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Ten years later, examining the Occupy movement’s legacy

For Jessa Lingel of the Annenberg School for Communication, a decade after Occupy Wall Street’s beginnings presented an opportunity for reflection, which she led this fall semester in a new course.

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Two Penn seniors named 2022 Marshall Scholars

Kennedy Crowder and Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo have been named 2022 Marshall Scholars, among 41 chosen in the U.S. this year. Established by the British government, the Marshall Scholarship funds up to three years of study for a graduate degree in any field at an institution in the United Kingdom.

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Drivers in the gig economy

Lindsey Cameron, assistant professor of management at Wharton School, discusses key findings from her research on how drivers in the gig economy create ‘workplace games’ to find control and meaning in their work.

Haley Rizek runs around an indoor track with a baton in her hand, passing by a runner from Harvard.

Penn track stars soar at Seahawk Shootout

At the Seahawk Shootout on Friday in Staten Island, New York, the opening meet of Penn’s indoor track & field season, the Quakers stockpiled 14 first-place finishes.

Boss wearing a mask holding a hard hat talks with two employees wearing masks, hard hats, and safety vests.

Should employers rethink what they’re offering workers?

Wharton’s Peter Cappelli talks about what we’re getting wrong about the Great Resignation and how the pandemic has rewired worker preferences.

Maureen Rush, wearing red, with hands on hips talks and smiles with people on campus

After nearly three decades at Penn, Maureen Rush set to retire

The passionate public safety leader has made a big impact on campus and in Philadelphia.

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Perry World House explores the end of asylum

In a Perry World House talk, political scientist Michael Jones-Correa of the School of Arts & Sciences discussed the end of asylum, “one of the most pressing issues of our time,” he said.

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A ‘vibrant nexus’ for research and discovery in the physical sciences

With the construction of a new Physical Sciences Building and updates to the David Rittenhouse Laboratory, Penn will create a modernized physical sciences quadrant that integrates state-of-the-art research in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering.

Students watch a man lighting seven red and green candles for Kwanzaa. The table also displays plants, squash, and maize in representation of the harvest festival

Penn’s Kwanzaa celebrates ‘regrounding our purpose’

Kwanzaa, an African American cultural holiday, starts on Dec. 26 and goes through New Year’s Day. At Penn, it's a time to come together and take stock.

PIK Professor Kevin Johnson named University Professor

Kevin Johnson, who has appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication, will become the David L. Cohen University Professor.

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