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John Moore, "A Fine Fall Day," 2008, oil on canvas As a child, John Moore would play in the vacant back lots of factories in Wellston, a working-class neighborhood in St. Louis. It’s a neighborhood Moore compares to Kensington and North Philadelphia—the kind of places “where there’s a mix of manufacturing and residential all kind of juxtaposed together.”

Student Spotlight: Nancy Tsang

Photo credit: Mark Stehle

Staff Q&A/Greer Cheeseman

Photo credit: Mark Stehle Greer Cheeseman’s rather unique name first became associated with the Penn Band in 1973. Over the course of the ensuing decades, it’s become synonymous with it.

UC Green spring planting

WHAT: Initially created by Penn in 1999, UC Green is now an independent nonprofit community greening program. The group’s Pruning Club program cares for selected blocks around University City each season and trains volunteers during the summer in proper tree trimming techniques. UC Green also runs the UC Green Corps, a youth employment group, and each spring hosts tree plantings to beautify the neighborhood.

Student performers call Platt home

  There’s an arts club for just about everybody at Penn, from stand-up comedy and youth-focused theater to a jazz ensemble and an all-male, South Asian-inspired dance troupe. The Platt Student Performing Arts House, opened in 2006, is where all of these groups come together.

Breaking ground on Penn Park

Phase I of the University’s Penn Connects plan has begun with the development of Penn Park, a $40 million urban landscape project that will bring much-needed open and athletic space to University City.

The Potts Mansion

  The Potts Mansion at 3905 Spruce Street has served Penn, in one way or another, for more than 120 years.

Penn Names Christian Conroy to Be State Director of the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers

PHILADELPHIA -- Christian Conroy has been named state director of the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers.The announcement was made by Steven J. Fluharty, vice provost for research at Penn and chair of the Pennsylvania SBDC Oversight Board.Conroy, interim state director of the SBDC for more than a year, has been with the organization for 15 years, serving as associate state director for nine.

Social Work Awareness Month Film Screening: "King Gimp"

Penn Receives $1.7 Million to Enhance Global Understanding of Parasitic Genomes

PHILADELPHIA -– The University of Pennsylvania has received a $1.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help researchers share data and develop tools to fight globally neglected diseases.