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Class of 2023 is ready for liftoff
Amy Gutmann at the podium outside College Hall addressing the Class of 2023

Class of 2023 is ready for liftoff

At Monday’s Convocation, Penn’s newest students were welcomed to the University family. “The very first step in expanding your orbit is reaching out to somebody new,” President Amy Gutmann said.

Lauren Hertzler

Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus
A sculpture of a female figure and the feet of another sculpture of two figures as they are being lowered onto a pipe while one construction worker holds a rope and another reaches up.

Installation of the third set of figures in the sculpture “Social Consciousness” by Jacob Epstein, now in the Memorial Garden Walkway by the Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Center. 

Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus

On loan for 99 years, one sculpture is between Franklin Field and The Palestra, the other next to the main library.
Using a matching game to study the language of conversations
Four people in brightly colored clothing standing in a white hallway.

In the lab of Delphine Dahan (second from right), Penn junior Kassidy Houston, Penn sophomore Lilian Zhang, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth recruited participants, ran experiments, and coded video and audio to look for patterns in language use. 

Using a matching game to study the language of conversations

Penn undergrads Lilian Zhang and Kassidy Houston, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth, interned in the lab of cognitive psychologist Delphine Dahan doing work to better understand what subconsciously happens when people converse.

Michele W. Berger

The Class of 2023 moves in
amy zhou moves in to the quad

Amy Zhou and her father Yongquan navigate the entrance to Fisher Hassenfeld with a wheeled cart full of belongings.

The Class of 2023 moves in

On Aug. 21, the newest cohort of Quakers arrived on campus. Of all 2,400 incoming first-year students, nearly one-third arrived for Penn’s official Move-In day.
Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art
Six people standing in a parking lot looking at a colorful mural on the wall of a building.

A summer course in history of art took Penn students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss public artworks, including murals, like “How to Turn Something into Anything Else” on Broad Street. The course was taught by visiting instructor Emily Warner (left), who earned her Ph.D. at Penn. 

Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art

A summer course in history of art took students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss murals, sculptures, and other public artworks.
GRASP Lab’s high-flying robots
david saldana behind a table of his modular flying robots in front of a white board of equations and a TV screen

GRASP Lab’s high-flying robots

Postdoctoral researcher David Saldaña is working on algorithms and designs for autonomous airborne robots which can link together, break apart, and work together to complete tasks.

Gina Vitale Erica K. Brockmeier

Solving complex problems with purpose
angelica padilla working in a lab on a crowded optics table looking at a computer

Solving complex problems with purpose

Senior Angelica Padilla, who recently completed research through the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter undergraduate summer program, shares her passion for fluid mechanics.

Erica K. Brockmeier

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