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What’s That? The Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Trophy in the office of football coach Ray Priore.

Image: Eric Sucar

What’s That? The Heisman Trophy

In the office of Ray Priore, head coach of the football team, rests the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college sports.
Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame
Karen Verderame sits at her desk holding a tarantula.

Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame has 17 tarantulas, vinegaroons (whip-tail scorpions), true scorpions, hissing cockroaches, giant cockroaches, three bearded dragons, a snake, hermit crabs, chinchillas, two dogs, and three cats. 

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Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame

Verderame, an outreach educator at the School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her kinship with misunderstood animals, introducing students to veterinary medicine, the black market for insects, her favorite part of her job, and the dreaded spotted lanternfly.
Caretaker of 9,000 works of art
Lynn Dolby standing in front of two artworks

Lynn Smith Dolby is the director of the Penn Art Collection, which has nearly 9,000 artworks. 

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Caretaker of 9,000 works of art

As the director of the Penn Art Collection in charge of nearly 9,000 artworks, Lynn Smith Dolby manages the conservation, registration, and display of all University-owned art, indoors and outdoors across campus.
Rivers in a changing world
Penn students and Sayre high school students wading in a river in Cobbs Creek.

Sayre ninth-grade science teacher LaRon Smith (center) is a former landscape gardener from South Philadelphia who switched careers to mentor a younger generation. “I think my passion is for them to be better individuals, better human beings,” Smith says.

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Rivers in a changing world

A new Academically Based Community Service class brings Penn and William L. Sayre High School students together to learn environmental science and engineering.

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Libraries exhibition explores the movement of books
a hand on a hand-made book with moveable parts

Various types of books were created for the exhibition that visitors can touch, including one of wood inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts.

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Libraries exhibition explores the movement of books

A new exhibit at the Penn Libraries explores the myriad ways books move—as physical objects in different formats, and across space and time—featuring 24 items from the collection, a video wall displaying 26 additional items, and interactive models.
Art Matters: ‘Two Lines’ by George Rickey
Looking into the sun, an overhead view of the kinetic sculpture

Looking into the sun, an overhead view of “Two Lines.”

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  • Art Matters

    • Art Matters: ‘Two Lines’ by George Rickey

    A kinetic sculpture positioned on a hillside at Morris Arboretum & Gardens is designed to move with the wind.

    Kristina García

    Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services
    a person sitting on a bench surrounded by trees in front of a pond

    Taking a break outdoors can help support mental health and well-being. Penn’s campus has several peaceful places outdoors, including a former botanical garden now known as the Bio Pond.

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    Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services

    Wellness and well-being are woven into the life of Penn’s campus, for students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. In the first part of a new series, Penn Today highlights University resources that support the campus community.