place finishes in its season tournaments. Her strength in the boat and in the classroom earned her an IRCA Scholar Athlete award. She was also an honorable mention for IRCA AllAmerica.
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Senior midfielder Sam Handley led the team in points and was honored as a first team All-American this year.
Nedley came in swinging as a freshman. Nedley, who plays outfield, led the team in home runs (5), hits (49), runs scored (26), and stolen bases (11). In the Ivy League, she led the conference’s freshmen with her .435 batting average in Ancient Eight play. Her rookie season stats earned her numerous honors: unanimous first team All-Ivy, Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and NCFA’s Freshman of the Year Top-25 list. She didn’t hit a sophomore slump, either. Nedley led the Ivy League in RBIs (13), and led the Quakers in multiple-RBI games (3) before COVID-19 threw a wrench in her plans. Still, COVID-19 didn’t slow her down in her junior season, where she led the team in hits (11), runs (6), home runs (3), RBIs (7), and total bases (22). As a senior, she’s notched 18 runs, 28 hits, 15 RBIs, and four homers, one of which came in her final career game against Yale on April 30.
Women’s Tennis Yulia Bryzgalova is the type of player that sucSoftball ceeds in singles and doubles. It was evident from Emma Nedley has etched her name as part of the even her first season. Her singles record of 28-3 and Quakers’ best. doubles record of 23-5 are why she was named first team All-Ivy in singles and second team All-Ivy in doubles. She lost only one match in Ivy League The New Yorkplay. Times Syndication Sales Corporation It wasn’t any surprise, then, that she was 620 Eighthnamed Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 and Rookie of the Year — only the fourth Penn For Release Saturday, May 14,season. 2022 player to do so in the same Bryzgalova’s stock as a player grew tremendously since then. In her singles career, she rose to No. 10 nationally, the best ever in Penn history; she finished the year as No. 13. On the doubles end, she by Will Shortz and her partnerEdited Marija Curnic finished ranked No. 39 and became ITA Northeast Regional champions. The pair went on to reach the main draw of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ACROSS 31 Huffing and 59 One Saint with news Francis tournament.
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a time of 13.51s, and then at the Virginia Challenge, she beat it again with a time of 13.45s. Men’s Track & Field Marc Minichello does not run a single meter for the Quakers, but his skill in the javelin throw is something the Quakers won’t forget for a long time. With a personal best of 79.24 meters, Minichello is one of the bestNo. to have0409 ever done it for the Red and Blue. He won the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships in the javelin in 2019. Minichello then 11 12 13 14 went on to qualify for the NCAA Championships that same16year, where he finished in 17th. He also won the USATF U20 Championships with a 77.15m throw. His 18 success that season is why he got first team All-Ivy 22 honorable mention All-America honors. While and Minichello did not compete in 2021, he did qualify for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, where he finished 30 fourth on a best throw of 76.73m.
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4x400m relay (3:32.12), and outdoor 100m hurdles (13.45). She also has second-best records for three events: indoor 400m (54.38), indoor 4x400m relay (3:38.29), and outdoor 4x400m relay (3:35.43). Besides those particular records, she is in the top 10 for six other Penn all-time marks. Just this season, Wilson set the program record for the 100m hurdles twice. At first, she clocked in
Men’s Tennis Jason Hildebrandt, who hails from Germany, has always been reliable for the Quakers. As a freshman, he earned 13 wins as a singles player and went 8-5 in doubles. Then, Hildebrandt played more doubles matches starting in the 201920 season. He went 4-0 in doubles to start his fall campaign, but he was still a solid singles player. He worked his way into the main draw of the ITA Northeast Regional that year and advanced to the Round of 16. As a junior, he saw similar success in his singles and doubles matches. In fact, he only lost one doubles match his junior year.
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Most Valuable Seniors On the track, the diamond, and the water, these members of the Class of 2022 left their mark on Penn Athletics KRISTEL RAMBAUD Sports Reporter
With the spring sports season coming to an end, it’s time to bid adieu to another cohort of seniors, and included in them, some of Penn’s best athletes of recent memory. In honor of these graduates, it’s time to look at some of the most impactful seniors of the spring sports teams.
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Seniors Skyla Wilson (left) and Craig Larsen (right) depart Penn with record-setting careers.
Penn men’s lacrosse wins second straight Ivy League Championship over Yale Senior goalie Patrick Burkinshaw notched the most saves in Ivy Tournament history MATTHEW FRANK Sports Editor
It’s been three years since the Ivy League Tournament has been played, and seemingly not much has changed since then. On Sunday, Penn men’s lacrosse won the Ivy League Championship in Providence, R.I., beating Yale 16-9, same as it did in 2019 when it marched past Yale for the Ivy League title, 12-11. After a tight first half, Penn (10-4, 4-3 Ivy) pulled away in the third quarter with a seven-goal outburst highlighted by a hat trick in those 15 minutes alone from senior attacker Dylan Gergar. Defensively, the Quakers held staunch on the back of 16 saves from star senior goalkeeper Patrick Burkinshaw.
Including Penn’s semifinal game against Brown on Friday, which it won 14-9, Burkinshaw accumulated 36 total saves, which set the record for most saves by a goalie in an Ivy League Tournament. Coming into the matchup, the chances of Penn — which also entered the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 4 seed out of four teams — emerging victorious were very much up in the air. Just over a month prior, the Red and Blue fell to Yale 12-11 on the Bulldogs’ home pitch. In that matchup, Penn lost the turnover battle 21-14 and didn’t spread the wealth offensively enough, with only three players scoring two or more goals. Sunday’s matchup turned out much better for the Quakers, as Penn stayed close in the turnover comparison and reached an offensive flow it wasn’t able to in April. Twice as many Quakers reached the multi-goal mark, led by four scores from Gergar, three from senior midfielder Sam Handley, and two from freshman attacker Ben Smith, graduate student midfielder Ben Bedard, junior midfielder Gabe Furey, and senior attacker Jack Schultz.
