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The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration
Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library.

The Prison Legal Education Project co-founder Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law

The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration

Co-founded by Penn Carey Law alumni Felicia Lin and Miriam Nemeth, PLEP supports incarcerated individuals in leading their own successful legal advocacy.

From Penn Carey Law

Wharton MBA graduate Nicholas Martin to teach at the Coast Guard Academy
Nick Martin stands against a red sandstone building, with foliage in the foreground

Originally from State College, Pennsylvania, Martin is an active-duty lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard. This fall, he’ll be teaching marketing to college students at the Coast Guard Academy.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Wharton MBA graduate Nicholas Martin to teach at the Coast Guard Academy

Wharton MBA graduate and lieutenant commander Nicholas “Nick” Martin to teach marketing to “the next generation of officers.”

Kristina García

Lithography-free photonic chip offers speed and accuracy for AI
Gloved hand holding a photonic chip.

Image: iStock/narong sutinkham

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.

From Penn Engineering Today

Educating a 21st-century veterinarian
Four Penn Vet students working on a dog in a lab.

Students in a clinical skills lab use a simulation model to practice the physical examination of the cardiovascular system in a dog.

(Image: Bellwether Magazine)

Educating a 21st-century veterinarian

A curriculum overhaul incorporates integrated learning blocks with lectures and hands-on activities focused on animal health to prepare future graduates for lifelong learning.

Sacha Adorno

Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements
Keisha-Khan Perry in her office, surrounded by books

Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies.

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Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements

Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies.

Kristina García

A quieter campus for Philadelphia’s voting day
President Magill standing in front of Houston Hall on Election Day.

Penn President Liz Magill performed her civic duty on Philadelphia’s primary election day at Houston Hall.

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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.
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Archaeological site filled with stacked, dusty, aged bricks and surrounded by rocks..

The Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac, listed for the UNESCO Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, Peru.

(Image: Lynn Meskell)

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. 
Class of 2023 Ivy Day
Five students holding framed certificates stand in a hallway

The Penn Alumni Student of Merit Award winners (left to right): Joan Dartey, William Chase Seklar, Rebecca Nadler, Ryan Afreen, and Margaret Gladieux.

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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.

Kristina García

Celebrating community at Penn’s 267th Commencement
students cheer at the end of commencement

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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.