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Brandon K. Baker

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    Articles from Brandon K. Baker
    Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity
    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson in a lab examining a piece of equipment.

    (Image: Courtesy of VinUniversity)

    Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited VinUni in Hanoi, Vietnam, to commemorate the university’s fifth anniversary and Penn’s seventh year of allyship. He delivered a lecture about how excellent universities advance society.
    A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran
    Ramanan Raghavendran engages in conversation at a conference table.

    University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran.

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    A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

    One year since becoming the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Raghavendran discusses Penn’s advancements from the past year, the purpose of a values statement, and Penn’s strengths as a cultivator of American leadership.
    Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion
    Aaron Levy and students gathered around a table filled with images.

    Aaron Levy, center left, leads a Literature of Care seminar inside the gallery of Public Trust.

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    Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion

    Literature of Care, a course offered every fall in the School of Arts & Sciences, explores medical humanities and the role storytelling plays in patient care.
    A conversation with Interim President J. Larry Jameson
    J. Larry Jameson, seated, animatedly speaking at a table.

    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson.

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    A conversation with Interim President J. Larry Jameson

    Interim President Jameson discusses the many ways Penn is moving forward, from the opening of state-of-the-art facilities to new initiatives that advance In Principle and Practice.
    Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam
    Group of students and professor pose for a photo in front of a restaurant.

    Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

    (Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson)

    Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam

    In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
    Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment
    Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

    Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.

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    Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment

    Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.
    Introducing the Penn AI Council
    Locust Walk on Penn’s campus in the fall.

    The council will coordinate cross-school research opportunities, support new AI and data science scientists, and usher in the Penn Advanced Research Computing Center.

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    Introducing the Penn AI Council

    The Council consists of five faculty members collaborating to enhance visibility and impact of AI research across Penn.
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