Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar Christina Steele, a junior psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a 2019 Beinecke Scholar, a program which provides substantial scholarships for graduate education. (Photo: Aaron Olson) Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar Penn junior Christina Steele has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to pursue her graduate education. She is the 12th Beinecke Scholar from Penn since the award was first given in 1975.
Research, context, and community merge at Penn and Slavery Symposium Penn professors Kathleen Brown and Dorothy Roberts, with CUNY professor Deirdre Cooper Owens, spoke to a room packed with students, experts, and community members in the Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. Research, context, and community merge at Penn and Slavery Symposium Students, faculty, and community members gathered to talk about the University’s connections to slavery.
Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building Roy and Diana Vagelos nocred Record gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create new energy science and technology building Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $50 million to Penn Arts & Sciences for a new science center focused on energy science. The gift creating the new energy science and technology building In support of the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences Campaign is the largest in the School’s history.
The Power of Penn at the Met The Power of Penn at the Met One year into the Power of Penn campaign, President Amy Gutmann hosted a panel discussion with three professors to usher in another year of inclusion, innovation, and impact on a local and global scale.
Five events to watch for in April Dancers pose as part of Kun-Yang Lin/Dance’s upcoming performance at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo courtesy: The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts) Five events to watch for in April Happening around campus this April: an appearance by “Sorry to Bother You” director Boots Riley, a talk from Inquirer critic Inga Saffron, and the 10th annual West Craft Fest.
From Play-Doh to Slinkies, an engaging introduction to the basics of the brain Students like Anijah Tucker-Hill tried different-sized brains on for size, trying to guess which model was to human scale. From Play-Doh to Slinkies, an engaging introduction to the basics of the brain The Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair brought West Philadelphia fourth graders and Penn neuroscience students together for a morning of hands-on fun.
University of Pennsylvania regular decision results for Class of 2023 nocred University of Pennsylvania regular decision results for Class of 2023 Penn today announced admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2023, the institution’s 267th class. The admitted cohort of 3,345 was selected from a pool of 44,960 applicants.
Declassified images from U2 spy planes reveal bygone Middle Eastern archaeological features Desert kites, stone wall structures that date back 5,000 to 8,000 years like those shown above, were used to trap gazelle and other similar animals. The dry desert of eastern Jordan preserved many of them, but agricultural expansion in western Jordan dismantled or destroyed many more. Declassified images from U2 spy planes reveal bygone Middle Eastern archaeological features Researchers from Penn and Harvard are the first to make archaeological use of U2 spy plane imagery, and have created a tool that allows other researchers to identify and access the Cold War-era photos.
STEM legacies: Five researchers reflect on the women who inspire them STEM legacies: Five researchers reflect on the women who inspire them For Women’s History Month, Penn faculty share their perspectives on enterprising women in STEM who have been sources of inspiration in a field with a large gender imbalance.
Without Mueller details, questions remain on Russia Without Mueller details, questions remain on Russia Professors from Penn Law and the School of Arts and Sciences react to what we know—and what’s still unanswered.