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33rd Philadelphia Children’s Festival offers three days of performing arts fun 
Rennie Harris Children's Festival Rennie Harris Awe-Inspiring Works' "History of Hip Hop" will run at the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts as part of the 2018 Philadelphia Children's Festival.

33rd Philadelphia Children’s Festival offers three days of performing arts fun 

Now in its 33rd year, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts ushers in a three-day wave of merriment with the Philadelphia Children’s Festival, marked by its interdisciplinary lineup of performing arts acts. 
Solution Center targets Penn community’s common HR questions
Day Gordon Day Gordon, senior manager of the Penn Employee Solution Center.

Solution Center targets Penn community’s common HR questions

As part of a significant change in how the Division of Human Resources operates, the Human Capital Management Transformation Initiative will soon introduce a new third-party workday management platform, titled Workday@Penn.
New ‘match’ streamlines clinical training experience for psych graduate students
A person leaning against a glass railing, one elbow on the rail, the other hand on top of the leaning hand. The person is wearing a black dress with gold intertwining circles, a black sweater, glasses and gold earrings.

Melissa G. Hunt is the associate director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences. She is also author of the book “Reclaim Your Life from IBS: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Relief without Restrictive Diets.”

New ‘match’ streamlines clinical training experience for psych graduate students

A new “match” for clinical psychology graduate students connects trainees with potential externship sites. In its second year, the initiative successfully matched more than 250 trainees in the mid-Atlantic region.

Michele W. Berger

2018 Penn Commencement
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2018 Penn Commencement

Speaker Andrea Mitchell, an alumna and award-winning journalist, encouraged graduates to be curious, open-minded, and engaged.

Jacquie Posey

2018 Ivy Day ceremony
Penn Senior Honor Awardees 2018

Left to right: Seniors Makayla Reynolds, Kayvon Asemani, Silicia Lomax, Jerome Allen, Alexandra Rubin, Dawit Gebresellassie, Madeline Gelfand, and Nicholas Silverio were honored with Senior Honors at the 2018 Ivy Day ceremony. Photo by Scott Spitzer.

2018 Ivy Day ceremony

In a 145-year old tradition, 28 seniors were honored, as well as one junior, a sophomore, and two class of 2017 alumni.
Class of 2018 includes 19 Fulbright awardees
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Class of 2018 includes 19 Fulbright awardees

With 34 recipients, the graduating class of 2018 produces a a record-breaking number of Fulbright Scholars, for a school already regarded as a top institution for generating Fulbright recipients.