Across both Ivy Tournament games, Gergar scored a whopping nine goals, while Handley, who was a major piece of the Penn rotation in the Ivy Tournament as a freshman, finished with 12 total points, notching a hat trick in each game, in addition to six total assists. Penn’s second straight Ivy League Championship win comes after the Quakers managed to bounce back from a slightly rocky start to put it all together as the season came along. Less than a month ago, the Red and Blue sat at 4-4 overall — and 1-3 in the Ivy League. From there, Penn rattled off four straight wins — half of which to conference foes — to narrowly reach the Ivy League Tournament. The last time Penn beat Brown and Yale for the Ivy Tournament and went to the NCAA Championship, though, Yale avenged its loss in the quarterfinals, so whether or not history will fully repeat itself yet again remains to be seen. Penn will be the No. 3 seed heading into the NCAA Championship and will face Richmond at Penn Park on May 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Baseball Infielder Craig Larsen lost much of his collegiate career to COVID-19, but has still managed to imprint his legacy on the program. In his senior campaign, which is still ongoing, Larsen has accumulated 34 runs and five home runs on the season so far. And on the defensive end, he leads the team in assists with 86. He also has made 15 double plays on the season thus far, good for third best on the team. Larsen was a strong player for the Quakers even as a freshman. He started 40 out of 41 games for the Quakers and set the record for most RBIs ever by a Penn freshman, accumulating 44 on the season. He also set the NCAA record for most at-bats in a game with 12 during a 21-inning game against Dartmouth. His success that season earned him second team All-Ivy honors. Women’s Golf Consistent. That’s the word to describe Mary Shin’s career with the Quakers. See SENIORS, page 15
DP Sports Player of the Week: Krissy Kowalski The final DP Sports Player of the Week this semester is perhaps our most important pick yet: Our very own senior goalkeeper of Penn women’s lacrosse MATTHEW FRANK Sports Editor
This week’s DP Sports Player of the Week goes to someone we in the DP Sports section know quite well: women’s lacrosse senior goalkeeper Krissy Kowalski. While competing for the Penn women’s lacrosse team, Kowalski has served as a writer and as an associate for DP Sports, penning over 60 articles during her time with the newspaper. This past week, Kowalski was named honorable mention All-Ivy for her standout season in goals, and we found it only fitting to give her this award. We asked Kowalski six questions about her Penn career, her DP career, and her future plans. Here’s what the senior had to say. 1. Hi Krissy, could you briefly introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Krissy Kowalski. I am a senior goalie on the women’s lacrosse team, and I’m also a DP sports associate.
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2. What is your favorite memory as a high school lacrosse player and as a Penn lacrosse player? For a Penn memory, my favorite one would be [during] my sophomore year, we beat Georgetown in our season opener. We were coming off of my freshman year where we lost to them in double-overtime. I was actually in the net, and I was very upset after we lost my freshman year at [the] NCAA [Championship] to them. So getting revenge on them my See KOWALSKI, page 14
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Divij Gupta
Congratulations, Jonathan!
We are so proud of you. Wishing you lots of happiness, health and success. Love you always!!!
We are so proud of you, keep being passionate about your dreams, you have made us proud.
Best wishes, Dad, Mom & Tanuj
Love, Dad, Mom, Jay & Grandma
Kaitlin Henry
Congratulations, Katie!
CONGRATULATIONS, Kaitlin!
Enjoy the ride and be fearless!
We are thrilled for you and incredibly proud of all you have accomplished! We love you so much! Mom, Dad & Jonathan
Lexi Howe
The party’s over! So excited to see what you will do in the next chapter of your life. Love you lots! Mom & Dad
I love you, KC
Congratulations! We’re so proud of you and all of your accomplishments. Love you! XOXO Mom & Dad
Congratulations, sweetie! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished! Fill everyday with love and laughter! Love you to infinity and beyond, Mom, Dad & Michael
Connor Hsu
Congratulations on your graduation, Connor!
Congratulations, Connor!
You rocked Penn and we can’t wait to see what you do next.
You did it! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where life takes you.
We’re so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad & Max
Love, Mom Mom & Pop
Dylan Ingerman
Mikaal Iqbal
Congratulations, Dylan!
Congratulations, Mikaal!!
We’re so proud of all that you’ve accomplished and of the fine young man you’ve become. Carpe Diem!
We’re sooooo proud of you!! Wishing you all the best for your next adventure!
Lots of love, Mom, Dad & Alex
With love and pride, today and always, The Circle
Danielle Jacob
You’ve come a long way, Danielle!
Nicole Horio
Connor Hsu
Aydin Imranov
I know you will change the world. <3
Jonathan Hanson
Congratulations, Divij.
Katie Hartzell
Love, Mom, Dad, Victoria & Cooper
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Graham Janson
Congratulations on your wonderful achievements, Graham! From your little Paris cap to your Penn mortarboard, hats off to you! Love, Mom & Dad
Rebecca Joskow
Rebecca, Congratulations on graduating! We are so proud of you & know you’ll do so much good in this world! Love, Mom & Dad
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Madeline Kalil
Congratulations, Madeline! We are so proud of you. Love you forever, John, Dad & Mom
Jordyn Kaplan
Jack Kalvar
Dear Amy,
We are so very proud of all you have accomplished and who you have become! We love you!
Congratulations. We are so very proud of you. With much anticipation for what you will do next.
Love, Mom, Dad, Alex, Charlie, Ethan & Lily
Much love always, Mom, Dad & Leah
Sukhmani Kaur
We used to say, “I got into U Penn.” Now, we proudly say, “I am going to Columbia.” Go Sukhmani!
Lots of love and happiness always, Mom & Dad
Love and best wishes, Your family
From this moment to today...What an amazing journey you have achieved. We are very proud of you!! Congratulations on your graduation. Love, Grandma, Aaron, Mom & Dad
Sydney Elizabeth Levine
You continue to amaze us. We are very excited for your next adventure. Keep reaching for your dreams! Love always, Mom, Dad, Jacob & Dylan
Christina Lu
Congratulations, Christina! You did it! We are extremely proud of you! Wishing you happy and success! We love you! Love, Mom, Dad & Michael
Amy Kaplan
Congratulations, Jack!
Congratulations on your many achievements, both academic and personal. We’re so proud of you and excited for what’s to come!
Sarah Ko
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Sinaia Keith Lang
We cannot wait to share in your next adventures! Much love, Mae & Nelo
Julianna Langhorn
Congratulations, Julianna, on your graduation day. We’re extremely proud of your wonderful accomplishments and the beautiful person that you’ve become. Love always, Dad, Mom & Nina
Beyonce Lightfoot
Kayla Lee
Congratulations, Kayla!! You did it! We’re so proud of you and all your accomplishments! Live your life to the fullest!! We love you so much, Mom, Dad, Kalvin & Karson
Hadriana Lowenkron
Congratulations, Beyonce!
Hadriana,
We are proud of your hard work and accomplishments; continue to strive for success.
We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to watch you grow in the next phase of your life!
Love, Mom & Family
Love, Mom & Dad
Kelly MacGarrigle
So proud of all that you have done — and of all that you are about to do. Miss you, love you, Mama & Daddy
Kayla Martin
Congratulations, Babygirl! We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments! Keep believing in yourself and pursuing your dreams! We love you so much! Mommy, Daddy, Alexis & Olivia
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Dylan Massoni
Dear Dylan, We are all so proud of all your accomplishments and the beautiful, compassionate woman you have become at Penn. Love, Mom, David, Alex, Blake & Hampton Dog
Conor Murray
Conor, We are SO proud of you. Do what you love, write the story, be adventurous, follow your dreams! Congratulations! We love you more, Mom & Dad
Ernest Yuheen Ng
Kate McKee
Congrats, Kate! We love you!! Love, Mom, Dad & Claire
Conor Murray
Congratulations! Way to go! Keep smiling on the road ahead! So proud of you! All the best! Love, Mommy & Daddy
So proud of you, darling! Do what makes you happy and thrive in your incredible future! We love you so! Love, Momma, Dad, Tory, Belle & Gma
Nia Robinson
Congratulations, Kate! We are so proud of you and love you very much! Love, Your family xoxo
Shreya Naraparaju
I am so proud of you (as are mommy and daddy). Love, Your biggest fan, ANDREW
Love, Mom, Dad, Sachin & Percy
Ryan Norton
May the many outstanding Penn experiences, friendships and accomplishments guide your bright future ahead. Love and high-fives, Mom, Dad, Connor, Austin & Dylan
Julia Perez
Kate McNamara-Marsland
Congratulations, Shreya, on a great milestone.
