In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Libraries celebrates Black History Month with a dive deep into the history of African American life, and the varied contributions of Black Americans to culture, art, politics, activism, scholarship, and more.
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The annual MLK Community Involvement Awards emphasized our common humanity and acknowledged individuals whose active service exemplifies Dr. King’s vision, with student performances, remarks from President Amy Gutmann, Provost Wendell Pritchett and Penn student leaders.
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Penn ranks 7th overall in the area of Diversity and Affordability and 5th overall in the area of Transportation. Sustainable Campus Index recognizes top-performing sustainable colleges and universities overall and in 17 impact areas, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System.
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Peter Fixler has been hired as the chief arborist at the Morris Arboretum, a position made possible by the McCausland Foundation and Janet and John Haas, who have combined forces to fully endow the Chief Arborist position. In doing so, they have chosen to honor Paul W. Meyer, who recently retired after 43 years of service, 27 of those as the F. Otto Haas Executive Director.
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The Penn Libraries has purchased Southern Life, Slavery and the Civil War, consisting largely of collections documenting laws and labor practices underpinning the slave system in the South before and during the Civil War, but including material related to the Civil War. Along with laws, legal cases, petitions and correspondence with Attorneys General, these collections include records of industrial operations based on slave labor, Confederate and Union records, and manuscripts documenting the families and busine
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Fall Group Exercise classes will be free to all members of the Penn Community.
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As part of a new agreement championed by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, all K-12 schools in the School District of Philadelphia will be given access to digital primary sources hosted by Adam Matthew Digital at no cost to the schools themselves. The agreement will allow teachers across all age ranges and subject areas to integrate primary sources into their students’ course of study.
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Jennifer A. Pinto-Martin, Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor of Nursing and Executive Director of the Center for Public Health Initiatives in the School of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine, has agreed to serve as University Ombuds, beginning on July 1, 2020 for a two-year term. Pinto-Martin succeeds Lynn Hollen Lees.
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Penn has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, in recognition for effectively managing the campus trees.
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Rae Chaloult joined the PVP staff April 1 as associate director, and Reema Malhotra will start May 1 as associate director focused on serving and supporting graduate and professional students.
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