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Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’
Two people work on laptops at a conference table.

To get hired, it’s important to understand how your skills translate to the job market, says Barbara Hewitt, executive director of Penn Career Services. “To do that, you have to have a really good self-understanding, along with a good understanding of what the industry requires,” she says.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Career Services)

  • Q&A

    • Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’

    In a Q&A, Barbara Hewitt of Career Services explains why it’s helpful to understand industry trends, cultivate a wide skill set, and trust that the right opportunity will emerge.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Five things to know about COVID-19 protocols for the fall semester
    People walking on campus, some with face coverings, some without.

    Five things to know about COVID-19 protocols for the fall semester

    In an effort to keep everyone within the Penn community healthy, Benoit Dubé, Penn’s chief wellness officer, says it is critical that University students, staff, and faculty adhere to the recommended public health guidelines.

    Dee Patel

    How a brain tumor helped a cyclist change his life
    Chris Baccash racing on a bike in a cycling race.

    In 2019, Baccash finished the Bucks County Classic, the hardest race of the season, with a personal-best time. A few months later, he was diagnosed with brain cancer. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

    How a brain tumor helped a cyclist change his life

    In 2019, Chris Baccash was diagnosed with a a slow-growing malignant brain tumor. In 2021, after completing a grueling 100-mile cycling race up the Rockies, he started graduate school at Penn for a master’s degree in positive psychology.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Catching up with Justin Watson
    Justin Watson, left, and a teammate jump in the air and celebrate after Watson scored a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in a preseason game.

    Catching up with Justin Watson

    The 2018 alumnus, currently in training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs, discusses learning a new offense, playing with Patrick Mahomes, similarities between Mahomes and Tom Brady, and why he is excited for the Penn football season.
    Class of 2026 moves in
    penn family moves into quad with suitcases

    Class of 2026 moves in

    New students traveled from near and far Tuesday, settling into College Houses, meeting their roommates, and spending precious moments with family.

    Lauren Hertzler

    A historical look at Diana, 25 years after her death
    A book entitled "Diana, the People's Princess" with a photo of her face is being held by a man in a suit

    A royal fan holds a book to remember the late Diana, Princess of Wales, outside Kensington Palace in London, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at a tribute on the 20th anniversary of her death, in a car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997. (Image: AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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    • A historical look at Diana, 25 years after her death

    Emma Hart, director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, offers her perspective on the history of royal celebrity, the British monarchy’s current role in public life, and how history might view Diana, Princess of Wales.

    Kristen de Groot

    Peggy Browning Fellows are advocating for labor rights
    Facade of Penn Law building on a corner with passersby on the sidewalk.

    Peggy Browning Fellows are advocating for labor rights

    Supported by the Peggy Browning Fund, three Penn Carey Law students are advocating for labor rights, inspired by their own experiences as activists, organizers, and workers.

    From Penn Carey Law

    Move-In 2022: By the Numbers
    students pushing moving carts

    About 6,000 undergraduate students will be moving into the 13 Penn College Houses during Move-In 2022.

  • By the Numbers

    • Move-In 2022: By the Numbers

    With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.
    Monkeypox: What is known and unknown
    People lined up near a sign that says NJCRI Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic

    At a monkeypox vaccine clinic in Newark, New Jersey, in mid-August, people line up to receive a dose of the Jynneos vaccine. Monkeypox case counts have jumped significantly since the beginning of summer. (Image: AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    Monkeypox: What is known and unknown

    The current outbreak of monkeypox is showing no sign of slowing. Stuart Isaacs of the Perelman School of Medicine, an expert on poxviruses, sheds light on the disease, its prevention and treatment, and what to watch for this fall.

    Katherine Unger Baillie