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During a meet at the Palestra, freshman Rebekah Lashley performs on the beam.

Lashley scores ECAC Rookie of the Week

The freshman gymnast put up high marks on the floor, vault, and beam.

Kathie Jin adjusts her helmet inside a Penn Electric Racing car.

Kathie Jin races towards the future with Penn Electric Racing

As the mechanical co-lead and operations lead for Penn Electric Racing (PER), a Formula SAE Electric Racing team, Engineering junior Kathie Jin leads a group of eighty students to design, build and race electric cars.

Man with crossed arms stands in front of a mural

‘A specific struggle’: Makuu director Brian Peterson on Black student life

Brian Peterson, three-time Penn graduate and director of Makuu: the Black Cultural Center, plays a central role in student life.

Nick Falcone standing with arms crossed with computer graphic renderings superimposed over the image.

Working to keep Penn ‘cyber safe’

Media hacks and data breaches are everywhere. Nick Falcone of Penn’s Office of Information Security works to keep the University’s information assets safe, from employing phishing-simulation tools to monitoring attack trends across all schools and centers.

students gathered around a table looking at armor

A day in shining armor

Grad students get a close-up view of artwork and materials from museum collections—including a 500-year-old painting and two sets of armor from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

a pattern of raised triangles made out of paper with blue lines indicating flaps that reach out to neighboring structures

Kirigami designs hold thousands of times their own weight

A team of researchers found that using the origami-inspired art of paper cutting and folding, it is possible to create super strong models from lightweight soft materials without the need for adhesives or fasteners.

Senior Sean Clarke leaps into the air while performing the pole vault during a meet.

Red & Blue race to victory on Staten Island

The Quakers excelled at the Penn 8-Team Select competition on Saturday, finishing first in a host of events.

Two construction workers attach a crane to wires around a beam covered in signatures at the topping-off ceremony for New College House West

New College House West milestone marked

As part of a long-standing tradition in construction, members of the construction, project, and architectural teams were given the opportunity to sign the last beam before it was hoisted via crane to the top of Penn's newest residence hall.

What’s the future of rental clothing?

Wharton School Marketing Professor Cait Lamberton, in a Q&A, explains why rental clothing has caught on and where it’s going.

Tough conversations and innovative outlooks in higher ed

President Amy Gutmann and Graduate School of Education scholar Robert Zemsky took part in a “fireside chat” at this year’s Higher Education Leadership Conference at Penn, which also awarded Gutmann the Zemsky Medal.

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