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‘Moving along’ to the Dutch-German border
Two people sit in front of the glass doors of a brick building.

Simon Richter (left) chats with Dutch comedian Patrick Nederkoorn in a still from the documentary “A New Peace of Münster.”

(Image: Courtesy of Maria Kolossa)

‘Moving along’ to the Dutch-German border

A new documentary co-produced and co-starring Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences invites viewers to imagine the day when the Dutch may have to move toward Germany as sea levels rise and how that might happen peacefully and innovatively.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt

Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.

Kristina Linnea García

Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake
Students on Penn’s Locust Walk.

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Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake

An earthquake with the preliminary magnitude of 4.8 centered in New Jersey was felt up and down the East Coast on Friday, including on Penn’s campus.

Kristen de Groot

The Penn-China architectural connection
Lin Huiyin with Liang Sicheng at the Temple of Heaven

Lin Huiyin with Liang Sicheng at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, c. 1936.

(Image: Fisher Fine Arts Library Image Collection)

The Penn-China architectural connection

Penn’s Weitzman School of Design has a long history of collaboration in China, and large number of Chinese international students are undertaking adaptive reuse and historical preservation projects.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Curtains up on spring student shows
Members of a Penn performing arts group rehearsing in a studio.

Kate Fitzsimmons (center) a third-year student in the Nursing School warms up practicing with the dancers of Strictly Funk, a student club who perform hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and free-style

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Curtains up on spring student shows

Hours of preparation go into dozens of student performances, a highlight of the thriving performing arts scene on campus.
25 years of UMOJA at Penn
Nine people stand underneath a screen that reads "The Legacy of UMOJA 25th anniversary celebration"

UMOJA members stand with Berry and Redding at the December 2023 celebration.

(Image: Tarah Paul)

25 years of UMOJA at Penn

UMOJA, Penn’s organization for Black student life on campus has provided outreach, collaboration, and unity since 1998.

Kristina Linnea García

Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
A group of students is gathered around a Formula-style racecar at an event.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car

Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.