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Investigating homelessness
Jennifer Egan and Dennis Culhane sit at a long green table in front of the windows at Kelly Writers House

Jennifer Egan (left) and Dennis Culhane (right) speaking at the Kelly Writers House.

(Image: Zoe Lachter)

Investigating homelessness

In a Kelly Writers House event, writer Jennifer Egan and social scientist Dennis Culhane discuss journalism and the homelessness crisis.

Kristina García

Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day
A collection of folded Penn T-shirts and sheets of "I voted" stickers in different languages are arranged on a table.

Tuesday was primary day in Pennsylvania, and Penn’s campus played host to three polling places where students and the community could cast their ballots.

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Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day

Penn’s campus played host to eight polling places where students and community members cast their ballots, with a team of trained poll workers keeping the action running smoothly.

Kristen de Groot

Penn undergrads and Decision 2024
John Lapinski and PORES students at a computer at the Decision Desk.

Image: Courtesy of OMNIA

Penn undergrads and Decision 2024

From helping with exit polling to vote count data collection, students in the PORES program bring their skills to the NBC Decision Desk on election nights.

Alex Schein

Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian
Ara Patvakanian stands behind some trees with his arms crossed.

Ara Patvakanian says double majoring in mathematical economics and political science has given him “a deep understanding of the conditions that make economies run, why certain ones collapse while others thrive.”

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Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian

The fourth-year mathematical economics and political science double-major describes how our understanding of economic and political phenomena can have far-reaching consequences and highlights the importance of embracing different intellectual perspectives.

Kristen de Groot

Improv for interviewing
J. Michael Angelis talks to a roomful of students at round tables in Van Pelt Library.

J. Michael DeAngelis, senior associate director of communications and technology at Career Services, addresses students during the workshop.

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Improv for interviewing

Using theater-inspired workshops, J. Michael DeAngelis of Career Services helps students prepare for the job market by thinking on their feet.

Kristina García

Rhoads breaks 31-year-old school record in pole vault
From left, pole vaulter James Rhoads, Assistant Director of Track & Field Joe Klim, and pole vaulter Scott Toney.

Image: Penn Athletics

Rhoads breaks 31-year-old school record in pole vault

James Rhoads, a third-year student on the men’s track and field team, broke the school record in the pole vault at the Mt. SAC Relays over the weekend in Walnut, California.
How Penn Medicine is going green for good health
An exterior view of the Perelman School of Medicine. The Smilow Research Center is at right.

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How Penn Medicine is going green for good health

The University of Pennsylvania Health System prioritizes sustainability in its day-to-day practices, while envisioning novel approaches to greening efforts.

Christina Hernandez Sherwood for Penn Medicine Magazine

Building a culture of voting
Be a Voter banner hanging on Locust Walk.

Penn Leads the Vote's "Be a Voter" banner hangs on Locust Walk.

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Building a culture of voting

Ahead of the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday, Penn Leads the Vote applies a ‘reverse doorknocking’ strategy of campus partnerships to get out the vote.
In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood and Emily Wilson sitting in chairs on a stage with flowers on a table in front of them and tall green plants to the side

Author and poet Margaret Atwood (left) was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum at Irvine Auditorium. 

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In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood

Author and poet Margaret Atwood was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum.