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Campus & Community
Share stories, friendship through ‘Penn Pals’
Email, social media, and text messaging have enabled individuals to converse with friends and family members in mere seconds or minutes, but nothing says “I’m thinking of you” like an old-fashioned handwritten letter.
Midweek programming at the Penn Museum
By the time Wednesday arrives each workweek, some people are already anxiously awaiting the weekend. The Penn Museum is making hump day a little bit easier with fun and engaging programs to inform, entertain, and stimulate your brain.
Penn conference to tackle urban food security
There will be 6 billion people living in cities by 2050, says Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute of Urban Research (Penn IUR), “and they all have to be fed.” An international conference scheduled for March 13-15 at Penn will address two pressing global trends: urbanization and food insecurity.
Penn's Africa Center Presents Roundtable on 'Mali: Islamic Militarism and Foreign Intervention'
WHO: Presenters: Gregory Mann, Columbia University
For Fun and for Pride, Penn’s College House Intramural Athletes Vie for Trophy
Some were high school sports stars. Others barely know the rules of American football.
Online Courses Enable Penn Alumni to Continue Learning
As students at the University of Pennsylvania, they exercised their love of learning, and now, as Penn alumni, thanks to online courses, they can add to their knowledge base or explore subject matter they either couldn’t or didn’t when on campus.
Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason and Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing’s Yvonne Paterson Win One Health Award
PHILADELPHIA — Nicola Mason and Yvonne Paterson have been named this year’s recipients of the University of Pennsylvania
Best feet forward
Students who are part of Penn Nursing’s Healthy in Philadelphia initiative recently collected more than 800 new socks that were distributed to area nursing home residents and the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission that serves the homeless and
Where can I find books the Libraries don’t have?
Dear Benny,I’m an avid reader who also likes to do research on a variety of topics, but there are some books that just aren’t available in the Libraries’ massive collection. How can I access books that Penn Libraries doesn’t have?—Always Learning Dear Always Learning,
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?
Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train
A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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India West
UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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The Washington Post
College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one
Almost 90% of students who graduated from Penn in 2023 completed an internship during college. Barbara Hewitt of Career Services says that the race to get talent early has resulted in a focus on getting early practical experience through many ways in students’ academic careers.
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The Wall Street Journal
Harvard University applications fall by 5%
Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.
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