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Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center
Architectural rendering of site map of proposed performing arts space.

Map of the proposed site for the student performing arts center at 33rd Street and Woodland Walk.

Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center

The University has begun the planning process to build a new student performing arts center, with Platt Student Performing Arts House providing leadership in the creation and implementation of arts programming for students at Penn.
A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing
web page of virtual event

A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing

The University launched its “Fueling Business Growth” campaign at this year’s Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo, meant to increase support of local, minority-owned businesses.

Lauren Hertzler, Dee Patel

The stories trees tell
cherry blossoms in front of fisher library Penn is the only Ivy League university with a campus that is an accredited arboretum. This recognition underscores a commitment to rigorously care for the University’s thousands of trees, representing hundreds of species.

The stories trees tell

In a photo essay, Penn Today highlights some of campus’s most iconic trees.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A ‘human-focused approach’ to sustainability
Nina Morris against the backdrop of an urban farm

Nina Morris, Penn's sustainability director, hopes to engage more members of the campus community by “meeting people where they are, showing up to support them and their interests, and then finding out how their passions connect to sustainability.”

  • Q&A

    • A ‘human-focused approach’ to sustainability

    Sustainability Director Nina Morris, who started at Penn in October, aims to build on the University’s strengths in creating a more sustainable campus and community.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    A Q&A with Trina Sokoloski, house director of New College House West  
    a building with two 5-floor wings connected by a 13-floor tower

    New College House West, at Walnut and 40th streets, is on schedule for completion in August in time for students to move in for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

    A Q&A with Trina Sokoloski, house director of New College House West  

    As New College House West prepares to welcome its inaugural residents this fall, House Director Trina Sokoloski talks with Penn Today about what to expect and what it means to build a new community
    High ground, high prices
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    High ground, high prices

    Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School spoke about climate gentrification, in which higher-ground neighborhoods will become more desirable due to rising sea levels. “You don’t need to see bars opening up with bartenders wearing suspenders and handlebar mustaches to be seeing gentrification,” he said.

    Housing and dining protocols and safety standards are in place for spring semester
    Cafeteria staff person wearing mask and apron handing food to a student on the other side of the counter who is also wearing a mask with a backpack on

    Several dining locations, like this cafe at Class of 1920 Commons, will be open for grab-and-go meals when students return to live on campus for the spring semester. Tisa Scott (right), a unit leader who has worked at Penn for 28 years, assists Debanjan Haldar, a third year student at the Perelman School of Medicine. 

    Housing and dining protocols and safety standards are in place for spring semester

    With the spring semester fast approaching and protocols and safety standards in place, housing and dining is ready for undergraduate students to return to campus in January.
    Seven ways to be green at home
    A photos of bunches of peanuts with soil and leaves in view.

    Ellen Iwamoto, director of research support services at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was an avid gardener pre-pandemic. She decided to try kitchen scrap gardening, as well as growing some peanuts (seen here). (Image: Courtesy Ellen Iwamoto)

    Seven ways to be green at home

    Eco-Reps across Penn offer sustainability tips to save money, help the environment, and consume less during the holidays.

    Michele W. Berger