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Amanda Mott

Director of News and Media
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    Amanda Mott manages media relations related to the Office of the Executive Vice President which includes facilities and real estate, Penn’s Climate Action Plan, student financial services, business services, campus housing and dining, and the endowment. In addition, she covers Commencement and Penn Global including Perry World House, the Penn Wharton China Center, and the Penn Biden Center. 

    Articles from Amanda Mott
    Commencement 2019 primer
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    Commencement 2019 primer

    The University of Pennsylvania’s 263rd Commencement ceremony will be held on Franklin Field on Monday, May 20.
    Bryan Stevenson to speak at Penn’s 263rd Commencement
    Bryan Stevenson wearing a black suit and green and blue striped tie.

    Bryan Stevenson. Photo copyright by Paul Robertson .

    Bryan Stevenson to speak at Penn’s 263rd Commencement

    Author, public-interest lawyer, and advocate Bryan Stevenson will deliver the address at the University’s 263rd Commencement on Monday, May 20, and be awarded an honorary degree.
    Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building
    Roy and Diana Vagelos

    Roy and Diana Vagelos

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    Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building

    Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $50 million to Penn Arts & Sciences for a new science center focused on energy science. The gift creating the new energy science and technology building In support of the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences Campaign is the largest in the School’s history.
    University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program
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    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.
    Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named
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    Gregory Eells. (Photo: Penn Counseling and Psychological Services)

    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.
    State Department awards Penn $2 million to preserve cultural heritage in northern Iraq
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    The cemetery of the Church of St. Thomas (above) in Mosul, Iraq, was badly damaged by Islamic State militants. The new grant awarded to the University of Pennsylvania will go toward stabilization and conservation of such culturally important sites.

    State Department awards Penn $2 million to preserve cultural heritage in northern Iraq

    The two-phase, three-year project aims to revitalize the city and its culture.
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