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PSN live on Ivy network

The Penn Sports Network is officially live on The Ivy League Digital Network at www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/penn.

Penn Student Set on Career Path to Lead a Charter School

Jessica King, 20, who calls herself  “a child of public school,” is on a path to become the principal of a charter school. King was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an early-decision applicant.

Joint Law and Engineering degree

Penn Law School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) are launching an innovative joint-degree program, which aims to graduate lawyers and engineers able to address issues at the intersection of law and technology. The first cohort of students is expected to enroll in the fall of 2014. The program will lead to both a JD and a master’s degree in engineering.

Student Spotlight with Rosemary Santos

BIG LIGHTS WILL INSPIRE YOU: A New Yorker, senior Rosemary Santos, 21, is the artistic director of Onda Latina, Penn’s premier Latin dance troupe.LATIN WAVE: Santos, an urban studies major, says she watched YouTube videos of Onda Latina when she was in high school, and the group was part of the reason she chose to enroll at Penn. “I was really impressed by them, so I really wanted to get involved,” she says. “I tried out like a week into classes.”

A century with the Penn Museum’s Sphinx

In 1913, a massive piece of granite arrived in Philadelphia that forever changed the scope of the Penn Museum’s collection.

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Penn Women’s Center celebrates 40 years

In 1973, second-wave feminism was in full force. The Supreme Court struck down most state restrictions on abortion in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, and the Gloria Steinem-founded Ms. magazine had just celebrated its inaugural year on newsstands. At Penn, the atmosphere was no different.

Penn’s Field Center Advocates Changing Higher Ed Policy for Former Foster Youth

It’s a momentous day when a foster child graduates from high school.  But, now what? One center at the University of Pennsylvania is working to address the needs of this under-the-radar population by stimulating a shift in higher education policy.

Staff Q&A with Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy will tell you straight—he’s not an IT guy. But don’t be swayed by his modest words. As Penn’s new vice president for information technology and chief information officer, he brings years of valuable, hard-earned experience in managing information technology for multibillion-dollar companies. “I think Computerworld Magazine once called me a renaissance CIO,” Murphy says with a laugh from his office in 3401 Walnut St. “I play music, I do art, I was an English major.”

A peek inside Penn’s outside spaces

[youtube]-suEYEPZpRc[/youtube]In Philadelphia—a city famed for its perpendicular streets and silver skyline—a step onto Penn’s campus can take visitors into a verdant, yet wildly urban setting.The University’s lush, leafy atmosphere is carefully planned. Landscape staff at Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES) work year-round to maintain Penn’s signature green spaces and develop new ones—all of which are inspired by the University’s Landscape Development Plan of 1977.