On Sunday, May 15, Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) welcomed family, friends, faculty, and the Class of 2022 for the first in-person graduation ceremony since 2019. This year, LPS conferred 385 degrees on graduating students: 76 bachelor’s degrees, including the first-ever class of Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences graduates to walk the stage at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and 309 master’s degrees—the largest group of graduating professional master’s students to date.

The College of Liberal and Professional Studies is pleased to congratulate Sukalpa Basu and Lauren Russell for being named 2022 distinguished teaching award winners.

The College of Liberal and Professional Studies is pleased to congratulate Nancy Makale and Akshay Venkatesh for being named Dean's Scholars, an honor presented annually to students who exhibit exceptional academic performance and intellectual promise. 

KC White, who anticipates graduating this spring from Penn’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program, has been elected to Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. White will be the first adult living with cystic fibrosis to lead the Board, a significant moment for the CF community, as the disease has historically been considered pediatric.

The College of Liberal and Professional Studies is pleased to recognize the LPS students selected to participate in the Professional Master’s Program category of this year’s Penn Grad Talks. The competition, which took place virtually during the week of March 21, features TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts and Sciences graduate students from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and professional master’s programs.

Dr. Sunil Budhrani (C `95) has been selected to address the College of Liberal and Professional Studies Class of 2022 at the graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 15. Dr. Budhrani is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and clinical associate professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He serves on the Employer Advisory Board for Penn LPS Online and has been a guest lecturer for classes at the Wharton School and Perelman School of Medicine. “My passions are healthcare and education,” says Dr.

The new NOVA episode “Great Mammoth Mystery” starts with a find by two amateur fossil hunters on a private site in Swindon, southwest England. “Britain has a long history of archeological hobbyists,” explains archaeologist Dr. Peter G. Gould (Master of Liberal Arts ’10), speaking about the documentary. The couple uncovered several mammoth bones and, nearby, a Neanderthal hand axe chipped from flint.

Opening Saturday, March 26, 2022, the newest exhibition at Penn Museum was curated by three undergraduate University of Pennsylvania students from across the tri-state region. Heritage in Our Hands: UNESCO 50 Years Later is an interactive exhibition that examines artifacts from four locations that have been designated World Heritage Sites.