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Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition
Artist standing in gallery in front of an illustration painted on the wall of people running a race

Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces, architecture, and cultures of the American workplace her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

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    • Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition

    Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces and culture of the American workplace in her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
    John Legend receives Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award
    Screen shot of the panel discussion with all of the speakers on a zoom call

    Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award livestream (Clockwise from top left) Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Karl Ulrich; John Legend; Wharton alumni, Ravi Viswanathan; President Amy Gutmann; Wharton Dean Erika James

     

    John Legend receives Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship 2021 Alumni Achievement Award

    Legend, an undergraduate alumnus, was recently honored by Venture Lab, the University’s entrepreneurship center, during a virtual livestream event.

    Dee Patel

    The first Black starting quarterback on Franklin Field
    Marty Vaughn standing with a football on Franklin Field in 1974.

    The first Black starting quarterback on Franklin Field

    Marty Vaughn, a Class of 1975 alum, reflects on his college football career, where he led the Quakers to winning seasons in ’73 and ’74.

    The Pennsylvania Gazette

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director
    Sherisse Laud-Hammond stands with arms folded, smiling, in her office.

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond, director of Penn’s Women Center.

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director

    In 2020, SP2 alum Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she is the first Black woman and woman of color to serve.

    From the School of Social Policy & Practice

    Penn announces five 2021 Thouron Scholars
    Faces of four students plus logo o Thouron Award

    Penn announces its 2021 Thouron Scholars. From left, top: senior Emily Davis, senior Carson Eckhard, and 2019 graduate Ben Friedman. Bottom: senior Lauren Kleidermacher and senior Beau Staso.

    Penn announces five 2021 Thouron Scholars

    Four seniors and a 2019 graduate have received a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree there.
    The joy and power of improvisation
    unscripted group in front of college hall

    The joy and power of improvisation

    With The Unscripted Project, President’s Engagement Prize winners Philip Chen and Meera Menon create an improv curriculum and bring teaching artists to Philadelphia public school students.
    The unbridled brilliance of Julian Abele
    julian abele and his architecture class

    The unbridled brilliance of Julian Abele

    The 1902 graduate of the architecture program is finally starting to receive credit for his vast and iconic portfolio, which includes the central branch of the Free Library, Penn’s President’s House, Harvard’s flagship library, and more than 30 spaces and places on Duke’s campus.