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Move-In fall 2022 primer

Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates preparing to move into College Housing between Aug. 22 and 28.

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Anthony Erz oberserves gameplay from the sidelines during a men's lacrosse game at Franklin Field.

Erz promoted to head athletic trainer

Anthony Erz began his career at Penn in 2015 as an assistant athletic trainer and previously worked as head athletic trainer for the football and men’s lacrosse teams.

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Sophia Zehler removes the Quaker mascot head in costume at the Palestra.

Inside the Quaker’s head

Sophia Zehler recently earned her master’s degree from the Fels Institute of Government. The first-generation Cuban American also spent the year as Penn’s mascot, her third mascotting position in five years.

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8/13

Made in the Shade

Trees and a pathway.
Morris Arboretum hosts a guided tour under the shade of champion trees, which provide an overstory that gives an old-fashioned sense of summer. The tour travels along the shaded path of the Oak Allée with a water respite in the middle of the arboretum.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

100 E. Northwestern Ave.

8/16

Improving Overall Well-being

Wellbeing icon of two plams facing hold, holding people and plants.
Penn HR hosts a webinar and discussion on effective steps to maintain and improve overall well-being through topics such as choice-making, stress management, exercising, and other creative ways to combat challenges in life.

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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Liz Magill’s first days

A glimpse into what Penn’s new president has been up to.

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penn president liz magill meets with the africana studies summer institute

Liz Magill became Penn’s president on July 1, 2022. Since then, she’s made it her goal to meet with as many faculty, staff, and students on campus as possible.

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Only a few weeks into her new role, President Magill stopped by a barbeque for students involved in the Center for Africana Studies’ Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen.
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K9 Officer Uman—a graduate of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center—greets President Magill during a visit to the University’s Division of Public Safety.
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President Magill poses for a photo with student leaders at the Penn Bookstore after getting her first PennCard.
penn president liz magill visits penn first plus center
President Magill talks with Marc Lo at the Schleifer Family Penn First Plus Center in College Hall.
penn president liz magill receives a gift from the penn first plus center

President Magill accepts some Pre-First Year Student Program swag.

penn president liz magill visits the penn libraries and kamin gallery
Constantia Constantinou and her team take President Magill on a tour through Van Pelt Library and the Biotech Commons.
penn president liz magill visits the charles lea library
President Magill views a special collection in the Henry Charles Lea Library, located on the sixth floor of Van Pelt Library.
penn president liz magill meets with vpul staff

William Atkins welcomes President Magill during a Division of University Life meeting at Houston Hall.

penn president liz magill meets with vpul staff in the hall of flags
President Magill visits Houston Hall to chat with staff leadership from the Division of University Life.

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The New York Times

Mostly bluster: Why China went easy on Taiwan’s economy

Thomas J. Shattuck of Perry World House says that future Chinese bans may be targeted to punish Taiwanese industries in Democratic Progressive Party strongholds, but that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry would be considered too essential to China’s economy.

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WHYY Radio (Philadelphia)

People’s Kitchen is latest community garden threatened by sheriff sale

Rising second-year Kenny Chiu in the College of Arts and Sciences, an intern with People’s Kitchen, says that the sheriff sale is an opportunity for developers to grab land cheaply and sit on it until the neighborhood becomes profitable enough to develop.

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The Conversation

At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Farah Jan of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that ideology and religion are divisive forces in modern-day Pakistan, far from Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s dream of a secular democratic homeland with equal rights for all.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

More than two years into the pandemic, hospital care still may not save you from dying of COVID-19

Lewis J. Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine says that improvements in outpatient therapy have prompted some hospitals to only admit very ill COVID patients.

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Associated Press

‘We’re back, baby’: New bill boosts U.S. climate credibility

Scott Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences says that President Biden’s climate change legislation will restore some diplomatic legitimacy to the U.S. during international climate negotiations.

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The Conversation

Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization—cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

A study from Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication suggests that television, not the web, is the top driver of partisan audience segregation among Americans.

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Inflation stalled in July as gas prices dropped

Nick Roussanov of the Wharton School suggests that inflation might be slowing down, with falling oil prices encouraging consumers to spend more freely.

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ABC News

Why is inflation so high and what happened last time it reached this level?

A study by the Penn Wharton Budget Model shows that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will slightly raise inflation for two years but reduce inflation by the late 2020s.

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Oregon schools lean heavily on emergency teachers, including untrained ones

Research from Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education shows that nearly half of teachers nationwide quit within their first five years on the job.

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The Conversation

Do chemicals in sunscreens threaten aquatic life? A new report says a thorough assessment is ‘urgently needed,’ while also calling sunscreens essential protection against skin cancer

A report co-authored by PIK Professor Karen Glanz weighs the negative environmental effects of UV filters against their positive impact on human health.

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