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Curtains up on spring student shows
Members of a Penn performing arts group rehearsing in a studio.

Kate Fitzsimmons (center) a third-year student in the Nursing School warms up practicing with the dancers of Strictly Funk, a student club who perform hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and free-style

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Curtains up on spring student shows

Hours of preparation go into dozens of student performances, a highlight of the thriving performing arts scene on campus.
Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
A group of students is gathered around a Formula-style racecar at an event.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car

Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.
‘Unpacking the Past’ at the Penn Museum
Young students at the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum.

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‘Unpacking the Past’ at the Penn Museum

Celebrating its 10th year, the program funds and manages field trips to the Museum for about 6,000 Philadelphia middle schoolers a year.

Louisa Shepard

Powwow at Penn
In the foreground, female dancers with shawls. In the background, a young man in warrior regalia.

An intertribal dance. In the background, a young man wears regalia made from birds of prey.

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Powwow at Penn

With drumming, dancers, and the cascading voices of musicians, the 13th annual Powwow at Penn welcomed more than 100 people.

Kristina Linnea García

Art Matters: Sam Maitin’s ‘Celebration’ mural
Celebration mural.

Artist Sam Maitin created his "Celebration" mural specifically for this space in the Annenberg School for Communication.

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Art Matters: Sam Maitin’s ‘Celebration’ mural

The artist known as Philadelphia’s “Mayor of the Arts” created the 17 colorful, playful pieces specifically for the Annenberg School for Communication.
A humanities pathway to pre-med
Emily Monfort and Izzy DiCampli work on set design.

In a theatre class, Emily Monfort and Izzy DiCampli work on umbrellas that will be built into dragon heads for the play “She Kills Monsters.”

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A humanities pathway to pre-med

Pre-med students majoring in English, theatre, history, and other humanities fields find satisfaction in tapping into multiple interests—and see benefits for a career in medicine.
Challenging the boundaries of STEM
Cynthia Dahl, Pinar Yildirim, Della Jenkins, and Mecky Pohlschröder.

Cynthia Dahl of Penn Carey Law, Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School, Della Jenkins of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Mecky Pohlschröder of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke on a panel for the 2024 Women in STEM Symposium.

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Challenging the boundaries of STEM

Female faculty and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Wharton School, and Penn Carey Law shared how they integrate science, technology, engineering, and math into their work.
Saving lives by distributing Narcan
Members of MERT and Wellness at Penn hand out Narcan on Locust Walk.

Trainor Macrone, a substance use specialist at Wellness at Penn’s Substance Use, Prevention, Education, and Recovery Program, hands out Narcan on Locust Walk.

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Saving lives by distributing Narcan

Wellness at Penn and MERT partnered for a Narcan giveaway and training last week on Locust Walk.
Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania
interim president larry jameson at solar panel ribbon cutting

Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, FRES Senior Vice President Anne Papageorge, Interim President J. Larry Jameson, and AES Senior Director of Origination Walter Crenshaw cut a ribbon to celebrate the operation of the Great Cove I and II solar facilities.

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Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania

Solar production has begun at the Great Cove I and II facilities in central Pennsylvania, the equivalent of powering 70% of the electricity demand from Penn’s academic campus and health system in the Philadelphia area.
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