Baccalaureate Ceremony

Sunday, May 15

Irvine Auditorium

1:30-2:30 p.m.–Ceremony for students whose last names begin with A-K

3-4 p.m.–Ceremony for students whose last names begin with L-Z

Speaker: David Brooks, author; political and cultural commentator; New York Times columnist

Doctor of Humane Letters

Commencement

Monday, May 16

Franklin Field, 9 a.m.

Speaker: Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Grammy, Tony, MacArthur and Pulitzer Prize recipient

Doctor of Arts

Honorary Degree Recipients:

Hawa Abdi, human rights activist and physician; founder and chairperson, Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation

Doctor of Sciences

Elizabeth E. Bailey, John C. Hower Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Doctor of Sciences

David Brooks, author; political and cultural commentator; New York Times columnist

Doctor of Humane Letters

Renée Fleming, opera and classical performing artist; Grammy and National Medal of Arts recipient

Doctor of Music

Sylvester James Gates, Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director, Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland

Doctor of Sciences

Asma Jahangir, human rights activist and lawyer; founding member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Doctor of Laws

Eric R. Kandel, University Professor and director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University

Doctor of Sciences

Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Grammy, Tony, MacArthur and Pulitzer Prize recipient

Doctor of Arts

School Ceremonies and Speakers

Annenberg School for Communication

Bachelor of Arts Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 10 a.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, following the ceremony

Speaker: Maria Popova (C’07), founder of BrainPickings

PhD Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 110, Annenberg School

Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, noon-1:30 p.m.

School of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Field

Class of 2016 Speaker: Laura Sorice

Speaker: Billy Shore, C’77, founder of Share Our Strength

Graduate Division, SAS Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum

Speaker: Anne Norton, professor of political science and chair of the department of political science, SAS, Penn

College of Liberal & Professional Studies Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Anita Allen, vice provost for faculty, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy

Fels Institute of Government Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1:30 p.m., Fox-Fels Hall

Speaker: General Larry O. Spencer, former vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force

School of Dental Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium

Speaker: Carol Gomez Summerhays, president of the American Dental Association

Reception: Following the ceremony, School of Dental Medicine, Robert Schattner Center

School of Design

Luncheon: Monday, May 16, noon, Meyerson Hall Upper and Lower Galleries and Dean’s Alley

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Meyerson Plaza

Reception: Meyerson Hall Upper and Lower Galleries and Dean’s Alley, 3:30 p.m., following the ceremony

Speaker: Thom Mayne, founder and design director at Morphosis; practice professor of architecture, and Paul Philippe Cret Professor, Penn School of Design

Graduate School of Education

Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m., Franklin Field

Speaker: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the School of Education, University of Michigan

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Lloyd W. Howell Jr., executive vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton

Class of 2016 Speaker: Adam Stravitz

Luncheon: noon-2 p.m., immediately following the University Commencement

Master’s Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Gayle Laakmann McDowell, ENG’05, GEN’05, WG’11, entrepreneur, author, consultant and programmer

Luncheon: 12:30-2 p.m., before the ceremony

PhD Ceremony: Thursday, May 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium

Speaker: David Ege, Merck & Co., Inc.

Reception: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 4:30-6 p.m.

Law School

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3-5:15 p.m., Academy of Music

Speaker: Loretta Lynch, 83rd attorney general of the United States

Reception: Sunday, May 15, 2-4:30 p.m., Law School

Perelman School of Medicine

Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m., Kimmel Center

Speaker: Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, M’66, Paul J. Thomas Professor of Molecular Genetics and director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics at University of Texas Southwestern

Reception: Kimmel Center, immediately following the ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 12:30 p.m., BRB II/III auditorium and lobby

School of Nursing

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center

Speaker: Alex Gorsky, chairman and chief executive officer, Johnson & Johnson

Reception: Monday, May 16, noon, Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby in the School of Nursing

School of Social Policy & Practice

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium (tickets required)

Speaker: Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered & award-winning journalist

Reception: Houston Hall, following ceremony

School of Veterinary Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Russell C. Redding, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture

Reception: Annenberg Plaza, following ceremony

Wharton School

Wharton MBA for Executives San Francisco Graduation Ceremony:

Saturday, May 7, 10-11:45 a.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

Speaker: Jacqueline Reses, W’92, capital lead, Square

Wharton Doctoral Division Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m., Kintner- Dietrich Galleries, Penn Museum

Wharton MBA for Executives Philadelphia Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 3 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Anthony Noto, WG ’99 (WEMBA 23), chief financial officer, Twitter

Wharton Undergraduate Division Graduation Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m., Palestra

Class of 2016 Speaker: Sebastián Negrón Reichard

Faculty Speaker: David Bell, Xinmei Zhang and Yongge Dai Professor, marketing

Wharton MBA Division Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Ruth Porat, WG’87, chief financial officer, Alphabet

For additional information on Commencement 2016, visit the Commencement website: www.upenn.edu/commencement or call the Commencement information line: (215) 573-GRAD