Friday, May 13, 2016
9 - 10:15 AM
Penn Medicine: Class of 1966 – 50th Reunion Panel Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, Law Auditorium (5th Floor)
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Hear from proud members of the Medical Class of 1966 as they reflect on their personal journeys and the medical history they have witnessed over the past 50 years.
To register, visit
alumni.upenn.edu/maw2016. @pennmedalumni, @pennmedicine, #maw2016
Moderator: Alan Wein, M’66, INT’70, PhD(hon)
Panelists: Samuel A. Adebonojo, M’66
Michael S. Aronoff, M’66
Jerry D. Gardner, M’66
R. David Mishalove, M’66, RES’70, FEL’73
Frederic G. Sanford, M’66
10 AM
Amazon@Penn Grand Opening 1920's Commons
3800 Locust Walk
Amazon@Penn, the first Amazon campus location in the Ivy League will host its Grand Opening celebration starting at 10 am. In 1920 Commons. Or stop in throughout the day for tours, demonstrations and other special attractions.
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Penn Medicine - The Future of Medicine: What's in Store? Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, Law Auditorium
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Penn Medicine’s nationally renowned experts gather to share their insights on the future of medical research and practice.
Space is limited. To register, visit
alumni.upenn.edu/maw2016. @pennmedalumni, @pennmedicine, #maw2016
Moderator: Jonathan A. Epstein, MD
Panelists: Jill M. Baren, MD, MBE, FACEP, FAAP
Frederic D. Bushman, PhD
Lee A. Fleisher, MD
Amita Sehgal, PhD
10:30 AM - Noon
MBA Reunion Weekend: Keynote: ORIGINALS, How Non- Conformists Move the World, Featuring Professor Adam Grant Annenberg Center, Zellerbach Theater
3680 Walnut Street
If you are registering for any Penn Alumni Weekend events, the name badge you will receive at check-in (behind Sweeten Alumni House) will serve as your ticket for this event. No additional registration is required. If you are coming straight to the Wharton MBA Reunion to attend this event only, please stop at the registration desk in the Baker Forum of Jon M Huntsman Hall, located at 3730 Walnut Street, to receive a badge for entry.
11 AM - Noon
Penn Then and Now Campus Tour Meet at the Love Statue
Enjoy a walking tour of campus led by a Penn Traditions student leader.
11 AM - 12:30 PM
Penn Dental Hygiene Alumni Association Meeting Robert Schattner Center
240 South 40th Street Penn Dental Hygiene alumni are invited to the Dental Hygiene Alumni Association’s Annual Meeting followed by a luncheon at the School. Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
Noon - 1:30 PM
Public Health and Baltimore – Past, Present, and Future Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 1st Floor
3641 Locust Walk How can hospitals, clinics, patients, and the public work together to address ongoing public health crises such as the opioid epidemic and violence? We'll take a look at innovative activities in Baltimore with an illustrious and illuminating panel featuring Dr. Leana Wen , Baltimore’s City Health Commissioner, and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein , Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Training at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and former Baltimore City Health Commissioner. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Bradley Herring , Associate Chair for Academic Programs and Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. @PennLDI Noon – 2 PM
Penn Dental Luminary Society Luncheon Harvest Seasonal Grill
40th and Walnut Streets In recognition of the distinction and achievement of Penn Dental Medicine alumni celebrating their 50th reunion and beyond, Dean Kinane invites all alumni from the classes of 1966 and prior to the second annual Luminary Society Luncheon. Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
Noon – 2 PM
The Victor H. Frank, D’21, Alumni Career Series Robert Schattner Center
240 South 40th Street This “Lunch and Learn” will focus on practice management topics led by Penn Dental alumni who are experts in the field. Whether you are looking to acquire, transition or manage a practice, join us for this special panel discussion moderated by young alumna Stefani Cheung, C’08, D’11, and alumni panelists Philip Cooper, D’76, and Thomas Snyder, D’71, WG’74. Lunch will be provided. Advance registration is required a
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Reaching Across the Generation Gaps - Building Bridges Between Age Groups Claudia Cohen Hall
219 South 36th Street (enter via Wynn Commons)
Methods of communication are changing faster than ever before creating larger gaps between generations. Come learn how to bridge these gaps with Jon Greenawalt, C’61, G’63, Personal Mastery Programs and Empathy Institute, Inc.; a young Penn alumnus; and Michael Nakkula, Ed.D., Practice Professor and Chair, Division of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Penn Graduate School of Education.
12:30 - 2 PM
Penn Dental Hygiene Alumni Association Luncheon 1 - 2:15 PM
Penn Medicine : Lunch and Learn - Meet Our Future Leaders Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, Atrium,
5th Floor, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Get to know Penn Medicine’s future physicians: current students who will share their thoughts on life at the School.
