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Freshmen fly high, land weekly awards
Top, Janae Stewart prepares to kick a ball; bottom, Jake Inserra prepares to make a tackle.

Freshmen fly high, land weekly awards

Janae Stewart of the women’s soccer team has been selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week and Jake Inserra of the sprint football team has been named CSFL Co-Defensive Player of the Week and Co-Rookie of the Week.
Steiner’s term as dean of Penn’s Weitzman School of Design is extended
Design School Dean Fritz Steiner seated behind table in front of abstract green and white painting

Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Steiner’s term as dean of Penn’s Weitzman School of Design is extended

Frederick “Fritz” Steiner’s term as dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design has been extended two years to June 30, 2025. The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Beth A. Winkelstein.

Ron Ozio , Michael Grant

A pandemic year, in photos
peter coyle and kyle cassidy exhibit

Annenberg’s Kyle Cassidy, with Pete Coyle, an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School. Together they came up with the idea for this exhibit, which Cassidy says can be adapted to almost any group and many kinds of spaces.

A pandemic year, in photos

‘Apart Together,’ a new photography exhibit at the Annenberg School, shows that despite not being physically in the same place the past 18 months, our shared experiences kept us connected.

Michele W. Berger , Julie Sloane

National Academy of Medicine welcomes two new members from Penn
Marylyn Ritchie and Sarah Tishkoff

Marylyn D. Ritchie and Sarah A. Tishkoff are Penn’s newest elected members of the National Academy of Medicine.

National Academy of Medicine welcomes two new members from Penn

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Marylyn D. Ritchie and PIK Professor Sarah A. Tishkoff are among 100 new members to be elected this year to the Academy, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Religious freedom as a tool for American occupation
Researcher Jolyon Thomas on left book jacket on right

Jolyon Thomas, associate professor of religious studies in the School of Arts & Sciences

Religious freedom as a tool for American occupation

Jolyon Thomas, an associate professor of religious studies, discusses his award-winning book, ‘Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan.’

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Understanding civic engagement
Civic House exterior with foliage

Civic House. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Understanding civic engagement

In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Understand This …’ podcast series, Herman Beavers of the School of Arts & Sciences and Glenn Bryan of the Office of Government and Community Affairs discuss civic engagement—and jazz.
The business of sports reckons with domestic violence off the field
Tennis player preparing to serve on a clay court with Rolex signs on wall of court in background.

When a professional athlete is accused of domestic assault, how do the sport and the corporate brands tied to the athlete respond?

The business of sports reckons with domestic violence off the field

Wharton’s Americus Reed and Abraham J. Wyner explain how athletes’ endorsement contracts might be more relevant than their sports performance, and how all are at stake when allegations of misconduct arise.