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Greg Johnson

Managing Editor
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  • Greg Johnson

    Greg Johnson covers Penn Athletics and Recreation, which includes sports teams, intramural sports, and the Penn Relays. He manages the annual Research at Penn publication, which highlights notable research from all 12 schools at Penn.

    Articles from Greg Johnson
    Wharton MBA student is out of this world
    Jameel Janjua in front of an F-16.

    Image: John Pingry

    Wharton MBA student is out of this world

    Jameel Janjua discusses his interest in spaceflight, the fastest aircraft he has flown, the effect of supersonic speed on the body, attending Wharton, and his first time in space.
    What’s That? The Heisman Trophy
    The Heisman Trophy in the office of football coach Ray Priore.

    Image: Eric Sucar

    What’s That? The Heisman Trophy

    In the office of Ray Priore, head coach of the football team, rests the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college sports.
    Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame
    Karen Verderame sits at her desk holding a tarantula.

    Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame has 17 tarantulas, vinegaroons (whip-tail scorpions), true scorpions, hissing cockroaches, giant cockroaches, three bearded dragons, a snake, hermit crabs, chinchillas, two dogs, and three cats. 

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    Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame

    Verderame, an outreach educator at the School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her kinship with misunderstood animals, introducing students to veterinary medicine, the black market for insects, her favorite part of her job, and the dreaded spotted lanternfly.
    Keeping the Penn community safe and sound
    mert students on their bikes on locust walk

    Serving the same patrol zone as the Division of Public Safety, MERT acts as a partner to DPS and the Philadelphia Fire Department, responding to campus medical emergencies on evenings and weekends.

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    Keeping the Penn community safe and sound

    The Division of Public Safety helps keep the University community safe through programs like the 24/7 Walking Escort Service, the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System, Penn Guardian, and the HELP Line.
    Studying how infants learn language
    second-year Ziana Sundrani and third-year Taiwo Adeaga stand next to each other.

    Image: Eric Sucar

    Studying how infants learn language

    Supported by PURM, second-year Ziana Sundrani and third-year Taiwo Adeaga worked in the Infant Language Center over the summer on a project exploring how infants figure out which things are words.
    The nuts and bolts of book publishing
    Dylan Fritz sits on the steps outside Penn Press.

    Eric Sucar

    The nuts and bolts of book publishing

    Fourth-year Dylan Fritz interned at Penn Press over the summer in the acquisitions and marketing departments through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.
    How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking
    Gabriella Jean stands on Locust Walk while wearing a pants suit.

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    How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking

    Supported by PURM, second-year Gabriella Jean worked in the AHA! Lab over the summer on a research project examining the association between everyday life stressors and cigarette smoking.
    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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