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Reading the game with Ginger Fontenot
Ginger Fontenot holds a soccer ball while leaning against a goal post at Penn Park, with the Philly skyline in the background.

Image: Eric Sucar

Reading the game with Ginger Fontenot

The fourth-year defender on the women’s soccer team chats about her competitive drive, the charge of a center-back, running five to eight miles per game, playing at home, her favorite memory, and her favorite movie.
On stage at Carnegie Hall
Soundworks Tap Factory performing on stage at Carnegie Hall.

Soundworks Tap Factory

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On stage at Carnegie Hall

More than 150 students were among nine performing arts groups that took to the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City in the fifth “Toast to Dear Old Penn” showcase.
Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar
Ashley Fuchs standing outside

Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Marshall Scholar. 

(Image: Courtesy of Ashley Fuchs)

Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar

Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen as a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Established by the British Government, the Marshall Scholarship funds as many as three years of study for a graduate degree in any field in an institution in the United Kingdom. 
The advent of e-commerce
Man walking through a city carrying packages

During the holiday season, about three times as many parcels are shipped per day. For delivery workers, it’s a grueling marathon that goes on through mid-January.

(Image: Maarten van den Heuvel on Unsplash)

  • Q&A

    • The advent of e-commerce

    In a Q&A, sociologist Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences talks transport, last-mile delivery, and the “incredible amounts of physical effort” required to get the holiday packages to America’s front doors.

    Kristina García

    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy
    Three people stand in front of a bookcase full of books in burgundy binding, the man on the left is wearing judge robes and has his right hand in the air, the woman on the right is in judge robes and has her right hand in the air and left hand on a bible and a man in the middle wears a suit and tie, is holding the bible and is looking at the woman

    Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in to the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O’Connor looks on.

    (Image: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)

    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy

    Three Penn experts—Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marci A. Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences, and former Penn Carey Law School dean Ted Ruger—share their thoughts on the history-making justice.

    Kristen de Groot

    Inclusive, ambitious research to meet the needs of a changing planet
    vast soy bean field with clouds

    (Image: iStock/oticki)

    Inclusive, ambitious research to meet the needs of a changing planet

    Collaborative research communities supported by the Environmental Innovations Initiative are addressing issues related to climate action, stewardship of nature, and societal resilience.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    ‘PoemTalk’ podcast at 200 episodes
    five people sitting at a table with microphones and books in front of a wall of windows

    The 200th episode of PoemTalk was filmed at the Kelly Writers House on Nov. 30. From left: Host Al Filreis and poets William J. (Billy Joe) Harris, Aldon Lynn Nielsen, and Tyrone Williams, and featured poet Evie Shockley. 

    (Image: Zach Carduner)

    ‘PoemTalk’ podcast at 200 episodes

    The 200th episode of the pioneering poetry podcast “PoemTalk” was recorded at the Kelly Writers House last week, 16 years after the first. Founder Al Filreis (left) of the School of Arts & Sciences is the creator and host of the discussion-based monthly podcast that features a “close, but not too close” reading of a poem.
    Two Penn fourth-year students have received Schwarzman Scholarships
    Amanda Howard standing outside with trees behind her and Joey Yang standing in front of a striped backdrop

    Fourth-year students Amanda Howard (left) and Zhouyi (Joey) Yang have received Schwarzman Scholarships, which fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn's Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

    Two Penn fourth-year students have received Schwarzman Scholarships

    Fourth-years Amanda Howard and Zhouyi (Joey) Yang have received Schwarzman Scholarships, which fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
    Things to know: E-scooters and safety
    People preparedness for fire drill and training to use a fire safety tank.

    With the rising popularity of e-scooters, the Division of Public Safety is spreading the message of safe use and operation of these devices that are prohibited from campus buildings.

    (Image: iStock / panom73)

    Things to know: E-scooters and safety

    Penn’s Gene Janda and Joe Romm and Andrew Baldwin of the Philadelphia Fire Department discuss lithium-ion battery fire risks.
    Penn scientists reflect on one year of ChatGPT
    Panel on ChatGPT.

    Caption: René Vidal, at the podium, introduces the event "ChatGPT turns one: How is generative AI reshaping science?" Bhuvnesh Jain, left at the table, moderated the discussion with Sudeep Bhatia, Konrad Kording, Andrew Zahrt, and Nick Pangakis. 

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    Penn scientists reflect on one year of ChatGPT

    The Data Driven Discovery Initiative hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion with Penn researchers in chemistry, neuroscience, psychology, and political science.