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And now the pandemic has forced another tradition, nearly sacrosanct, to yield, at least slightly. Harvard has always insisted that honorary-degree recipients be present on campus to receive their accolades (none were conferred last year). But given this second consecutive online ceremony, those recognitions and conferrals will proceed remotely too.
During the May 27 proceedings, “Honoring the Harvard Class of 2021” (as the graduation is being called, since the classes of 2020 and 2021 have been promised a future in-person
Commencement), scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., Harvard plans to confer honorary degrees on four women and three men. Ordinarily, the principal speaker of the day would receive an honorary degree as well, but this year’s guest, Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D. ’73, LL.D. ’02 president emerita of Smith College and Brown University, now president of Prairie View A&M already has one (“Opening minds, opening door
A Message to the Class of 2021 Regarding In-Person Commencement
from
Mamta Motwani Accapadi, Vice Provost for University Life
Benoit Dubé, Associate Provost and Chief Wellness Officer
We write with important updates and clarifications to previous communications about the May 17, 2021 Commencement exercises. We are pleased to share that we have expanded the pool of potentially eligible participants, which now includes:
Undergraduate students who completed all graduation requirements in August 2020
Undergraduate students who completed all graduation requirements in December 2020
All current seniors completing graduation requirements in May 2021, including those who have been on campus, off campus in West Philadelphia, and/or who have spent this semester at home or in other locations.
Celebrating Penn’s 265th Commencement Due to COVID-19 public health limitations, the in-person ceremony is only open to graduating seniors. Family, friends, and the community at large are invited to tune in to a live webcast online.
On Monday, May 17, Penn will host a limited, in-person Commencement ceremony in the morning at Franklin Field for Class of 2021 academically eligible seniors. For graduate students, family, friends, and anyone else in the community who wishes to take part, the University encourages tuning in to Penn’s live webcast, which will begin at 9 a.m. A recording will be available on the Commencement website after the ceremony.
Dalai Lama and 100 other Nobel Prize laureates call for fossil fuels to be phased out
As the world’s most powerful leaders prepare to come together for the President Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit, the Dalai Lama and 100 other Nobel Prize winners have a clear message for them: Keep fossil fuels in the ground.
The 101 Nobel laureates have written to Biden and those attending the meeting on Thursday, urging them to take concrete steps to phase out fossil fuels in order to prevent catastrophic climate change.
“The burning of fossil fuels is responsible for almost 80% of carbon dioxide emissions since the industrial revolution,” the letter, shared exclusively with CNN, says, adding: “Allowing the continued expansion of this industry is unconscionable.”
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