Lyndsi Burcham provides information to new Quakers during NSO.
Helping the Class of 2022’s first-generation community early on
During New Student Orientation, first-generation, high-need students find an increased level of support, community and resources to help the transition into campus life.
Hailing from 49 states (all but Wyoming), Puerto Rico, and 88 countries around the world, the 2,552 members of the Class of 2022 moved in to Penn on Aug. 22.
Andrea Gomez at work in a laboratory as part of the Summer Undergraduate Internship Program.
Mentoring tomorrow’s biomedical researchers
This year, 41 students took part in the Summer Undergraduate Internship Program, a 10-week residential program that aims to steer biomedicine and biological science students toward Ph.D. programs.
Incoming freshman experience college and community ahead of first semester
In its 32nd year, the weeklong Africana Studies Summer Institute brought 65 incoming freshmen to campus in July, introducing them to the program’s courses, professors, graduate students, and fellow undergraduates.
From left: Nakeeya Garland (undecided, College of Arts and Sciences), Misha McDaniel (English, College of Arts and Sciences), Tiarrah Wilson (Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences) and Stephanie Tian (Wharton), all sophomores moving into Harrison College House.
Move-In officially begins on Tuesday, Aug. 21 with international, transfer, exchange and first-generation, low-income students arriving on campus, ready to begin the 2018-19 academic year.
M. Ani Hsieh’s robotics lab investigates how to use ocean currents as a natural energy source for marine robots, which would enable widespread exploration.
Fifteen-year old Maya Threndgil (far left) and fifteen-year old Shayla Fleming (far right) make bruschetta, while eighteen-year old Indera Guiton (middle) searches for ingredients for her salmon patties. Photo: Eric Sucar
West Philly students cook up on campus
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships helps high school students from West Philadelphia develop their strengths and interests through Leaders of Change, a University-Assisted Community Schools program.
Navigating urban waters, with an interdisciplinary approach
With independent research projects and immersive experiences on and near Philadelphia’s waterways, summer fellows with the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities are collaborating to develop new ways of learning and sharing knowledge.
For six weeks, from the middle of June through early August, summer camps offered by the Netter Center serve around 400 K-8 students and close to 200 high school students.
Netter Center provides summer academic and cultural enrichment
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships offers six-week summer camps at University-Assisted Community Schools that serve hundreds of Philadelphia schoolchildren.
Penn brings Philadelphia’s rare manuscripts to the world
Leveraging the University’s expertise with technology and rare centuries-old manuscripts, Penn Libraries is digitizing and cataloging medieval and early modern texts from 15 Philadelphia-area institutions. The three-year project is known as BiblioPhilly.
For six weeks, from the middle of June through early August, summer camps offered by the Netter Center serve around 400 K-8 students and close to 200 high school students.
