Before the University of Pennsylvania’s 259th Commencement on May 18, Penn President Amy Gutmann sat down with Ben on the Bench as this year’s honorary degree recipients gathered around. Standing (from left to right): Arthur K. Asbury, Lee C. Bollinger, Joan Myers Brown, Rita Moreno, Cass R. Sunstein, Penn Trustee Chair David L. Cohen, Samantha Power and Ellen Ochoa.

Photograph by Stuart Watson