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Graduates are ready to serve and engage at home and abroad
A Penn Med student putting a pin in a map on Match Day 2025.

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Graduates are ready to serve and engage at home and abroad

Members of Penn’s 269th graduating class will channel their expertise and passions to serve and work in Philadelphia and around the world, from teaching to research, poultry farming, and basketball.

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Track & Field claims eight titles on final day of Ivy League heps

Track & Field claims eight titles on final day of Ivy League heps

Penn men’s and women’s track & field teams wrapped up competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Yale on Sunday, May 11, claiming first in the women’s 100m hurdles, 4x400m relay, 100m, and high jump. The men’s team took first in the 400m, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay, and decathlon; both teams finished third overall. 

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Aravind Krishnan; Carson Eckhard; Meera Menon, and Jun Hou Shin.

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (clockwise from top left): fourth-year Aravind Krishnan; 2021 graduate Carson Eckhard; and 2020 graduates Meera Menon and Jun Hou Shin.

(Images: Courtesy of Knight-Hennessy Scholars / Carolyn Fong Photography)

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, receiving financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University.

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Exterior restoration of a landmark
exterior of brick and terracotta building

The 134-year-old building on College Green will continue to be open for use throughout construction.

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Exterior restoration of a landmark

Designed by world-famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the iconic Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library Building is undergoing a 20-month exterior renovation and restoration that will encase its red sandstone, terracotta, and brick exterior in scaffolding through the fall of 2026.

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Move-out: Tips for a cleaner, greener, easier experience
Sign with info on off-campus move-out.

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Move-out: Tips for a cleaner, greener, easier experience

Penn offices and community partners have options for off-campus pickups, on-campus donations, and additional curbside trash pickup days aimed at keeping the neighborhood clean and limiting what ends up in the landfill.

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Penn breaks ground on Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education
Eight people on stage with shovels for ceremonial groundbreaking.

The University of Pennsylvania and School of Veterinary Medicine community celebrated the groundbreaking of the Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education. (Left to right:) Scarlett Loya, Amy Durham, J. Larry Jameson, Jim Riepe, Gail Riepe, Andrew M. Hoffman, Robert Marookian, and Barbara Dallap Schaer.

(Image: Lisa Godfrey)

Penn breaks ground on Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education

A gift from Penn alumni Gail and Jim Riepe will support the construction of the 11,800-square-foot facility at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center campus.

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Penn’s Class of 2027 marks the midway at U-Night
Students at Penn’s U-Night.

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Penn’s Class of 2027 marks the midway at U-Night

The 6th annual U-Night brought the Class of 2027 to High Rise Field to mark the two-year point in their undergraduate journey.

Penn Today Staff

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