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Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants
Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants
A new initiative that advances In Principle and Practice, the Draw Down the Lightning grants encourage collaborative endeavors in support of the strategic framework’s four principles and five practices.
Understanding diabetes and oral health
Understanding diabetes and oral health
Two undergraduates, supported by PURM, worked on research projects this summer with the Graves Lab to contribute to the knowledge of diabetes’ impact on oral wound healing and periodontal disease.
Building the Penn community at NSO
Building the Penn community at NSO
New Student Orientation introduced the first-ever “Building the Penn Community” event during Penn Spirit Day on Thursday, Aug. 22.
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
Preceptorials, a New Student Orientation tradition for first-year undergraduates, run this Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A Q&A with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran
A Q&A with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran
Penn Today sat down with Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran about his first six months and the year ahead.
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
The Conversations for Community and Dinners Across Differences programs, launched last fall, foster spaces conducive for difficult conversations while recognizing shared humanity.
Animating for impact
Animating for impact
Funded by RealArts@Penn, rising fourth-year Ejun Hong is spending the summer interning with Sony Pictures in Los Angeles.
Summer construction in full swing on campus
Summer construction in full swing on campus
Before student Move-In, construction teams work to advance building projects and conduct maintenance. Facilities & Real Estate Services offers updates on a few projects.
What’s That? The grotesques on the Evans Building
What’s That? The grotesques on the Evans Building
The kooky figures that perch above passersby along 40th Street.
Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.