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By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants
Distorted visions of people in a grid-like mirror

Untitled, 1974-1977, gelatin sliver print. Tamir Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student grantee, will curate an exhibition titled A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The exhibition and supplemental programming is anticipated in the summer and fall 2023, and will be presented at a Penn-affiliated gallery and at a collective art space in Philadelphia.

(Image: Michael Abramson)

By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants

This week, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its latest round of spring grants for students, and Penn Today offers a by-the-numbers look at the Program’s investment in students to date.
Undergraduate research on display
rows of posters on easels with groups of people around them in a historic hall

Undergraduate research on display

Showcasing undergraduate student research with Penn faculty, a record 361 posters were on display with students presenting their work at the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships in Houston Hall.
Move-In 2022: By the Numbers
students pushing moving carts

About 6,000 undergraduate students will be moving into the 13 Penn College Houses during Move-In 2022.

Move-In 2022: By the Numbers

With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.
The monumental effort to scale up campus COVID-19 testing
Penn students in a large outdoor tent that is a COVID-testing site.

As of mid-March, more than 140,000 saliva-based tests for COVID-19 have been conducted since the start of the spring semester Penn Cares testing program. 

The monumental effort to scale up campus COVID-19 testing

Key facts and figures point to the scale of the Penn Cares testing program and how Project Quaker helped bring students back to campus this spring.

Erica K. Brockmeier