Congratulations, Conor!
Congratulations and well done, Ryan!
Dearest Ernie,
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Best wishes for your next adventure!
Marilyn Pereboom
Congratulations! We love you and are very proud of you! It is so fun watching you grow! Love, Mom, Dad & Eleanor
June Perteet
Congratulations, JUNE! Today we celebrate you, your hard work and achievements. Looking forward to the next phase of your journey. Love, Mom, Dad, Jordan & the Village
Wm. Griffin Ryan
Nia,
CONGRATULATIONS Wm. GRIFFIN RYAN!
We could not be more proud of you! God has ordered your steps for such a time as this.
We’re so very proud of your accomplishments! Your journey ahead is full of possibility. Keep smiling!
We love you, Dad, Mom & Nathan
Love you tons, Mom, Dad, Whittaker & Taite
Ilyse Reisman
Dear Ilyse, Celebrate your accomplishments — YOU DID IT!!! We are so proud of you!!! Love, Mom, Dad & Amanda
Alexa Rybicki
This baby Quaker lived life to the fullest at Penn! We are so proud of all your achievements, Alexa! Love, Mom, Dad, Alison & Aaron
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Camilla Hockaday Ryder
Camilla, Congratulations to our star! Magical moments and amazing success for your next chapter! Let your curiosity and dreams soar! We love you! Mamma, Auntie Susu & Smoki
Denali Sagner
We are honoring your many accomplishments at Penn and celebrating all the great things ahead of you. Love, Kevin C’15, W’15, Mommy C’84 & Dad W’84
Maya Sherwood
Hannah Sanders
There’s a lot of talent at the DP and 34th St, but not everyone can do this! Mazel tov Denali!
Congrats, Hannah!!
Love, Mom, Dad, Sarah & Sumo the beagle
Love, Mom, Dad, Sam & Georgie
Paula Yen Scanlan
Congratulations, Paula EAS’22,
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We are so proud of you!!
Bianca Serbin
We are very proud of you, Bianca! Congratulations on all your accomplishments, and we wish you much love and success! Love, Mom & Dad
Sneha Sharma
Sneha, Warmest congratulations on your graduation!! Caps off to you. What a proud day!! Best wishes for future endeavors!! Love, Mom, Dad & Reeya
Owen Simon
Isa Skibeli
Congratulations, Maya!
Congratulations, Owen!
Darling Isa,
We are so very proud of you, and wish you happiness and success! We love you so much!
We could not be prouder!
A huge congratulations on your graduation. We are so proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad & Ellie
Jayme Slotkin
Love your biggest fans, Mom, Dad, Maddie, Griffin, Nathan, Nana, Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt Lisa & Ally
Joseph Squillaro
Dear Jayme,
Congratulations, Joseph!
Congratulations on an amazing four years! We can’t wait to see you take on Fashion Week for real!
We are so proud of you and all that you have achieved and are yet to achieve.
Love, Mom, Dad & Ben
Love always and forever, Mom & Dad
Tomoki Tashiro
It’s been a long road. You have arrived! We are so proud of you, Tomoki! A bright future awaits! Love, Mom & Dad
Liam Theveny
Congratulations, Liam! We’re so proud of all you’ve accomplished and excited for what lies ahead. We love you! Love XOXO, Mom, Dad, Pat, Maddie, Darby & Josie
Love, Mum, Dad, Sadie & Otto
Serena Won Tam
You aren’t a little caterpillar anymore. You nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed your way out and you’re now a beautiful butterfly! Your very proud, Mom & Dad (May 2022)
Audrey Tirtaguna
Happy graduation, sweetheart! May God bless you with an amazing life ahead! Lots of love from, Mommy, Daddy & your Little Sis
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Kaitlyn Tonsfeldt
Congratulations, Kaitlyn! We love you so much and are so happy for you! Love, Mom, Dad, Kelsey & Jake
Shriyash Upadhyay
You did it! We had no doubts in your success and are looking forward into your bright future! Love you! Mom, Dad, Nathan & Grandparents
George Vasilakis
Congratulations, Yash!
Congratulations, George!
We are so very proud of your accomplishments. Best wishes for your future endeavors. Keep rocking!
We’re so very proud of you and know this is only the beginning of many more great things to come!
Love always, Mom, Dad, Dadi & Krish
Love you with all our hearts, Mom & Dad (A, J,C too)
Simona Vigodner
Congratulations, Simona!
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Dannie Watson
The piece of paper may be about academics, but the experience was a lesson in life. You’re absolutely fabulous. Love, Mom & Dad
Delaney Wilkinson
Becky Weisberg
We hope life continues to be like one giant, fun, ball pit. You always juggle so many so well. We love you, Abba, Maya & Mom
Daniel Winston
Michelle Xiong
Congratulations, Delaney!
Daniel,
Congratulations, Michelle!
We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. You will be a fabulous nurse.
Congratulations to all of your many accomplishments! The best is yet to come. We love you!
Keep your head up, keep your sweet smile, and the world is yours for the taking.
Love, Mom, Dad & Bailey
Love you, Dad, Sheryl, Aaron, Jennie & Michael
Proud of you and love you always, Mom & Dad
Lark Yan
Zoe Young
Congratulations, Larky!
Congratulations, Zoe!
We are so very proud of you! Always be true to yourself. Wishing you love and happiness always!
We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished! Now on to the Red Carpet...
Love, Mom, Dad & Lily
Love, Mom, Dad & Max
Lauren Yu
You have been very busy making us proud. We love you very much. Congratulations to the Class of 2022! Love, Mom & Dad
Lindsey Yu
“So love your self, love your work, love the people around you. Dare to love those who are different from you, no matter where they’re from, what they look like, and who they love.” Through your perseverance you have accomplished amazing things. We love you so much and you make us happy every day. Love, Mom & Dad
Singer/Songwriter John Legend Penn Commencement, 2014
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Congratulations
Stephen Goff Award for Student Performing Arts 2022 Winner: Erin Hayes Fresnel Award for Outstanding Contributions to Tech 2022 Winner: Anna Collins
to the
Class of 2022
Performing Arts Senior Spotlight 2022 Awards These seniors were nominated by their peers. Please use the link/QR code above to read about their impact on the student performing arts community at Penn. Nikole Bonillas Félix Charlotte Cecarelli Anyka Chan Hannah Chan Shivani Chatterjee Bob Chow Jaden Cloobeck Anna Collins Jadel Contreras Jessica Conway Marina Dauer Jacob Denenberg Natalie Doppelt Siani Ellis Sabrina Elson Jazmín Estevez-Rosas Peter Fera Luca Fontes Erin Hayes Zhexuan Huang
Congratulations
Seniors!
