Information for Alumni
Congratulations! Now what?
There is an extensive network of Penn alumni organizations to explore, and they offer everything from practical services (alumni email accounts, for example) to fun networking opportunities. There are also some internal to the Department alumni services as well.
Stay Connected!
As you are aware, the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy invites many world-renowned bioethicists to address our MBE students, alumni, and the Penn community as part of our Colloquium series. You can access these recordings (as downloadable audio files) by visiting our Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy website or by clicking here. While we'd of course love to see you here in person, if you're unable to make it here, you can at least share in the intellectual life of the Department.
University Alumni Services
Your first step should be to register with the Penn Alumni community. From there you have access to a new email account: you@alumni.upenn.edu. This service allows you to keep one email address forever and change the forwarding information as advancements in your career lead to email changes. Having this permanent email is a huge benefit in that you will always receive announcements from our alumni listserv. Penn's alumni site is here.
There is also a Penn Medicine Alumni Association, which you are all eligible to join. Check out this link for Penn Med Alumni offering.
There is also a Penn Alumni Club, which specializes in fun networking opportunities and other social, cultural, and community service activities. Details about the Penn Alumni Club can be found here.
Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy Alumni Services
BIOEALUM LISTSERV
Upon graduation you will be automatically moved from "bioegrad" to "bioealum," where you'll receive information specific to the MBE program: about lectures and programs of interest, jobs, grant and research opportunities, and invitations to alumni society meetings and other social and networking events. We also use this listserv to ask for updates periodically - please keep us informed about your post-MBE life - new positions, publications, new family, anything!
PENN BIOETHICS GROUP ON LINKEDIN!
The UPenn MBE Alumni Group on LinkedIn is now up and running. If you did not receive your invitation or if you are having problems, please email mbe-info@upenn.edu.
MBE Travel Fund 
Background: Each year students approach the MBE office asking about grants or other funding available for travel to conferences, competitions, and other bioethics-related events. Our answer, up to recently, has always been, ‘unfortunately, we have nothing to offer.’
The Bioethics Alumni Society took this on as a challenge! It was decided that the May graduation ceremony and celebration would be an ideal place and time to solicit donations from current alumni, as new graduates are welcomed to the Alumni Society.
A testimonials from Heidi Fisher, our first MBE Travel Fund Recipient. Heidi presented a case study at the 2007 North American Case Research Association conference:
The annual NACRA conference was an enriching experience, both as a presenter and an observer. I applied much of what I learned in MBE classes to the bioethics case I wrote for the conference, which will be published in their journal. Being at the conference allowed me to meet other authors and professors with whom I may be able to collaborate with in the future. One author contacted me about advising him on a new case he is writing that has some bioethical aspects. I believe that attending the conference has greatly contributed to my career as a bioethics student at Penn and has led to my first publication.
To make a donation to the MBE Travel Fund please mail your check, made payable to "The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania" to MBE Travel Fund, c/o Robin Hartley, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104.