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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
    New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
    Rendering of a new plaza exterior at night.

    Night view of the Stuart Weitzman Theatre from the Annenberg Center Plaza. Representative architectural rendering, subject to change.

    New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

    The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus.
    Move-In 2022: By the Numbers
    students pushing moving carts

    About 6,000 undergraduate students will be moving into the 13 Penn College Houses during Move-In 2022.

    Move-In 2022: By the Numbers

    With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.
    Move-In fall 2022 primer
    A person pulls a plastic bin out of a moving bin in front of one of Penn’s College Houses.

    Move-In fall 2022 primer

    Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates preparing to move into College Housing between Aug. 22 and 28.
    New gift brings design education to underserved youth
    Teenage students working on a scale design model.

    Design to Thrive gathers students ages 13 to 18 four days a week for an intensive design and making studio, where PennPraxis Design Fellows teach design skills and approaches, including welding with blowtorches, creating ceramic molds for porcelain bells, and building a precise topographic model. (Image: Gaja Papa for The Fresh Air Fund.)

    New gift brings design education to underserved youth

    Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.
    $12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice
    Gianni Morsell (left) and two other people smile for the camera at Commencement.

    Social Justice Scholar and May graduate Gianni Morsell, pictured at the SP2 graduation (left to right) with SP2 alumna Sarah Jones and SP2 Class of 2023 student Kira Kerkorian.

    $12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice

    The resources will provide unprecedented support for graduate students in social work, social policy, and nonprofit leadership
    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
    Group of people gathered together by a building entrance.

    During a celebration in May 2022, current fellows in the SNF Paideia Program welcomed the 2025 cohort.

    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

    Increased funding will enable the SNF Paideia Program at Penn to strengthen a commitment to the civic mission of higher education on campus and beyond with enhanced course offerings, an expanded fellowship program, and more event programming.
    Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution
    Shoshana Weintraub, Sarah Beth Gleeson, and Julia Yan.

    Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution

    May graduates Sarah Beth Gleeson, Shoshana Weintraub, and Julia Yan will use their President’s Sustainability Prize to create a device for trapping microfibers in laundry machines to reduce ocean microplastic pollution.
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