Christina Kim Chris Kwok Eloise L'Her Qinlin Li Kewen Lin Cole Marshall Ryan McLaughlin Morgan McLees Rowana Miller Daryn Naiburg-Smith Dixon O'Banion Damola Ogunlade Angie Pajares Yifei Pei Jenna Pollack Yuhong Qin Selinda Qiu Srinidhi Ramakrishna Divya Ramamurthy Ashley Robinson Sophie Roling
Zoe Roman Adam Rose Simran Sawhney Analyn Sil Sara Kate Silva Kristen Smith Simon Stephanos Rachel Swym Zhiyao Tang Bre Trainor Homer Wang Hansheng Wang Yihan Wang Yingfan Wang Amanda Watson Yuwen Wong Madison Woods Wenyi Xu Kevin Zhao Yixin Zhao
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL PERFORMING ARTS SENIORS!! Join us for our Student Performing Arts Awards Celebration on
Friday, May 13th @ 4pm, Platt House Lobby tinyurl.com/PerfArtsAwardsS22
Sphinx
Senior Society
EST. 1900
Honors Sphinx Class of 2022 The Board of Governors* of The sphinx senior socieTy, penn’s oldesT senior honor and leadership socieTy, conGraTulaTes The 30 memBers of The sphinx class of 2022 on Their GraduaTion and wishes Them all Good healTh, happiness and success: Miles Meline**, C’22, Chief Lynn Ahrens Omar Bakri Zahra Barrow** Ellen Byrnes Damaris Chaidez Hannah Chan Natasha Chity-Guevara Luke Coleman Hadja Diallo
SEAS’22 C’22 W’22 W’22 Nu’22 W’22 C’22 C’22 W’22
Janice Owusu**, W’22, C’22, Pharisee Hakiem Ellison** Isabel Gutierrez Jadyn Henderson Vyshnavi Kosigi** Julianna Langhorn Hugo Leo** Hadriana Lowenkron** Fahmida Lubna Kyra McGee
C’22 SEAS’22 W’22 C’22 C’22 W’22 C’22 SEAS’22 C’22
Mary Sadallah**, C’22, Scribe Ore Opayemi Rachael Ozinegbe Sam Pancoe** Kendall Roseboro Blake Rubenstein** Niko Simpkins Kingsley Song Theresa Tsaggaris Delaney Wilkinson
W’22 W’22 C’22 C’22 C’22 SEAS’22 C’22 SEAS’22 Nu’22
**2022 Senior Class Academic, Honor & Leadership Award Winner *Officers: Gregory S. Suss, Esq., PhD., C’75, President; Elizabeth Katz Miller, W’87, Vice President; Louis “Tripp” Hornick Ill, C’02, Treasurer; Kiera Reilly C’93, Secretary; Stephen H. Klitzman, Esq., C’66, President Emeritus; Karen Herrera C’21, W’21, Chief Emeritus. Alumni Members: John Fiorillo, Esq., W’86; Jeffrey Hack, W’87; Urja Mittal, C’14, W’14; Scott Romeika, C’94; David Scollan, C’17
Erika H. James, Dean of the Wharton School, is the 2022 Sphinx Honorary Member. Dr. James became the Dean of the Wharton School on July 1, 2020. Trained as an organizational psychologist, Dean James is a leading expert on crisis leadership, workplace diversity and management strategy. Prior to her appointment at Wharton, Dean James was the John H. Harland Dean at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School from 2014 to 2020. An award-winning educator, accomplished consultant and researcher, she is the first woman and first person of color to be appointed dean in Wharton’s 139-year history. Dean James has been instrumental in developing groundbreaking executive education programs, including the Women’s Leadership program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Known internationally, Dean James was named as one of the “Top 10 Women of Power in Education” by Black Enterprise and as one of the “Power 100” by Ebony. She has been quoted as an expert thought leader by the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNN.com and numerous other media outlets. Dean James holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pomona College of the Claremont Colleges in California. Erika H. James, Dean, Wharton School
Zahra Barrow, 2022 Paul Miller
Award Recipient
We are pleased to present the 2022 winner of the annual Sphinx Senior Society Paul Miller Award for Public Service Leadership. Zahra Barrow, W’22, has dedicated her entire college career to being a “leader of leaders,” in the tradition of the late Paul Miller, C’83.* Zahra has been committed to serving a wide variety of constituencies, while bringing together leaders from many organizations to give a voice to underserved populations. Zahra is the Director and Curriculum-Co Chair for Ase Academy, a collaboration between Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships and the Makuu Cultural Center. The Ase Academy exposes middle-school students from West Philadelphia to a wide range of opportunities and higher-level education. Zahra is a member of the Netter Center Student Advisory Board and has galvanized the Netter Center community through a series of major events, establishing close ties between staff members, volunteers, Penn students and Philadelphia community members. Zahra leaves behind a legacy of collaboration and achievement. The seeds she planted will yield bountiful harvests for many years to come. *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 made 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.” He died of cancer in 2010, leaving a wife, two children, and scores of admirers.
Sphinx Class of 2022 First row (officers): Janice Owsu, Miles Meline, Mary Sadallah Second row: Ore Opayemi, Hadja Diallo, Fahmida Lubna, Isabel Gutierrez, Rachael Ozinegbe, Kyra McGee, Vyshnavi Kosigi, Blake Rubenstein, Samantha Pancoe Third row: Theresa Tsaggaris, Hannah Chan, Hadriana Lowenkron, Natasha Chity-Guevara, Damaris Chaidez, Lynn Ahrens, Kingsley Song, Delaney Wilkinson, Zahra Barrow Fourth row: Ellen Byrnes, Kendall Roseboro, Hakiem Ellison, Niko Simpkins, Omar Bakri, Luke Coleman Missing: Jadyn Henderson, Julianna Langhorn, Hugo Leo
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French and Francophone Studies Congratulates the 2022 Graduates
Félicitations!
