2026 Annual HGR Celebration of Remembrance
When: 听Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, at 1:00 pm
Where:听Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center, Zellerbach Theatre (3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
Details: Every spring, the Philadelphia medical schools come together for the annual HGR听Celebration听of Remembrance. The听Celebration听of Remembrance听is an event held by the Humanities Gifts Registry of Pennsylvania, where we honor and remember the individuals who donated their bodies for our medical school education.听Family members of our donors will be in attendance, as well as members and students from all Philadelphia Medical Schools. As a tradition, this听is a student-run event and听relies听heavily on our students' participation.
2026 Drexel Student Volunteers:
鲍蝉丑别谤蝉:听
Nali Moon & Albert K Tran
Candlelighters:
Ore Fambegbe & Katherine L. Lumahan
Name Readers:
Anvi Brahmbhatt, Nikki A. Holmes, Agrani "Ani" Dixit, Jamie Flogel, Sarah Lucenko, Ananya A. Rao, Annie Curran, Adeeb Hossain, Elly Murillo, Thomas Li, Elizabeth Lin
Eulogy:
Ayaan Memon & Adrees Basharmal
Musical Performers:
Gabriela Godin performed "At the Mid Hour of Night" by Benjamin Britten
Sophie Geagan performed "People" by Barbara Streisand听
DUCOM Doctor鈥檚 Note performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen
听(Gabriela Godin, Kyle Chan, Amelia Shaddinger, Simon Coroza, Anna Tooke, Annie Hancock, Ashley Nguyen, Aamir Vahora, Baotram Nguyen)