Cost is $30, visit www.alumni.upenn.edu/MAW2016 to register. @pennmedalumni, @pennmedicine, #maw2016
Moderator:
Gail Morrison, M’71, FEL’76
Panelists:
Egen Atkinson, M’16, WG’16
Abimbola Dairo, M’16
Phillip Cohen, M’17
Sarah Huepenbecker, C’12, M’16
Ted Kreider, C’10, G’10, GR’18, M’18
1:30 - 3 PM
The Barnes Foundation Tour 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Cost of $30 includes museum entry, a 30 minute presentation from a Barnes docent audio self-tour, and shuttle service from campus (Shuttle will leave at 12:30 PM and return to campus at 3:30 PM). Tickets will be distributed at the Barnes-you must be present at 1:15 PM to receive your timed tickets. Tickets are sold out. Contact the Barnes Foundation for additional tour availability and pricing at 215-278-7200.
1:30 - 3 PM
Wharton MBA Reunion Weekend: Wharton Town Hall featuring Dean Geoffrey Garrett Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium 2 - 3:30 PM
Tour Penn’s Architectural Masterpieces Tour leaves from steps of College Hall 1 College Hall
Join David Hollenberg, University Architect, for a walking tour of the architectural masterworks on Penn’s campus. Pre-registration is required.
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Changes and Advances in Health Care Co-sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Penn Alumni Education
Claudia Cohen Hall, G17
249 South 36th Street
Learn from Penn’s leading experts in health care, geriatrics, and gerontology. Topics covered will include innovations in technology and the doctor/patient relationship, Alzheimer’s and other related diseases, the effects of changes in Medicare, and healthy aging. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Daniel Polsky, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Professor of Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management in the Wharton School. Panelists include: Jason Karlawish, MD, Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics & Health Policy; Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, APRN, GNP, BC, FAAN, Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing, Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing and Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSMP, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.
2:30 - 3:30 PM
The Samuel I. and Hilda B. Shames Lecture Series: Oral Vaccines and Biopharmaceuticals Robert Schattner Center
240 South 40th Street Presented by
Henry Daniell, PhD, Interim Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Professor, Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Daniell’s outside-the-box thinking has turned lettuce leaves into drug-delivery systems. Join us in hearing how Dr. Daniell is working to take his plant-based medicine platform from his lab at Penn Dental Medicine to the clinic. Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016. 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Penn Then and Now Campus Tour Meet at the LOVE statue
Locust Walk
Enjoy a walking tour of campus led by a Penn Traditions student leader. Pre-registration is required.
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Penn Medicine: Keynote Discussion with Michael Brown, C’62, M’66, HON’86 Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, Law Auditorium
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Distinguished alumnus and Nobel laureate
Dr. Michael Brown, C’62, N’66, HON’86, returns to his alma mater and joins Dean J. Larry Jameson for a special conversation. To register, visit
www.alumni.upenn.edu/MAW2016. @pennmedalumni, @pennmedicine, #maw2016
3 - 5:30 PM
Gallery Hop Fisher Fine Arts Library, Arthur Ross Gallery
220 South 34th Street
The annual Hop will start at the Arthur Ross Gallery, featuring Expanding the Audience for Art in the 19th Century: Works by Faculty and Students from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; then move on to the Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural Archives, with a masterworks exhibition to include works by Kahn, Venturi, Scott Brown, and others; and end at the Institute of Contemporary Art, which will feature Rodney McMillian: The Black Show. There will be a director/curator at each site to discuss the exhibition, and we welcome you to refresh yourself at the end of the tour with hors d’oeuvres and dessert at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
3 - 6 PM
Burrison Gallery Alumni Art Show Opening Reception University Club at Penn (inside the Inn at Penn)
3600 Sansom Street This juried, group show will be held during Alumni Weekend, May 13-16, 2016. The purpose of this show is to highlight the creativity of Penn Alumni and to provide a venue for them to share their work with the University community. Contact Elise Betz for more information at
ebetz@upenn.edu.
CANCELLED
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Sculpture Scavenger Hunt Starts and Ends at Arthur Ross Gallery
220 South 34th Street Discover Penn’s outdoor sculptures through a fun and informative scavenger hunt. To learn more go to
www.artcollection.upenn.edu. @UPennArt, @pennartcollection, #PennSculpture
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Words with Friends Co-sponsored by the Class of 1991 and Penn Alumni Education Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room
3417 Spruce Street
Join Class of ’91 alumni authors from NY Times bestsellers to debut novelists – and English Department Professor Zack Lesser for a lively conversation about the latest trends in publishing. Authors include Stuart Gibbs, Cheryl Della Pietra, Laura Nicole Diamond, Sarah Dunn, Jordan Sonnenblick, and Ellen Umansky.
