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Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity
Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson in a lab examining a piece of equipment.

(Image: Courtesy of VinUniversity)

Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited VinUni in Hanoi, Vietnam, to commemorate the university’s fifth anniversary and Penn’s seventh year of allyship. He delivered a lecture about how excellent universities advance society.
A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran
Ramanan Raghavendran engages in conversation at a conference table.

University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran.

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  • Q&A

    • A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

    One year since becoming the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Raghavendran discusses Penn’s advancements from the past year, the purpose of a values statement, and Penn’s strengths as a cultivator of American leadership.
    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)
    Campus overhead view featuring foliage and various campus buildings

    Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion is the first of its kind nationally, formed in response to recommendations from the Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism, as well as the reports of the University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)

    The office, which is now open, is co-led by Steve Ginsburg and Majid Alsayegh. Deborah Frey will serve as chief investigator.
    Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment
    Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

    Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.

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    Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment

    Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.
    Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times
    students at the dnc pose for a group photo

    (On homepage) Eisenhower and Margolies have been taking Penn undergraduate students to the Democratic and Republican conventions every presidential cycle since 2000—except for 2020, due to the COVID pandemic—as part of their Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, offered every four years.

    (Image: Lex Gilbert)

    Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times

    Undergrads who attended the Republican or Democratic convention this summer are breaking down their experiences during the Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, taught by David Eisenhower, Marjorie Margolies, and Craig Snyder.
    Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship
    The interior main room of Perry World House, where conference attendees listen to a presentation

    The 7th Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean (PLAC) conference, organized by an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students, showcased public and community engaged scholarship across the region and its diaspora.

    (Image: Janeth Zaldivar)

    Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship

    The seventh Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean conference centered on the theme of “Public and Community Engaged Scholarship in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Its Diaspora.”

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    A discussion about speech, solidarity, and forgiveness
    A group of people listening at a table.

    (From left) Charles “Chaz” Howard, Anita Allen, Jane Holahan, Fariha Khan, Mei Long, and Josh Teplitsky.

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    A discussion about speech, solidarity, and forgiveness

    At an event at the School of Dental Medicine, members of the Penn community gathered to talk about the intersection of free speech and racism in academia.