People and Places at Penn: Homecoming People and Places at Penn: Homecoming Six alumni share their favorite campus spots—and how they found a niche at Penn.
Two Penn alumni named inaugural Samvid Scholars Haley Morin (left) and Debbie Rabinovich, both 2019 Penn graduates, have been chosen for the inaugural class of 20 Samvid Scholars, selected for their academic and leadership achievements and demonstrated drive to make positive changes in society. Two Penn alumni named inaugural Samvid Scholars Two 2019 graduates, Haley Morin and Debbie Rabinovich have been chosen for the inaugural class of 20 Samvid Scholars for their academic and leadership achievements and demonstrated drive to make positive changes in society.
A Philly exoneree works to free other wrongly convicted people. First up: His codefendant Philadelphia Inquirer A Philly exoneree works to free other wrongly convicted people. First up: His codefendant Penn students and alumni, including the President’s Engagement Prize winning team behind Project Hope, have been working with the Terrance Lewis Liberation Foundation to support wrongly convicted people. Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics nocred Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics Thirteen Quakers competed in the Games, which were held in Paris, and returned with 20 medals in track & field events. First African American Olympic gold medalist was a Penn grad First African American Olympic gold medalist was a Penn grad John Baxter Taylor Jr. of Philadelphia, a superstar on Penn’s track & field team in the early 1900s, won gold at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer Paola Camacho, in the Class of 2024 in the College of Arts and Sciences, was in Los Angeles this summer working with Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a RealArts@Penn internship. (Image: Courtesy of Paola Camacho) Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer Rising sophomore Paola Camacho is conducting research for Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a Real Arts@Penn internship in Los Angeles. Two more Quakers competing in Tokyo Olympics Two more Quakers competing in Tokyo Olympics A former Quaker and an incoming Quaker are competing in the Olympics in Tokyo, giving Penn a total of eight athletes participating in the Games Meet the Penn athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics Meet the Penn athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics Six Quakers are going for the gold in the Olympic Games, representing the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bermuda, and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei. ‘Dreaming of Jerusalem’ Homepage image: The documentary “Dreaming of Jerusalem” tells the story of the Ethiopian Jewish community living in Addis Ababa and Gondar, now more than 12,000 people, waiting for the chance to emigrate to what they consider their true homeland. ‘Dreaming of Jerusalem’ Penn’s Peter Decherney and Sosena Solomon make a documentary film about a Jewish community in Ethiopia waiting to emigrate to Israel. Two Quakers selected in MLB Draft Two Quakers selected in MLB Draft Peter Matt and Josh Hood became the 15th and 16th Quakers in the last 20 years to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.
Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics nocred Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics Thirteen Quakers competed in the Games, which were held in Paris, and returned with 20 medals in track & field events.
First African American Olympic gold medalist was a Penn grad First African American Olympic gold medalist was a Penn grad John Baxter Taylor Jr. of Philadelphia, a superstar on Penn’s track & field team in the early 1900s, won gold at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer Paola Camacho, in the Class of 2024 in the College of Arts and Sciences, was in Los Angeles this summer working with Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a RealArts@Penn internship. (Image: Courtesy of Paola Camacho) Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer Rising sophomore Paola Camacho is conducting research for Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a Real Arts@Penn internship in Los Angeles.
Two more Quakers competing in Tokyo Olympics Two more Quakers competing in Tokyo Olympics A former Quaker and an incoming Quaker are competing in the Olympics in Tokyo, giving Penn a total of eight athletes participating in the Games
Meet the Penn athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics Meet the Penn athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics Six Quakers are going for the gold in the Olympic Games, representing the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bermuda, and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei.
‘Dreaming of Jerusalem’ Homepage image: The documentary “Dreaming of Jerusalem” tells the story of the Ethiopian Jewish community living in Addis Ababa and Gondar, now more than 12,000 people, waiting for the chance to emigrate to what they consider their true homeland. ‘Dreaming of Jerusalem’ Penn’s Peter Decherney and Sosena Solomon make a documentary film about a Jewish community in Ethiopia waiting to emigrate to Israel.
Two Quakers selected in MLB Draft Two Quakers selected in MLB Draft Peter Matt and Josh Hood became the 15th and 16th Quakers in the last 20 years to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.