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A quieter campus for Philadelphia’s voting day
The primary election follows a lively Commencement and on-campus move-out. But the ballot may determine Philadephia’s 100th mayor.
News・ Science & Technology
Lithography-free photonic chip offers speed and accuracy for AI
Penn engineers have created a novel photonic device that provides programmable on-chip information processing without lithography, offering the speed, accuracy, and flexibility for AI applications.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities.
News・ Campus & Community
Class of 2023 Ivy Day
For 150 years, Ivy Day has been an annual tradition at Penn, with each graduating class installing at least one new plaque, planting a sprig of ivy, and recognizing individual achievements.
News・ Sports
Baseball team wins first outright Ivy title in 28 years
The Quakers beat Columbia three straight times on Saturday and Sunday to clinch the undisputed regular-season conference championship.
News・ Campus & Community
Celebrating community at Penn’s 267th Commencement
Thousands of students and their biggest supporters—those who President Liz Magill described as “force multipliers”—flooded campus Monday for a sunny ceremony for the ages.
News・ Science & Technology
A grant to upgrade Simons Observatory
Mark Devlin and colleagues have been awarded an NSF grant to upgrade the prominent observatory in the high Atacama Desert in Northern Chile.
News・ Campus & Community
By the Numbers: Class of 2023
On May 15, more than 9,000 students are eligible to graduate at the University-wide Commencement ceremony, and Penn will confer six honorary degrees.
News・ Campus & Community
John Bence named University Archivist
Bence will assume the role on Aug. 1 as the chief administrator responsible for the University Archives and Records Center program to collect, manage, and preserve Archives materials.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
‘Everyday Utopia’
In her new book, Kristen R. Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences takes readers on a tour through history and around the world to explore places that have dared to reimagine how we might live our daily lives.