2026 Annual HGR Celebration of Remembrance

When:  Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, at 1:00 pm

Where: 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 Celebration of Remembrance. The Celebration of Remembrance 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. Family members of our donors will be in attendance, as well as members and students from all Philadelphia Medical Schools. As a tradition, this is a student-run event and relies heavily on our students' participation.

2026 Drexel Student Volunteers:

Ushers: 
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 

DUCOM Doctor’s Note performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen
 (Gabriela Godin, Kyle Chan, Amelia Shaddinger, Simon Coroza, Anna Tooke, Annie Hancock, Ashley Nguyen, Aamir Vahora, Baotram Nguyen)