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Two-day, 150-mile trek to conquer cancer
As chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine, Lynn Schuchter spends much of her time in the clinical setting working with melanoma patients. But on Saturday, Oct.
Penn Museum promotes peace with Sonia Sanchez
Poetic voices will soon harmonize in hopes of inspiring a more unified and tranquil society at “Footprints of Peace,” a featured program celebrating International Peace Day.
Q&A with Wendy White
From her light-filled office atop 113 S. 36th St., Wendy White jokes about the stresses of being a lawyer. It’s different day-to-day and week-to-week, she says, and a particularly difficult issue she’s working on in the morning often turns into a completely different obstacle by lunchtime.
Staff Q&A with Nancy Peter
It’s easy for Nancy Peter to love her job, she says, because she created it herself. In 2003, after a career wearing hats such as environmental educator, school programs coordinator, education director, curriculum manager, and policy specialist, Peter had the idea to create a resource center that would help the types of educational staff she had been involved with herself.
We the people of Penn celebrate National Constitution Day
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs (OGCA) is offering a variety of ways for we the people of Penn to celebrate National Constitution Day, more than two centuries after the Founding Fathers first signed the document on Sept. 17, 1787.
Green Campus Partnership recruiting staff/faculty Eco-Reps
Penn faculty and staff who hold their reusable mugs and eco-totes high now have the opportunity to make their dedication to environmental sustainability official.
Penn Employee Transforms Health Due to ‘Be in the Know’
The Division of Human Resource’s (HR) “Be in the Know” campaign is a program designed to give Penn faculty and staff better insight into their health status—as well as
Penn employee transforms health due to ‘Be in the Know’
The Division of Human Resource’s (HR) “Be in the Know” campaign is a program designed to give Penn faculty and staff better insight into their health status—as well as a $100 incentive, less applicable payroll taxes.
Coming soon: Contactless PennCards
As the upcoming fall semester approaches, the University will begin rolling out PennCards with an updated design—the first new look for the PennCard since 2003.
Penn awards college scholarships to West Philly youth
In 1987, the Philadelphia Daily News published an article about Eric Franklin, an ambitious young man who, in spite of being homeless for most of his life, was preparing to attend college.