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Brandon Baker

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    Building the Penn community at NSO
    Penn students looking excited in The Palestra.

    First-year Penn students gathered at The Palestra on Aug. 22, 2024, for the “Building the Penn Community” event, part of New Student Orientation.

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    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
    A stairwell and mural next to a group of students sitting in chairs.

    A scene from a fall 2023 preceptorial.

    (Image: Courtesy of New Student Orientation)

    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.
    Animating for impact
    Cartoon-stylized person compassionately touching an elderly person's face.

    A still from "Mother," an animated short film about Hong's grandfather’s life, from losing his mother at a young age to building his own family.

    (Image: Ejun Hong)

    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
    Quadrangle building exterior with cranes outside of it.

    A construction crew works outside of the Quadrangle, which recently finished phase one of a three-phase renovation. 

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    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.
    Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
    A group of Penn students looking at Japanese artifacts being presented in a museum.

    (On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.

    (Image: John Kehayias)

    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.
    ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall
    A gazing ball atop a bird bath and a stylized snake on astroturf.

    “Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”

    (Image: Constance Mensh)

    ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall

    The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable.
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