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University professorships for Konrad Kording, George Demiris
Konrad Kording (left) and George Demiris

Penn Integrates Knowledge professors Konrad Kording (left), who has appointments in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine and George Demiris, who has appointments in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine.

University professorships for Konrad Kording, George Demiris

Kording, a data scientist who studies the brain, will become the Nathan Francis Mossell University Professor. Demiris, a gerontologist who studies IT to support older adults, will become the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor.

Michele W. Berger

Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team, ‘prepared for anything’
mert students treating person with arm injury

Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team, ‘prepared for anything’

The student-run organization, which includes nearly 70 undergraduates who are licensed EMTs, complements the Division of Public Safety and Philadelphia Fire Department by responding to medical emergencies on campus.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Student accounts, records, and financial aid, all in one mobile-friendly package
A man wearing a mask and a Penn hoodie uses a desktop computer at a high top desk in a lobby

The new Pennant system will be user-intuitive and mobile-friendly, says Matt Sessa. Nevertheless, it will be “a big change” for the Penn community, he says. 

Student accounts, records, and financial aid, all in one mobile-friendly package

Te Next Generation Student Systems team has been working on a comprehensive student information system, known as Pennant. The program will complete its final phase this spring in advance of the 2022-23 academic year.

Kristina García

Breaking tackles with Laquan McKever
Standing near the goalpost in the endzone at Franklin Field, Laquan McKever holds a football and wears a Penn jacket.

Breaking tackles with Laquan McKever

The senior running back discusses his sprint football career, how the pandemic reignited his passion for the game, adjusting to the speed of the sport, how he became a Colts fan living in North Jersey, and his plans for the future.
Sunny days and cool nights bring color to campus
window detail of fisher fine arts library with autumn leaves

Sunny days and cool nights bring color to campus

Fall on Penn’s campus, as ever, is awash in a majestic spread of gold, red, and orange. The beauty highlights the necessity of mitigating climate change, which could lead to less stunning foliar color.
Three cheers for two Quakers
From left to right, Gracyn Banks holds a field hockey stick on her left shoulder while leaning against a goal at Vagelos Field; Jordan Obi goes up for the shot against King's College at the Palestra.

Three cheers for two Quakers

Gracyn Banks of the field hockey team and Jordan Obi of the women’s basketball team have been honored, in turn, by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and Ivy League.
Past plagues, current pandemics, and public hygiene messaging
Woman leans against a tree with her arms crossed, looking into the camera, with other trees in fall colors behind her on a sunny day

History Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Xia Yu’s research looks at public health and hygiene in Republican China.

Past plagues, current pandemics, and public hygiene messaging

History Ph.D. candidate Sarah Xia Yu discusses her research on public hygiene in China and what the past might tell us about how governments could better communicate public health messages.

Kristen de Groot

Killing time with Autumn Leak
Autumn Leak, holding a blue and white volleyball, sits on a bench outside of the Palestra. She is wearing a blue Penn volleyball shirt.

Killing time with Autumn Leak

The junior co-captain on the volleyball team chats about her role as an outside hitter, the art of the volleyball kill, overcoming anxiety, competing against her sister, and her plans for the offseason.
Art from Mexico
professor and two students looking at colorful artwork on table

Patricia Vargas (left), a Penn Spanish language lecturer, took her class to the Penn Museum to see the yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico, and to discuss interpretations in Spanish. Juniors Abhi Bhandari (center) and George Adu-Agyare (right) talk about a work titled “Antes de la inundación,” or “Before the flood.” 

Art from Mexico

During visits to the Penn Museum this semester, nearly 200 students in intermediate Spanish classes had the chance to learn about yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico.
2020 voting report: By the numbers
Students bend over to fill out paperwork on a table

Students sign up on National Voter Registration Day in September 2021. 

2020 voting report: By the numbers

Penn students voted in unprecedented numbers during the 2020 presidential election, in part due to the voter-engagement program Penn Leads the Vote, which recently won the 2021 ALL IN Democracy Challenge Best Action Plan Award.

Kristina García

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