A year in photos and videos

The 17 Penn students and alumni who have been offered 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants are (from left) (top row) Emily R. Antrilli, Leo Biehl, Emmie Chacker, Claire Elliot, Zane Grenoble, and Arielle Hardy; (center row) Theresa Haupt, Timothy Lie, Paul Lin, Henry McDaniel, and Nova Meng; (bottom row) Aleena Parenti, Rajat Ramesh, Elan Roth, Emma Steinheimer, Rachel Swym, and Teresa Xie.
(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)
Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2025-26 U.S. Student Program grants

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Mark Dingfield named executive vice president at Penn
Donald Trump’s rate-cut wish may finally be inching closer, as Fed meeting notes reveal a ‘master class’ in indecision
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the economy’s current stability is the reason for the Fed not to change one of its fundamentals by cutting interest rates.
This family lost their home in the Texas floods. Like most victims of storm, they didn’t have flood insurance
As of 2018, only 30% of homes in FEMA-classified “special flood hazard areas” had flood insurance, according to an analysis by the Wharton Climate Center.
Trump tax law is surprise boon for affordable housing creation
An analysis from the Wharton School finds that a new fedearl law will leave households in low-income and some middle-income categories “worse off” overall.
West Philly campus move-out is a mess. Drexel, Penn and Rego are teaming up to fix it
Penn has joined with Drexel University and waste management startup Rego to donate unwanted items during move-out instead of leaving them on the curb, featuring remarks from sustainability director Nina Morris.
Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin Sunday
Penn Medicine’s first mobile mammogram van will offer free X-ray screenings for breast cancer at a Penn-hosted community health fair in West Philadelphia.
Penn names new executive to lead business operations, campus development
Mark F. Dingfield has been named executive vice president of Penn, featuring remarks from President J. Larry Jameson.