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Connor Barwin on the NFL, Wharton, and making the world a better place
Connor Barwin on the NFL, Wharton, and making the world a better place
The former NFL outside linebacker for the Eagles, and founder of the Make the World Better Foundation, is enrolled in Wharton’s MBA Program for Executives.
Six months with President Liz Magill
Six months with President Liz Magill
Penn Today highlights some of our newest leader’s biggest moments so far.
Building a better world, one side gig at a time
Building a better world, one side gig at a time
The 10th piece for this series showcases a nurse who founded a low-cost dance studio, a staffer who fosters kittens, an HR specialist who teaches high schoolers life skills, and an English professor who volunteers for his old summer camp.
A gateway from high school to Penn Medicine
A gateway from high school to Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine’s Pathways Emerging Careers Program invites Philadelphia high school graduates to start a career with Penn Medicine with extra coaching, training, and mentoring.
Projects for Progress, two years in
Projects for Progress, two years in
An Oct. 17 event celebrated six teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff working to promote equity and inclusion in Philadelphia by addressing health care, education, and systemic racism as part of the Projects for Progress.
Penn Medicine to become official health care partner of the Philadelphia 76ers
Penn Medicine to become official health care partner of the Philadelphia 76ers
The multiyear partnership brings together two iconic brands with the shared goal of making an impact on health care in the Philadelphia community.
President Magill’s Phillies debut
President Magill’s Phillies debut
Penn’s ninth president threw a ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s baseball game.
Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and a Philly milestone
Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and a Philly milestone
Weitzman’s Michael Fichman discusses how the Night Time Economy Office benefits all aspects of city life, creating a safe, thriving, and creative community 24 hours a day.
Who, What, Why: Max Johnson Dugan’s research on halal food
Who, What, Why: Max Johnson Dugan’s research on halal food
A doctoral candidate in religious studies, Dugan focuses on halal consumption: “What we make, what we wear, what sort of things that we eat, what we do with our bodies.”
With school out, construction crews work in earnest
With school out, construction crews work in earnest
Campus may have depopulated for the summer, but construction workers have moved in to begin or accelerate work on projects both big and small. Here, an overview of what’s in progress on Penn’s campus—and beyond.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
This Philly-area elementary school saw test scores plummet. Now it’s putting all its resources toward catching up.
Nicole Carl of the Graduate School of Education says that teachers are feeling pressure from administrators to boost test scores.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
SEPTA said ‘there really is no way forward’ to build the Roosevelt Boulevard subway
Jay Arzu of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design appreciates that SEPTA officials are being honest about not having the funding for a massive subway project.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter says he won’t run again now ‘or in any other year’
Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter intends to start a center for public policy at Penn in order to address poverty and income inequality in the city.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
What does the future hold for the Tanner House? Historic preservation grad students have ideas
Graduate students at the Weitzman School of Design are teaming with Weitzman’s Randall Mason to discuss ways to expand the historical significance and preserve the architecture of the Henry O. Tanner House in North Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphians welcomed PhilTel’s first free public phone as a small way to resist big tech
Naveen Albert, a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has co-founded PhilTel, a free-to-use public wifi payphone project in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Why there’s nowhere to hang out at night in Philly anymore
The Penn Bookstore is noted as one of the few public evening spaces remaining after the pandemic, with remarks from Associate Vice President Anthony P. Sorrentino and Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice.
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