3:30 - 4:30 PM
What’s Next in Tech with Dean Vijay Kumar of Penn Engineering Co-sponsored by the Class of 1966 and Penn Alumni Education Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
249 South 36th Street
Join Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering, and Howard Anderson, C’66, as they discuss how future advancements in technology will change your life, both professionally and personally.
3:45 - 5:30 PM
Penn Medicine: Tours of the Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, 5th Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Perelman School of Medicine Student Ambassadors will be on hand to take alumni through the new Medical Education Center. Self-guided tour maps and information will also be provided for alumni who choose to tour the building at their leisure. To register visit:
www.alumni.upenn.edu/MAW2016 4 - 5:30 PM
Penn Nursing Celebrating Excellence: Student, Alumni, and Faculty Awards Claire M. Fagin Hall, Ann L. Roy Auditorium
418 Curie Boulevard
Penn Nursing’s annual Awards program honors the varied achievements of our community members. @PennNursing, #PennNursingSpirit
4 - 5 PM
Penn Dental Library Reveal Robert Schattner Center 240 South 40th Street Join us as we officially reveal and celebrate the historic grandeur of the Library and enjoy a special tour of the Evans art collection. Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
4:30 - 6:30 PM
Penn GSE Education Alumni Awards and Celebration of Teachers The Courtyard
37th and Locust Walk Every year, Penn GSE’s Education Alumni Association recognizes the work of our passionate alumni with the Education Alumni Awards and Celebration of Teachers. We hope that you will join us for an annual tradition that honors the work of the School and our graduates. For more information and to RSVP, visit
www.gse.upenn.edu/alumni/events 5 - 7 PM
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Celebration and Awards Presentation Robert Schattner Center
240 South 40th Street Join us for a special reception celebrating all Penn Dental classes as well as honoring this year’s recipients of the Thomas Evans Achievement Award (
Robert J. Genco, DDS, PhD, GR’67) and the Alumni Award of Merit (
Jeffrey Ingber, DMD, GD’82 and
Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, DH’82). Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
5 - 8 PM
Kelly Writers House 20th Anniversary Kick-off Party Kelly Writers House
3805 Locust Walk The Kelly Writers House is 20 years old! Join us for a casual celebration of this lively and innovative home for writers and creative people, with plenty of food, KWH alumni and friends, and opportunities to reminisce. We’ll open up the Wexler Recording Studio, so that you can record your own memories in honor of our 20th year. Advanced registration is not required, but we’d love to hear from you. RSVP to
rsvp@writing.upenn.edu or call 215.746.POEM. @kellywritershse, #KWH20
5 - 8 PM
Penn Swimming and Diving Alumni Weekend Reception City Tap House
3925 Walnut Street
All Penn Swimming and Diving alumni, parents, and fans are invited to attend this reception to reconnect and celebrate the Penn Swimming and Diving program.
Cost: Young Alumni, $10
Alumni, Parents, and Friends: $20
5:30 - 7:30 PM
PennGALA (LGBT Alumni) Alumni Weekend Happy Hour Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House 3432 Sansom Street
Please join PennGALA for our Alumni Weekend Happy Hour. Light appetizers and drink specials will be available.
6 - 7 PM
Sober Community Meeting Space Houston Hall, Bishop White Room (2nd Floor)
3417 Spruce Street
Join other Penn alumni and their guests in a safe and sober space for one hour of discussion and support. Alumni hosts will be on site to greet you. Check back for location.
6:30 - 9 PM
Family Primary Care NP Program Reunion Claire M. Fagin Hall 418 Curie Boulevard
Join alumni, students, current and past program faculty, to reconnect, network and learn about today’s program, with wine and hors d’ouevres. Special guests include Program Director Ann O’Sullivan and Dean Antonia Villarruel. $40 with a combo price of $60. @PennNursing, #PennNursingSpirit
7 PM
Penn Dental Medicine Reunion Class Celebrations 7 - 9 PM
Penn Dental PASS 30th Anniversary Dinner Location to be announced All graduates of Penn Dental Medicine’s Program for Advance Standing Students are invited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the program. Join us on this wonderful occasion to celebrate the many accomplishments of our program, our school, and most important, the careers of our graduates. Advance registration is required at
www.dental.upenn.edu/AW2016.
7 - 11 PM
FranklinFest All-Alumni Party College Green
Join classmates for a night out on College Green with drinks, light fare, and live entertainment. Music will be provided by MJ Territo, CW’71 and the Penn Jazz Combo. Included in Alumni Weekend Pass or reunion package.
Movie screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Creed will be shown on College Green.
9 PM - Midnight
yPenn Highball Houston Hall, Hall of Flags
3417 Spruce Street
Kick-off the weekend with a young alumni Glow Party in Houston Hall! Help us celebrate the Class of 2016’s transition to alumni status with drinks, food, and all the glow jewelry you can handle. Cost is $10 or included in Alumni Weekend Pass or reunion package.