2021 Commencement Events
As the undergraduate and graduate classes of 2021 graduate from Penn, there is a wide array of virtual events to celebrate their accomplishments. Listed below is the date and time of each school’s individual graduation ceremony, a link to an online stream of the event, and the names of guest speakers. With the fast-changing nature of events during the time of COVID-19, this information is subject to change.
For the latest information, visit https://commencement.upenn.edu/grad2021.
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School/Program |
Date/Time |
Link |
Speaker |
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University of Pennsylvania 265th Commencement |
May 17, 10 a.m. |
Laurene Powell Jobs, impact investor and social justice advocate |
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School of Arts and Sciences |
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College of Arts and Sciences |
May 17, 1 p.m. |
Mary Frances Berry, history and Africana studies; Justin Greenman, student |
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Graduate Division, Arts and Sciences |
May 17, 1 p.m. |
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-division/current-students/celebrating-our-2021-graduates |
Beth Wenger, history; Eve Troutt Powell, history and Africana studies; Brian Chao, Augusta Irele, and Aline Zanardini, students |
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College of Liberal and Professional Studies |
May 16, 4 p.m. |
Sulaiman Rahman, DiverseForce |
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Fels Institute of Government |
August 7, noon |
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Lisa Cook, Michigan State University
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Wharton School |
May 16, 11 a.m. |
Rosalind Brewer, Walgreens Boots Alliance; Tory Burch, Tory Burch LLC; Sundar Pichai, Google; Marc Rowan, Apollo Global Management |
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Annenberg School for Communication |
May 16, 11 a.m. |
https://asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/2021-communication-major-graduation-ceremony |
Fashina Aladé, Michigan State University |
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School of Dental Medicine |
May 17, 1 p.m. |
Steve Beshear, former governor of Kentucky; Charles Howard, University chaplain; Neel Hiteshkumar Shah, student |
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Stuart Weitzman School of Design |
May 15, 7 p.m.; |
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events-exhibitions-0/events/2021-weitzman-commencement-webcast
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Amber Farrow, student; Anne Whiston Spirn, landscape architect |
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Graduate School of Education |
May 15, 9:30 a.m. |
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School of Engineering and Applied Science |
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Undergraduate and Master's Virtual Recognition |
May 14, 10 a.m. |
Archit Dhar, Jieying Chen, students; Patrick Harker, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Lloyd Howell, Booz Allen Hamilton; Vanessa Chan, Biden Administration |
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Doctoral Ceremony Virtual Recognition |
May 13, 10 a.m. |
Graduates and members of the Penn Engineering faculty |
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Penn Carey Law School |
May 16, 1 p.m. |
Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. district judge; Abby Huntsman, journalist |
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Perelman School of Medicine |
May 16, 9 a.m. |
Rajiv J. Shah, Rockefeller Foundation |
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Biomedical Graduate Studies |
May 17, 1:30 p.m. |
https://www.med.upenn.edu/bgs/bgs-virtual-graduation-2021.html |
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School of Nursing |
May 17, 3 p.m. |
https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/news-events/annual-events/commencement/ |
Lauren Underwood, U.S. representative |
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School of Social Policy & Practice |
May 15, 6:30 p.m. |
https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/student-life/services-support/commencement |
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School of Veterinary Medicine |
May 17, 2:30 p.m. |
http://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/penn-vet-events-calendar/commencement-2021 |
Albert Bourla, Pfizer |