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News・ Education, Business, & Law
Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García
The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.
News・ Sports
Quakers on quest for first gridiron title in seven years
The football team kicks off its 147th season on Saturday, Sept. 16, versus Colgate in New York.
News・ Health Sciences
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria?
In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria.
News・ Health Sciences
Penn Medicine’s Carl June to receive 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Perelman School of Medicine is honored for pioneering the development of CAR T cell therapy, which programs patients’ own immune cells to fight their cancer.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Many don’t know key facts about U.S. Constitution, Annenberg civics study finds
Many Americans do not know what rights are protected under the First Amendment and a substantial number cannot name all three branches of government, according to the 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The Arthur Ross Gallery and Penn Live Arts awarded The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
Two other project grants to area cultural institutions involve Michelle Lopez of the Weitzman School of Design and alum Kiyoshi Kuromiya.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Design milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation
For 40 years, Penn’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation has expanded its purview and explores how to become more of a public design practice.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research
Annenberg School doctoral students Thandi Lyew and Brittany Zulkiewicz worked with local teens through a Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellowship.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The Chilean coup, 50 years later
Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis
The climate crisis impacts everyone. During Climate Week at Penn, which will be held from Sept. 18-22, everyone is invited to find their place in the climate movement.