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Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet
Four scientists speak in a dairy cow facility

Thomas Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine co-leads one of the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s research communities, on regenerative agriculture. The Initiative support synergizes with Penn Vet’s Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security.

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Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet

The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023
five individual portraits in a composite

The Academy of Arts and Sciences elected five Penn faculty this year, (left to right): (top) Mirjam Cvetič of the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS); Nader Engheta of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and SAS; and Vivian L. Gadsden of the Graduate School of Education and SAS; (bottom) Petra E. Todd of SAS, and E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023

Faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate School of Education, and Perelman School of Medicine are recognized this year for contributions to physics, engineering and technology, education, economics, and microbiology and immunology.

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Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
Ericka Weathers.

Ericka Weathers, assistant professor in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership and Systems division.

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Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers

The Penn GSE professor studies how policies that are supposed to be race-neutral, like school funding formulas, truancy policy, or special education, end up failing marginalized groups, and urges a look at the results of past policies to better inform moving forward.

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Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
New GSE dean smiling against colorful backdrop

Katharine O. Strunk

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Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education

Strunk, an award-winning mixed methods scholar at Michigan State University, is an expert on teacher labor markets, school and district improvement and accountability policies, and efforts to boost student achievement. 
Higher education conference emphasizes importance of international collaborations 
overhead view of room with about 80 chairs mostly occupied and two people on a stage with a big screen behind them

The “Future of Global Higher Education” conference included panels in the morning and a lunch before the keynote speech and conversation.

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Higher education conference emphasizes importance of international collaborations 

L. Rafael Reif, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the keynote speaker at “The Future of Global Higher Education” conference at Perry World House, marking the 10th anniversary of Penn Global.

Louisa Shepard

2023 Women of Color at Penn Awards
Zhanar Beketova, Krista L. Cortes, Nesha Subramaniam, and Sharon Smith hold hands at the podium

The voices of color presentation included reflections from Zhanar Beketova of the Graduate School of Education, Krista L. Cortes of La Casa Latina, Nesha Subramaniam, a South Asia Studies major in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Sharon Smith, Associate Vice Provost for University Life.

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2023 Women of Color at Penn Awards

The 36th annual Women of Color at Penn award ceremony celebrated the achievements of women of color at Penn and in the broader community, highlighting this year’s theme of self-care and healing.

Kristina Linnea García

International students offer ‘rich and diverse’ perspectives
A group of international grad students is seen from above on the ground floor of Perry World House.

International graduate students were welcomed on campus at an event at Perry World House in fall 2022. 

(Image: Eddy Marenco).

International students offer ‘rich and diverse’ perspectives

Penn’s campus community includes students from all parts of the globe, bringing their unique experiences and soaking in all the University has to offer.

Kristen de Groot

John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost
John L. Jackson Jr.

John L. Jackson Jr.

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John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost

The Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Richard Perry University Professor will begin his appointment on June 1, 2023.