OLIVIA C LIBONATI ANNA V NGUYEN DANA RAPHAEL ASHLEY SNIFFEN HENGZHI WANG
Minors ANA C ARANGO PATRICIA I ARRUZA SHAKTIVAIL ARUNACHALAM ALEJANDRA S BAHENA NYLAH A BENT KERRY MARIE BLATNEY COLIN D BROWN JANE E BUA LILIA J CARPENTER LAUREN MICHELLE CHUA ALICE M COCHRANE AISSATU DIOP SARAH L FINKELSTEIN LEO M GEARIN KATHERINE ELIZABETH HALL TESS E HANCOCK AMI K IKUENOBE SUKANYA KENNAMTHIANG ABBY R LAFORM
The Department of Romance Languages Congratulates the
2022 Hispanic Studies Graduates Majors
Majors KATHERINE G CONNOLLY LISA J ESHLEMAN KARIN HANANEL YUHAN JIANG J’AUN H JOHNSON SOOHYOUNG KIM
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ANJALI MAHAJAN DIANA G MENDOZA MAYORAL JULIA C MITCHELL REBECCA MORSE MELINA NELSON EVAN H OH COREY M PAREDES JOCELINE PEREZ HERNANDEZ SAMIDHA M SANE CHRISTOPHER F SCHILLER JANELLE A SCHNEIDER ABIGAIL S SCHWARTZ BIANCA M SERBIN SYDNEY M SHINTANI LINDSAY M SMITH SADIE A SMITH KATINKA N TANGEN ZIYU ZHOU
JOSEPH A ACEVES ALEXIS R CALIN NATASHA D CHITY-GUEVARA J’AUN H JOHNSON KATELYN M MASSE
KATE MCNAMARA-MARSLAND KELSEY L STANTON ESTELLE M STRANGMARK PATRICK R WARD LILIAN ZHANG
Minors MICHELE ANZABI EVELYN G BOND LUKE S COLEMAN CAROLINE P CONDON EMMA C DAVIES ZACHARY I DRAPKIN SIANI B ELLIS MASON R GATEWOOD KALEB B HARGROVE CHASE B HARRINGTON CLARICE R HELFAND ZHIQIAO JIANG JACOB B KAYSER SPENCER C KINKELAAR CATHERINE O KOLSKI CAMRYN P KOZUCH JULIA M LASATER GREGORY I LEVY WENDY N LLIGUICHUZHCA SHAILA A LOTHE KAYLA A MACKAY ELLEN M MANFORD GRACE E MARTENS JACQUELINE MARTINEZ AMELIA S MAULDIN MICHELE CAROLINE MELINE MILES N MELINE
Congratulations to the Class of 2022 You are always welcome back at Penn! As a Penn graduate, you have instant access to academic programs and courses that can advance your personal and professional goals. We invite you to consider one of our many innovative professional master’s degrees. You can also work directly with an advisor to design your own career-enhancing post-baccalaureate program. With flexible class schedules and diverse academic offerings, there are more ways than ever to pursue your passion at Penn. We look forward to seeing you back in class!
SILVI MINGA DALGIS MOSQUEDA CHIEDOZIE B NDUBIZU OLUWATOSIN O ODUFALU ANDREW M ORNER VINCENT S PAIK RACHEL S PAK COREY M PAREDES LUCY ELENA PEREZ MENDEZ MEGHAN T PEREZ ADRIANA PURCELL FRANCIS X RAGSDALE ERIKA ELEONORA RAVITCH ISABELLE R ROJAS KENDALL P ROSEBORO CHLOE ROSENBERG CATALINA E RUIZ ELIZA A SANDLER SARAH D STUECHELI GABRIELLA M THOMAS KAITLIN Y TORRES MARIA DEL CARM VAZQUEZ OLIVIA WANG CAMERON G WATKINS SOPHIE S WEICH RACHEL B ZAFF MADELINE H ZUBER
We offer programs in: Applied Geosciences Applied Positive Psychology Behavioral and Decision Sciences Chemical Sciences Classical Studies Environmental Studies Liberal Arts Nontraditional Graduate Studies Organizational Dynamics Post-Baccalaureate Studies Pre-Health Public Administration
To learn more, visit
www.upenn.edu/lpsforalumni
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The Department of Romance Languages Congratulates the
2022 Italian Studies Graduates
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Majors
To all our students, We wish you...
Congratulazioni! QUINN GRUBER
Minors in Italian Literature
Minors in Italian Culture
MATTEO BRUNEL RAPHAEL ISKRA JUNE PERTEET CHRISTOPHER PICCHIELLO FINN TEOH
AERIN FERGUS JANICE OWUSU NATASHA TAGLIAFERRI
Certificates GIULIA RANDAZZO OLIVER CORCORAN
FriarsSenior Senior Society Friars Society Class of 2022 2021 Graduates
Kunal Abichandani Aly Abou Eleinen Justin Arnold Jamil Urooba Abid Atkinson Shriya Beesam Erin Bailey Connor Blend Piper Bond Zoe Belodeau Mehek Boparai Yash Bhargava Iuliia Bryzgalova Nia Caldwell Greer Bizzell-Hatcher Jared Elters Dempsey Reagan Bracknell James Flynn Julie Chen Amy Guo
Elijah Conniff MItchell Conniff Archit Dhar Camille Dickson Andrew Douglas Louis Galarowicz Martha Gakunju
Haley Rizek Nikhil Gupta Sam Handley Daniel Ruiz de la Concha Cassy Ingersoll Lana Salloum Kayla Johnson Samidha Sane Anthony Scarpone-Lambert Moksh Jawa Sneha Sharma Dean Jones Tommy Seaman Kristen Smith JJSydney Kampf Lewis JoeySahitya LohmannMandalapu Max Strickberger Katie Shia Rachel Maizes Sam Strickberger Dan Smith MarcDarrian MinichelloMcAfee Kennedy Suttle Madison Woods Emma Nedley Raven Sulaimon Danny Mendelsohn Zaccariah Wright Ellen O’Callaghan Harsh MeswaniYadel Zazueta Monroy Tiphani Swaby Sireesh Ramesh Carmina Raquel Kyle Whiting Kushal Modi
Selina Nie Derek Nuamah Uche Nwogwugwu Eleah Parker Henry Platt Cristin Pogorevici Rakesh Ravi
Here’s a toast to you!
Lizzie Youshaei Shaina Zafar Mic Zammuto Ben Zhao
CONGRATULATIONS Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Congratulates the Class of 2022! Ph.D. Andreas Alexandrou Maerone Alfa Jacob Aufzien Mohsen Azadi Natalie Aziz Huiwen Bai Sharon Baranov Ari Bortman Sophia Bowe David Bunn Wujoon Cha Bryan Chem Guanyu Chen Haochong Chen Yuqi Chen Helene Cho Jose Emilio Cotelo Andre Delattre Cemi Demiroglu William Deo Natasha Dilamani Keanan Dols Ethan Donlon Yi Du Justin Duhamel Mohamed Elshabrawishy Andres Eskenazi
Teresina Fang Shaun Fedrick Colby Ferrigno Daphnie Friedman Jason Friedman Larry Galloway Andrew Garrett Nicholas Genovese Miriam Glickman Ryan Goethals Zac Gong Brian Grimaldi Zixian Guo Kyle Han Justin Hegar Walter Hubsch Wenyang Jiang Yongyi Jiang Christoph Kammer Ethan Kaplan Hanna Kim Joah Kim Timothy Kulesza Keerti Kumar Andrew Lane Zichen Lao Yoon Ji Lee
MSE
IPD Jason Li Mengyu Li Peihan Li Weiyu Li Adam Liang Hunter Liu Jing Lu Rui Luo Rohit Majumdar Yue Mao Maha Masud Roselyn Matlou Anamil Mehta Brianna Messam Harsh Meswani Chengyang Mo Meghan Moran Paul Owens Andrew Pai Lucien Peach Toni-Ann Peck Tomas Pinilla Richard Rios Jared Rogers Celestina Saven Jia Shen Li Shen
BSE Wentao Shi Philip Sieg Luca Simon Jacoby Niko Simpkins Dev Singhal Russell Spiewak Lucille Stinn Chuanpeng Sun Jiatong Sun Bruno Teles Gabrich Jiadi Tian Siyuan Tian Oscar Tinney Olivia Unger Keshav Vedula Joanna Wang Min Wang Xiaoyu Wang Zhenyu Wang Yibo Yang Zhiyuan Yang Zijian Yang Brian Zhang Congyuan Zhang
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Wharton Ambassadors would like to thank our seniors for their service. Congratulations! Wharton Ambassadors Austin Zhu, Co-President Kaylee Tao would like thank our Nithya Kasi, to Co-President Stuecheliservice. seniorsSarah for Adamtheir Weiss Maddie Kendall Congratulations! Hersh Solanki
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Congratulations to our 2022 Graduating Seniors! Suzanne Carpenter Student Exhibition Internship
Miranda Souza Penn Museum Fellow Minor in Archaeological Science
Jackson Clark Student Exhibition Internship
Sophie Walsh Penn Museum Fellow Minor in Archaeological Science
Leo Gearin Summer Intern
Jenny Wan Summer Intern
Ashley Fuchs Student Exhibition Internship
Olivia Wells Penn Museum Fellow Minor in Archaeological Science
Sarah Reichard Summer Intern
Vaed Khurjekar
Jillian Li Austin Zhu, Co-President
Ana Singhal NithyaPeter Kasi,Hissey Co-President Hudson Groner Peter Ojo Adam Weiss
Matthew Tucker Sabrina Sidhu Hersh Solanki Nick Fleisher Shivani Komma Jillian Li
Earth and Environmental Science Congratulates our 2022 Graduating Seniors!
