Amanda Mott | Penn Today

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

Penn Announces Launch of President’s Engagement Prizes

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann today announced the launch of the President’s Engagement Prizes, competitively awarded annual prizes for Penn seniors to design and undertake fully funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate.

Move-in Day for Class of 2018

On Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22, more than 2,400 freshmen and their families arrived at Penn, unloading cars and pushing wheeled cardboard boxes filled with bedding, clothes, and other necessities to their new campus homes.

Penn Undergrad Researches Cross-cultural Implications of the ‘Gangnam Phenomenon’

By Christina Cook

Penn Sophomore Seeks to Improve Pneumonia Vaccines

By Christina Cook

Penn Doctoral Candidate Minh Nguyen Sets His Sights on Curing Diseases

Minh Nguyen says he dropped out of medical school after just one year when he realized that there was a better way to save lives.

Penn Senior Researches the Silence of Socrates in Plato’s Symposium

By Christina Cook

Penn Projects Garner LEED Gold Designations, Adding to Green Campus Goals

Two University of Pennsylvania building projects have received LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council: The Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology and the Wharton School’s Steinberg-Dietrich Hall West Tower Entrance addition.

Penn Undergrad’s Research on Chinese Art Takes Her on a Cross-cultural Journey

By Christina Cook

Penn Physicist’s NIH Award to Advance Rapid, Graphene-based Gene Sequencing

Marija Drndić, a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences has been awarded a two-year, $880,000 grant for a project aimed at reducing the cost and time of genome sequencing.

As a Summer Intern, Penn Sophomore Clare Lombardo Gets Lesson in Journalism

It all started with the high school yearbook.