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Mark Dingfield, who began his role as vice president for finance and treasurer in October, discusses undergraduate financial aid, the University’s finances, and financial wellness.
President Liz Magill moderated a panel featuring three students who shared their unique paths to and extraordinary experiences at Penn, thanks to the University’s generous donor community.
In addition to covering tuition, fees, housing, and dining, the financial aid packages will provide additional resources including a laptop program, summer internship and research funding, and summer course funding.
Penn’s Named Scholarship Celebration returned to Rockwell Gymnasium on Nov. 16—the first time it’s been held in person since 2019.
A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.
The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees has approved a 2.9% increase in tuition and a $288 million undergraduate financial aid budget for the coming year.
Te Next Generation Student Systems team has been working on a comprehensive student information system, known as Pennant. The program will complete its final phase this spring in advance of the 2022-23 academic year.
Newly open this fall, the Student Service Center provides a single point of access for the bursar’s office, the registrar, and student financial aid
Penn Today chatted with Development and Alumni Relations’ John Zeller, who shared highlights of the University’s most recent fundraising campaign, and much more.
100% of federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds will go to student emergency grants and public health initiatives.
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The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is participating in a study on the impact of $50 a week for Indianapolis high schoolers.
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The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates that the Education Department’s income-driven student-loan repayment plan would cost about $350 billion within a decade.
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A $125 million endowment to the School of Nursing will allow its students that are nurses to apply to become nurse practitioners through the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program.
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Mexican American Sarahi Franco-Morales from Philadelphia will receive a full scholarship as an incoming first-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Penn is noted for its December announcement increasing the minimum pay for doctoral students by nearly 25%, starting in the 2023-24 academic year.
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Penn has partnered with Summer Discovery to provide high school students with summer programming and financial aid for select Philadelphia students.
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