Abigail Uswah Shabbir PeterSchwartz Hissey Jason Yasmin Mulla PeterLipsay Ojo SabrinaGibson Sidhu Connor Shivani Komma Isaac Silber Uswah Shabbir Catherine Fisher
Majors Grace Bridy (EASC) Drake Eggleston (EASC) Keren Ella Levine (EASC) Cezanne Lojeski (EASC) Michael Maxwell (EASC) Michelle Nguyen (EASC) Lorraina Rojas (EASC) Jonathan Szeto (EASC) Luka Yancopoulos (EASC) Sophia Zhu (EASC)
Marina Dauer (ENVS) Desiree Izecksohn (ENVS) Vyshnavi Kosigishroff (ENVS) Maeve Masterson (ENVS) Savannah Naib (ENVS) Andrea Nebreda Bello (ENVS) Dara Parker (ENVS)
Sandra Rigberg (ENVS) Evan Shreffler (ENVS) William Socas (ENVS) Evelyn Sorrell (ENVS) Brea Watkins (ENVS) Christine Zhang (ENVS) Eric Zimmermann (ENVS)
Minors
Yasmin Mulla
James Bond Pryce Davies Musie Girmay Isavel Harrington Dane Jacomen Kellen Kavanagh Tara Larusso Silvi Minga
Michelle Nguyen Evan Oh Marilyn Pereboom Jessica Shen Sharon Sieun Lee Misheel Soyol-Erdene Nicole Yeh Rachel Zaff
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATING SCHOLARS! Joseph Wharton Scholars Jane Kaitlin Young Saif Khawaja Alan Yualan Wang Corey Paredes Isabel Serna Kimaya Basu Christina Lu Tanya Syngle Giancarlo Cabeza Jaime Barrenechea Manzano Sophia Azimi Maddy Zuber
Javion Joyner Andrew Garrido Soler Zach Sekaran Sebastian Ochoa Garcia Jadah Daley Laura Abrishamkar Ann Wang Alex Berger Ayina Anyachebelu Daniel Shen Adrian Brown Katherine Lee
Joud Tabaza Dean Jones Kartik Khanna Gabrielle Cabeza Miguel Heras Precious Inofomoh Cristian Bernaschina Guillermety Eliza Thaler Omer Qureshi Madeline Lau James Porter
Wharton Research Scholars Pallavi Vellore Menon Anthony Borgese Rachel Goldstein James Flynn Mason Gatewood
Maggie Tang Surayya Walters Zachary Vlessing Raveen Kariyawasam Madison Hynson
Jasper Chao Shaila Lothe Maya Trujillo Ria Chinchankar Samarth Sharma
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Congratulations, Graduates! Thank you for your many contributions to the Netter Center, Penn, and West Philadelphia community. Special shoutout to the Class of 2022 Netter Center Student Advisory Board Members: Zahra Barrow Luke Coleman Sarah Finley Emma Francis
Brian Lee Anna Nguyen Catalina Ruiz Nico Santiago
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 COMMUNICATION MAJOR GRADUATES! Luis Gerardo Arias Herrera
Melody-Susan J. Kulaprathazhe
Ayden Bauer
Tara LaRusso
Jordyn Bauer
JiMin (Jamie) Lee
Sudeep Solanki Bhargava
Vivianne Seung Yeon Lee*
Bernadette Breslin
Sophia (Ruijun) Liu
Fernanda Brizuela Martinez
Eduardo Melo de Souza Loureiro
Nia Suzette LeLanell Caldwell
Isabella Annette Mancene*
Shiqi Chen*
Dylan Kalie Massoni
Vivienne Chen
Amelia Sky Mauldin
Ashley Cheng
Daryn Naiburg-Smith
Josephine Cheng
Tara Maria O’Brien
Christopher Chien
Jackson Parli
Kylie Cooper
Christy Qiu*
Sofia de la Sierra
Gabrielle Anna Rahmin*
Seth DeVries
Daniel Rohll
Sabrina Elson
Zoe Roman
Janneke Pennings Evans
Anthony Rovito
Aerin Shea Fergus
Lauren Schnepp
Luca Fontes
Olivia Schwartz
Beatrice Forman
Isa Mår Skibeli
Jamoni Harris
Ania Swider
Niamh Hayes*
Akhil Vaidya
Alice Heyeh
Sereena Siewe Weledji
Daniel Holdsman*
Christina G. Whittingham
Jean Hsu
Jelani Williams
Robin Hu
Grace Wu
Xinqing Huang
Tamara Wurman
Keli Lark Izenson
Jenna Wyman
Sofia Irena Janak*
Rebecca Zaynidinova
Katherine Kiely
*December 2021 Graduates
Holly Paige Konner Nikola Kovacikova Kristina Kowalski
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2022 from the CIS Department ADEN J GOLDBERG ADRIAN QIAO WANG AKHIL V CHANDRA ALAN N ISMAIEL ALEX H RAND ALEXANDER YANG ALEXANDER BERN GO ALEXANDER Q WANG ALEXANDER T KASSOUNI ALEXANDRA L SHAW ALEXANDRA R TANNER ALI SULAIMAN MOHAMMAD ALLISON M KIM AMELIA K ROSENBAUM AMELIA QINGYUAN PENG AMY B GUO AN T DUONG ANA MACHAIDZE ANDREW A OPIO ANDREW ANYANG SHEN ANDREW C FORD ANDRI L HAIL ANDY Y XIAO ANGELA C LIN ANIRUDH AGRAWAL ANISH R NEERVANNAN ANNA NIXON ANUSHA P SRIRAM ANYKA BRIANNE CHAN APRUPA ALAHARI ARIANA YU-CHIA HARVEY ARMAAN D TOBACCOWALLA ARMAAN M UPPAL ARNAUD N MUTABAZI ASHWIN NATHAN AVEEK GANGULY AVNI V AHUJA AYDIN IMRANOV AYLIN OZPINAR BAHDA SHIN BAILE CHEN BEINI GU BENJAMIN SEI BENJAMIN JOSEPH CHREPTA BRANDON L BARROS BRYAN V NGUYEN CAROL J LI CAROLYN L RYAN CHANG HUN LEE CHANSEO BAE CHARLES MARIO JORDAN ROCKHEAD CHRISTINA LU
