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2018 Penn Commencement
2018 Penn Commencement
Speaker Andrea Mitchell, an alumna and award-winning journalist, encouraged graduates to be curious, open-minded, and engaged.
Morris Arboretum art exhibit reflects on time in the garden
Morris Arboretum art exhibit reflects on time in the garden
For its latest exhibition, the Morris Arboretum posed a simple question to more than 100 artists who submitted concepts: What does the idea of “time in the garden” mean to you?
Hey Day 2018
Hey Day 2018
When they graduate next year, students in the Class of 2019 will remember April 26 as the heyday of their college lives. Hey Day is the annual rite of passage for juniors, when they move up the class ranks to become seniors.
Penn Electric Racing gears up for this years’ competition with an innovative new design
Penn Electric Racing gears up for this years’ competition with an innovative new design
Penn Electric Racing, a team of about 60 students at the University of Pennsylvania, design and build electric cars to race in the Formula SAE Electric competition each year.
Building futures through LEGOs
Building futures through LEGOs
In the FIRST LEGO League tournament, middle school teams mentored by Penn Engineering students worked to design and build robots related to the theme of water.
Celebrating five years of working dogs at Penn
Celebrating five years of working dogs at Penn
The Working Dog Center began with just a few puppies, and now, five years later, has trained some of the best noses in the business. Canine graduates have gone on to police work, search and rescue, and explosives, narcotics, and diabetes detection.
These small robots are inspired by origami
These small robots are inspired by origami
Through origami-inspired engineering, one researcher hopes to not only create rapidly fabricable robots, but also build intuitive design software that enables others who may not be trained in engineering to create their own personalized robots.
Exploring new worlds: Penn students design an ice drilling robot for Mars
Exploring new worlds: Penn students design an ice drilling robot for Mars
The team’s robot is designed to drill through soil on Mars, extract ice and clay, and then melt the ice and filter it into drinkable water.
Commencement 2017: ‘use your freedom well’
Commencement 2017: ‘use your freedom well’
Penn President Amy Gutmann celebrated the University graduates of the Class of 2017, along with family, friends, the academic community, alumni, and Commencement speaker Cory Booker, Democratic U.S. Senator for New Jersey.
Hey Day 2017
Hey Day 2017
At the annual tradition that marks the official passage of the junior class to senior status, participants joyfully marched down Locust Walk to College Green, holding bamboo canes and donning Styrofoam hats.