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    Boosting the frequency of sound waves to make the next generation of wireless devices
    Researchers in a clean room pointing at a microscope.

    Under the guidance of Yue Jiang(left), a Ph.D. candidate in the Charlie Johnson research group in the School of Arts & Sciences, Vincent Kerler (right) conducted this work through the Penn Undergraduate Researching Mentoring Program, a 10-week opportunity from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. The program provides rising second- and third-year students with $5,000 awards to work alongside Penn faculty.

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    Boosting the frequency of sound waves to make the next generation of wireless devices

    Vincent Kerler, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent the summer running simulations as part of Charlie Johnson’s research on topological insulators.
    How food moves around cities
    Penn students walking through Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

    (On homepage) Students walk through the Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

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    How food moves around cities

    Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine.
    The impact of small seminars for new college students
    A Penn professor leading a seminar to a class of first-year students.

    Melissa Jensen, a lecturer in the Department of English, in her first-year seminar Juvenilia, which ran for the first in the fall semester in 2023.

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    The impact of small seminars for new college students

    Sixty first-year seminars offer complex subjects in a comfortable group setting, as well as close connections to professors and peers. This year, 10 are also taking part in a pilot program focused on teaching students how to have respectful dialogue around difficult topics.

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    The mechanics of collaboration
    Portrait of Xinlan Emily Hu

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    The mechanics of collaboration

    Penn Ph.D. student Xinlan Emily Hu leads a group of budding engineers and social scientists who study communication across teams. The group has developed a new toolkit aimed at helping researchers analyze and measure teamwork.
    Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul
    Devdyuti Paul rests against a pillar in front of Fisher Fine Arts Library

    People need art, Paul says. “It’s life-changing. It’s a way for people to feel catharsis.”

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    • Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul

    In a summer internship at the Barnes Foundation, Devdyuti Paul makes the arts accessible.

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    At Convocation, a call to ‘come together’
    The class of 2028 on Franklin Field during Convocation for the Class of 2028.

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    At Convocation, a call to ‘come together’

    The ceremony marked the start of Penn’s 285th academic year, with about 2,500 new students gathered on Franklin Field.

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    Building the Penn community at NSO
    Penn students looking excited in The Palestra.

    First-year Penn students gathered at The Palestra on Aug. 22, 2024, for the “Building the Penn Community” event, part of New Student Orientation.

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    Building the Penn community at NSO

    New Student Orientation introduced the first-ever “Building the Penn Community” event during Penn Spirit Day on Thursday, Aug. 22.
    Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
    Two college students lean over a table to talk with elementary school students

    Penn students and district staff with students at Lea Elementary.

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    Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities

    A new Netter Center white paper written in collaboration with eight universities highlights mutually beneficial university-community partnerships.

    Kristina García

    Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college
    Move-In coordinators gather signs to put around Penn’s campus.

    Penn’s Move-In Coordinator Program operates out of Residential & Hospitality Services, and staffed by 49 second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students.

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    Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college

    Forty-eight second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students will be on the ground during Move-In to assist approximately 6,000 new and returning Quakers.
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