CHRISTOPHER WIGGIN CHRISTOPHER TIEN-LUNG YIN CHUNING ZHU CINDY HAO CLAIRE Z WANG CLAUDIA JIYUN ZHU COLE HERSOWITZ DAMIAN JARED DIMARCO DAMIAN W KRUPA DANIEL LEE DANIEL H PAIK DANIEL O LIKE DANIEL S PFROMMER DANIEL X TAO DAPHNE KONTOGIORGOS-HEINTZ DAVID WANG DAVID JEFFERY LI DAVIES O LUMUMBA DI LU DIVYA SOMAYAJULA DONNA J LIU DURGA SRIVATSAN EDWARD KIM EDWARD J PARK ELIAS N CHAMARIQ ELIJAH R JASSO ELIZABETH WHITNEY POWELL ELLIE C CHEN EMILY J GELB EMILY P SAPERSTEIN ERIK MUCOLLARI EVAN J CARACCIOLO FELICITY WING TIN YICK FRED KARR YAU CHOI GAUTAM NARAYAN GAUTAM S RAMESH GIANCARLO D CABEZA GRACE JIANG GREGORY H ZHU HANBANG WANG HANNAH C LORD HANNAH K WANG HAORONG YANG HARSHINI THINAKARAN HAYLEY SARAH SUSSMAN HU LIU HUSSEIN F KHAMBHALIA HYUNG SEOK ROH IAN E HUANG ISIMBI ANAICK BIZIMANA JACK M HERRMANN JACOB B GLENN JACOB DAVID DAVOUDGOLEH
JACOB L CHIMERINE JAMES VINCENT CIARDULLO JANG JUN PARK JARETT B SCHWARTZ JASMINE J CHEN JASON TRAN JASPER J HUANG JEDIAH E KATZ JERRY Z WU JIAYI QIAO JINYU CHANG JIWEI RUAN JOEY ZHAO JOHN A WALLISON JONATHAN MENDELSON JONATHAN KAMPF JONATHAN G KOGAN JONATHAN LEE CHOI JOONGWON KIM JOSHUA NOURIYELIAN JULIE BEYER BRUVIK JUSTIN J HONG JUSTIN T LIEB KAAN B ERDOGMUS KACHIK ASHKARYAN KAIYING GUO KANISHKA RAGULA KARA LI KAREN L YEN KARTHIK R MACHERLA KATHERINE LEE HANN KATHERINE N FREEMAN KENNETH M SCHUMACHER KEVIN LIANG KEVIN G XU KEVIN YUCHEN SUN KUNAAL S CHAUDHARI KUNAL ABICHANDANI KYVEN WU LANA G ROSENTHAL LAN-TING CHIANG LAUREL EUNJI LEE LAUREN L YU LIHUI WANG LINDA SHOUTIAN TING LISA M MOSHIRO LIYANG ZHOU LUIS F AYALA LECHUGA MAANASI GARG MADELINE A KALIL MADISON A REYNERTSON MAJESTY I UWAGERIKPE MARCUS M NOWLAN
MARIA T TU MARTA GARCIA FERREIRO MARY ELIZABETH PASSARELLA MATTHEW JORTBERG MATTHEW M KIM MATTHEW RYAN LEBERMANN MAXWELL DAVID POLICHUK MAYA H PATEL MEGGIE L CHENG MELINA L MUTHUSWAMY MICHAEL COLOMBO MIRRIAM CHEMUTAI RONOH MOHAMED LOIRRAQI MORGAN ELIZABETH MCLEES MYTHILI P BHETHANABOTLA NADINE B WAIN NICHOLAS S PILOTTI NICOLAS BARRA NINA TANSEY NIRANJAN KARTHIK RAMAMURTHY NOLAN CLEMENT HENDRICKSON OLIVIA B MORRISEY OWEN BENJAMIN SIMON PARTHA S RAO PAULA ANNE YEN SCANLAN PEYTON A WALTERS PHILIP CHEA QIAN CHEN RACHEL ASHLEY PELLEGRINO RACHEL G ZONERAICH RAMYA MUTHUKRISHNAN RANBIR A MAHTANI RANDY Z ZHAO RAPHAEL LEON ISKRA RAYMOND STEWART MASON RIYA NARAYAN ROBIN TAN ROZINA K HIDARU RUIMING WU RUN SHI RUTH I CHUNG RYAN M GUAN RYAN S HOSLER SAMANTHA M LEE SAMIR I HOSSAIN SAMUEL IRVING LEI-QING KAMIEN SAMUEL V BRAUSE SARTHAK JAIN SEBASTIAN LIZARRALDE SERENA GANDHI SHARON DONG SHAYA ZARKESH SHENQI HU
SHRIVATS KANNAN SHRIYASH K UPADHYAY SIDHARTH S SANKHE SIMONA VIGODNER SRISA CHANGOLKAR STACEY J CHEN STEFAN PAPAZOV STEPHANIE R WALSH SUBIN LEE TAKANAO ISHIMURA TIEN PHAM TIFFANY MOI TIMI SOETAN TIRTHA MANI KHAREL TOMMY J DRENIS TSZ KWAN LAM VAED A KHURJEKAR VALERIO ARTHUR GALANTI VATSIN MAYUR SUCHAK VAUGHAN M REALE VIANDRUDIGO DJIANTO VINAY SENTHIL KUMAR VINIDU JAYASEKERA VIVEK J OLUMBE VIVIAN R CHIANG WEILIN HU WENDY WU WESLEY AARON GILL WESLEY MAXWELL PENN WILLIAM QIAN WILLIAM A HARE WILLIAM B LEIMBERGER WILLIAM J FALLON XAVIER S LEE XINYI ZHENG YASMINE BOUKATAYA YE SHEN YIDE ZHAO YIFAN YOU YINGXUAN ENG YIWEI CHEN YU YEON LEE YUEWEI YUAN YUHAN JIANG YUHONG QIN YUWON MOON YUYANG WANG ZACHARY S SEKARAN ZHIYAN QIU ZIWEN HOU
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CINEMA & MEDIA STUDIES congratulates its
2022 MAjorS AND MINorS MAjorS
Amanda Bello Noah Carey Jennifer S. Chen Joseph Elston Ayanna Frey John Gamba Savanna Grinspun
Michele Gross Tanijah Johnson Delila Keravuori Sungjoon (Kevin) Kim Kayla Klein-Wolf Olivia Klubeck Melody Kulaprathazhe
David Lawrence Sage Levine Ryan Norton Kaitlin Rowan Savannah Stone Zaccariah Wright Zoe Young
Riya Annamraju Lua Beckman Vivian Chiang Helene Cho Liam Cook Eli Eisenstein Sophia Haegley Sofia Janak
Lauren Joost Veenadhari Kollipara Christopher Kwok Jessica Lipman Xuan Yi (Margaret) Lu Aubrey Luk Robert Marshall Anna Naggar
Minsuh Park Ilyse Reisman Laiqa Shariff Maya Sherwood Amy Sun Teresa Xie Grace Zhou Zihan (Bob Chow) Zhou
MINorS
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THE HUNTSMAN PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES & BUSINESS
C O N G R AT U L AT E S
THE HUNTSMAN CLASS OF 2022!
