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Edward Humes accepts Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability

Edward Humes accepts Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability

Edward Humes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, visited Penn last month to accept the Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability for his book “Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.”

Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community
Sherry Caputo in front of the Lenape Tribal Grounds building.

Image: Courtesy of Sherry Caputo

Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community

Outside of her day job as a nurse manager for Penn Medicine at Home, Sherry “Strong Sun Spirit” Caputo has helped bring mental health education, COVID resources, and nutrition programming to her tribal community, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey.

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Andrea Mitchell to be Honored with Beacon Award at Penn

Andrea Mitchell to be Honored with Beacon Award at Penn

The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women will present its highest honor, the Beacon Award, to journalist and alum Andrea Mitchell for her distinguished career in journalism and her leadership in advancing opportunities for women.

Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach
Tom Murphy posing on Locust Walk.

Tom Murphy, senior vice president and chief transformation officer, is chair of the Operational Transformation working group for Penn Forward, Penn’s strategic initiative to reshape how the University fulfills its missions of education, research, and service in a rapidly changing world.

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    • Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach

    In a Q&A, Tom Murphy, who leads the Operational Transformation working group, one of six Penn Forward teams, discusses his approach to leading change in non-academic areas of Penn.

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    The making of Weitzman Hall
    Before and after aerial views of Weitzman Hall under construction and completed.

    Image: Courtesy of KieranTimberlake

    The making of Weitzman Hall

    As the Weitzman School of Design prepared to open its first new building in more than 50 years, members of the design, preservation, and construction teams were highlighted in a series of conversations about the making of Stuart Weitzman Hall.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

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    Bringing the US Navy’s 250-year history to life
    J.J. Ahern stands in a storage area in the University Archives.

    Penn archivist J.J. Ahern.

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    Bringing the US Navy’s 250-year history to life

    Penn archivist J.J. Ahern has been putting his professional experience and personal passion for the past to work as a volunteer for the Navy’s 250th anniversary curating an exhibition about the human side of the service’s history.

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    Penn Engineering receives $11M from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to expand Clark Scholars Program
    (bottom row, left to right) Tina Lee, Amehja Williams, and Hubery Pai; (second row) Amaris Chen and Ross Richard; (third row) Darren Lin, Minghui Zhang, Emily Jiang, and Frankie Lin; (fourth row) Shawn Edbert, Henry Westfall, and Noah Hidalgo; (fifth row) Matas Bujanauskas and Elias Chavez.

    Penn Clark Scholars and peer mentors: (bottom row, left to right) Tina Lee, Amehja Williams, and Hubery Pai; (second row) Amaris Chen and Ross Richard; (third row) Darren Lin, Minghui Zhang, Emily Jiang, and Frankie Lin; (fourth row) Shawn Edbert, Henry Westfall, and Noah Hidalgo; (fifth row) Matas Bujanauskas and Elias Chavez.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering)

    Penn Engineering receives $11M from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to expand Clark Scholars Program

    The funds will strengthen scholarships, create an annual Philanthropy Challenge, establish an entrepreneurship concentration, and support summer internships for future engineering leaders.

    Holly Wojcik

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    Sanya Carley appointed vice provost for climate science, policy, and action
    Carley Sanya.

    Sanya Carley is the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning in the Weitzman School of Design and the Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

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    Sanya Carley appointed vice provost for climate science, policy, and action

    Carley is an expert on energy policy, affordability, and transition.

    2 min. read