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MLK Interfaith Commemoration highlights allyship of Black and Jewish communities
Keynote at MLK interfaith event.

Rev. William Gipson moderates a keynote discussion with Rabbi David Wolpe and actor, writer, and director Jonah Platt, both Penn alumni.

(Image: Damien Townsville)

MLK Interfaith Commemoration highlights allyship of Black and Jewish communities

The annual event this year featured a discussion between Rabbi David Wolpe and alum, actor, writer, and director Jonah Platt, along with student performances and the presentation of awards.
Penn Carey Law students explore issues affecting women’s equality in sports
Maya Moore plays basketball.

WNBA star Maya Moore drives the lane as the United States Women’s National Basketball Team play an inter-squad exhibition game at the University of Delaware.

Image: rawpixel/U.S. Department of Defense

Penn Carey Law students explore issues affecting women’s equality in sports

Students from Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s class on women, law, and leadership produced the report, “Putting Women Back in the Game.”

From Penn Carey Law

Aiming to build community on campus, new Presidential Commission takes shape
students on locust walk

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Aiming to build community on campus, new Presidential Commission takes shape

Reporting to Interim President J. Larry Jameson and co-chaired by deans Vijay Kumar and Katharine Strunk, the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community unveils its charge and members.

Penn Today Staff

A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’
Volunteers dance during a kickoff breakfast on MLK Day

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A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’

Penn’s MLK Day of Service featured a robust kickoff with speakers and performances, followed by volunteer initiatives on campus and in the community. 

Lauren Hertzler

A day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s tenets, character, and sacrifice
Students sit at tables to eat breakfast in a large room with wooden panelling, chandeliers, and university flags.

Students listen to Charles “Chaz” Howard speak at the 2023 Day of Service kickoff breakfast in the Hall of Flags.

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A day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s tenets, character, and sacrifice

The 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and the Symposium on Social Change honors King’s legacy through educational and volunteer opportunities, along with events.

Kristina García

Increasing the visibility of Southeast Asian students: A discussion with Linda Pheng
Linda Pheng.

Linda M. Pheng, assistant professor of policy, organizations, leadership, and systems division at Penn GSE.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE)

Increasing the visibility of Southeast Asian students: A discussion with Linda Pheng

Pheng finds that, while diversity as a concept is often celebrated in schools, course content need to avoid lumping Asian backgrounds together as one amorphous societal entity.

From Penn GSE

Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
"The Art of Song and Protest" event.

Ruth Naomi Floyd, one of two Equity in Action Visiting Scholars this year, leads a panel discussion with Jillian Patricia Pirtle, Lynne Farrington, and Jay Fluellen in the first of four events about the great contralto Marian Anderson.

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Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.
Sharing the stories of community media makers in Philadelphia
A grid of six people taking part in the Telling Our Stories project.

Portraits from the “Telling Our Stories” project.

(Image: Kyle Cassidy/courtesy of the Annenberg School for Communication)

Sharing the stories of community media makers in Philadelphia

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood is documenting the work and lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of color media makers in Philadelphia.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
Top row, left to right: Camilla Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Bottom row, left to right: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter.

Top row: Camille Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Middle: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter. Bottom: Ann Nolan Reese, Katherine Sachs, and Victor Anthony Scotti Jr. 

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Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

At the 2023 Alumni Award of Merit Gala, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Creative Spirit Award, and the inaugural Penn Alumni Social Impact Award, and Camille Z. Charles will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
The Asian American studies program doubles in size
Andrea Cherng speaks to a roomful of students in the McNeil Atrium

Andrea Cherng addresses students at the ASAM welcome lunch in September, joined by David Eng (left) and Fariha Khan (right). 

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The Asian American studies program doubles in size

Three core and two affiliated faculty members with expertise in English, sociology, history, anthropology, and education join the Asian American studies program.

Kristina García