Vito Acosta Ayina Anyachebelu Ana Arango Shaktivail Arunachalam Noa -Sarah Attias Vinay Bodapati Anthony Borgese Matteo Brunel Matilde Bustamante Gabrielle Cabeza Ricardo Cabeza de Vaca Shyama Dave Aissatu Diop Maria Felix-Padilla Cecelia Grasseschi Nikhil Gupta
Brina Hor vat Charlotte Jiang Zihan Kabir Sanjay Kalaga Kamel Kamour Roshelle Kayeyia Spencer Kinkelaar Lindsey Lapinski Madeline Lau Lucas Lipper t Julia Mitchell Sam Nicoll Francesca Nogales Ali Osman Janice Owusu Ar tem Palyanychko
Mariana Parente Simões Catherine Qian Samidha Sane Hannah Sher windt Jake Singer Peyton Skill Jiaq i Song Seimony Sun Daniel Tan Finn Teoh Stefan Tomov Mariana Velasco Jingxin Wang Jerr y Xiang Selina Zou
��History Majors
Abdurahman A. Adan Junyoung Baik Jane M. Bok Adrian Brown Kai P. Burgmann Suzanne M. Carpenter Nicholas H. CliveWorms Oliver H. Corcoran William K. Danon Maria C. DiStefano Elyakim EngelmannSuissa Nicholas S. Fernandez Leo M. Gearin Jade M. Gonzalez
Salutes its graduating seniors Gebran Abdulhai Kunal Abichandani Eli Adler Nathan Adler Agatha Advincula Aidan Ahearn Ashley Ahn Abby Baggini Saffy Bashey Shriya Beesam Neha Bhardwaj Sudeep Bhargava Grant Bianco Mehek Boparai Fernanda Brizuela Hannah Chan Jinyu (Kathy) Chang Baile (Peter) Chen Kelly Chen Josephine Cheng Olivia Cheng Caroline Chin Jaden Cloobeck Anna Collins Kylie Cooper Isabella Cossu Isabelle Crawford-Eng Julia Davies Najma Dayib Sonali Deliwala Samantha Delman Rebecca DeMarre Caroline Donnelly Moran Cami Doo Kaliyah Dorsey Joseph Elston Josh Eskin Julia Esposito Shea Fergus Nicholas Fernandez Anna Fighera Beatrice Forman Aakruti Ganeshan Emily Gelb Dustin Ghannadi Connor Gibson Grace Ginsburg Alexander Go Miranda Gong
Dane Greisiger Amy Guo Harshita Gupta Clare Ha Karin Hananel Katherine Hartzell Alice Heyeh Bebe Hodges Rachel Hong Jonathan Hsu Jasper Huang Angel (Yiwen) Huang Michelle Hung Serena Jankovic Jackson Joffe Dean Jones Morgan Jones Amy Kaplan Jacob Karlovsky Sukhmani Kaur Sinaia Keith Lang Allison Kim Yuni Kim Lydia Ko Sarah Ko Krissy Kowalski Christopher Kwok Michael Lau Annabel Lee G. Thomas Lee Laurel Lee Samantha Lee Sharon (Sieun) Lee Sage Levine Isabel Liang Justin Lieb Gary Lin Donna Liu Qi (Kiki) Liu Sydney Loh Hadriana Lowenkron Margaret Lu Annie Luo Charlie Ma Kelly MacGarrigle Rachel Markowitz Amelia Mauldin Ryan McLaughlin Lauren Melendez KC Miller
Julia Mitchell Ali Mohammad James Morrison Lisa Moshiro Nassim Motya Conor Murray Shreya Naraparaju Scott Newman Ryan Norton Tara O’Brien Amanda O’Brien Ellen O’Callaghan Claire Ochroch Ian Ong Jackson Parli Mary Passarella Alexandra Paul Wyatt Perez Nicholas Plante Jenna Pollack Elizabeth Powell Jiayi Qiao Christy Qiu Srinidhi Ramakrishna Ilyse Reisman Hawthorne Ripley Nia Robinson Jack Roland Kaitlin Rowan Borna Saeednia Denali Sagner Emily Saperstein Varun Saraswathula Christopher Schiller Emma Schultz Jonathan Scotto Bianca Serbin Diya Sethi Katharine Shao Sneha Sharma Eleanor Shemtov Raymon Shi Mariana Simoes Allegra Solari Joseph Squillaro Eleanor Stalick Lily Stein Simon Stephanos Ari Stonberg Sophia Swidey
Shunmel Syau Matthew Sydney Jessica Tan Daniel Tao Isaac Tham Bala Thenappan Sabrina Tian Linda Ting Audrey Tirtaguna Siddarth Tumu Cecelia Vieira Simona Vigodner Christian Villegas Jordan Wachsman Greta Maayan Waldman Surayya Walters Christina Wang Daniel Wang Lihui Wang Yihan Wang Dannie Watson Rebecca Weisberg Zoey Weisman Jacob Wessels Karen Wong John Woodward Saskia Wright Allison Wu Jintong Wu Tamara Wurman Teresa Xie Michelle Xiong Winnie Xu Jason Yan Lark Yan Alex Yang Shu Ye Karen Yen Felicity Yick Zoe Young Bridget Yu Jessica Yuan Hannah Yusuf Olivia Zha Lilian Zhang Shannon Zhang Yixin (Eason) Zhao XinYi (Karen) Zheng Chelsey Zhu Sophia Zhu
Peter R. Wade Matthew J. Gorman Scott Newman Mark (Zijian) Wang Claire M. Nguyen Ben Gottlieb Rachel Z. Wechsler Alexander J. Norris Adia P. Hayden Ruth Chinaza Okonkwo Zoey M. Weisman Zarina Iman Bertie F. WoodwardRachel V. Jessamy Alfredo Practicò Fisher Daniel P. Rohll Jordyn E. Kaplan Tara Yazdan Panah Kellen B. Kavanagh Ayelet I. Rubenstein William W. Zimmermann Erin C. Kraskewicz Denali E. Sagner William A. San Pedro Sarah E. Lavers Sydney M. Sariol Zachary J. Leder History PhDs Bianca M. Serbin Calista J. Lopez Hannah Anderson Wendy Doyon Kelly V. Mac Garrigle Sadie A. Smith Benjamin Katzeff Allyson P. Margolis Julie R. Sohnen Zilberstein Skyler L. Martinez Samuel M. Strickberger Rolf Siverson Summer T. Thomas Sean F. McCann Sam Stark Eden Benjamin Vance Claire E. Medina Chelsea Chamberlain Conor Donnan Drew Starling Kristian Taketomo Jennifer Yip (Yuk Lum)
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