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University of Pennsylvania regular decision results for Class of 2023
University of Pennsylvania regular decision results for Class of 2023
Penn today announced admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2023, the institution’s 267th class. The admitted cohort of 3,345 was selected from a pool of 44,960 applicants.
University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program
University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program
Penn announced a $6 million gift to launch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, which will reimagine the ancient Greek ideal Paideia—or “education of the whole person”—with courses focusing on wellness, service, and citizenship.
Penn Trustees approve 2019-20 financial aid budget and tuition
Penn Trustees approve 2019-20 financial aid budget and tuition
The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approved a 3.9% increase in tuition for the coming year, while also approving a record $247 million undergraduate financial aid budget.
Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named
Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named
Dr. Gregory Eells, a national leader in university counseling services, will take the helm as executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services in March.
A Global Rhodes for Penn
A Global Rhodes for Penn
Adamseged Abebe of Gondar, Ethiopia, has been awarded an inaugural Global Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
Unpacking Philadelphia’s response to shifting immigration policies
Unpacking Philadelphia’s response to shifting immigration policies
At Perry World House, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sat down with former City Solicitor Sozi Tulante, a PWH Visiting Fellow, to discuss the administration’s role in significant immigration-policy decisions.
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein named Perry World House Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein named Perry World House Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence
In addition to his residency at PWH, Penn’s global policy research institute, Al Hussein will also co-teach a class at the Penn Law School during the spring semester.
Penn honors six alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, author and lawyer Lisa Scottoline
Penn honors six alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, author and lawyer Lisa Scottoline
Seven distinguished alumni will be awarded at the 2018 Alumni Award of Merit Gala on Friday, Nov. 9., including best-selling crime novelist, Lisa Scottoline for her life-long commitment to the arts.
The inaugural India Research and Engagement Fund awards help further the ‘global university’
The inaugural India Research and Engagement Fund awards help further the ‘global university’
During the next two years, Penn IREF will award as much as $2 million in matching research grants to Penn faculty to stimulate and support research activity in India.