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A shared passion for community engagement
Vicky Swanson, Hongyang Zhao, and Toby Johnson.

(Left to right) Penn GSE’s Vicki Swanson, Hongyang Zhao, and Toby Johnson share how their how community engagements deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.

(Image: Scott Spitzer)

A shared passion for community engagement

The Graduate School of Education helps students put their knowledge into practice through community engagement. Three soon-to-be graduates speak with Penn Today about how their service enabled them to deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.
Wharton Fellow’s adventures in leadership
Romel Singleton kayaking with Wharton students in New Zealand.

As a Venture Fellow at the Wharton School, Romel Singleton traveled with other Fellows to New Zealand.

(Image: Courtesy of Knowledge for Good)

Wharton Fellow’s adventures in leadership

As a Venture Fellow at the Wharton School, Romel Singleton is learning how to be a dependable leader in unfamiliar territory.

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2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching celebrated
People huddled together in front of bright window in the Graduate Center.

Karen Detlefsen, left, pictured with the winners of the 2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.

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2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching celebrated

Ten winners received the Prize, which takes nominations from undergraduates and recognizes master's students and Ph.D. candidates.
An ambassador with big plans
Trevian AMbroise.

Trevian Ambroise is a graduate student ambassador for Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

(Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

An ambassador with big plans

Originally from Louisiana, Trevian Ambroise, a graduate student ambassador for Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design, chose Philadelphia as the place to study economic development techniques to become a well-rounded planner.

A special reception for Penn’s Presidential Ph.D. Fellows
PhD Fellows chat at a reception

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A special reception for Penn’s Presidential Ph.D. Fellows

The initiative’s doctoral students recently gathered for an intimate networking opportunity alongside the University’s president, provost, and school deans.

Lauren Hertzler

Improv for interviewing
J. Michael Angelis talks to a roomful of students at round tables in Van Pelt Library.

J. Michael DeAngelis, senior associate director of communications and technology at Career Services, addresses students during the workshop.

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Improv for interviewing

Using theater-inspired workshops, J. Michael DeAngelis of Career Services helps students prepare for the job market by thinking on their feet.

Kristina García

Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
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Penn students chosen for the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans are Min Jae Kim (left), a graduate student pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu (right), a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in biochemistry, biophysics, and physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East
Marc Marin Webb poses next to tree.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Marc Marín Webb of the School of Arts & Sciences in his home city of Barcelona, while waiting for a visa to travel to Iraq where he is researching the built heritage of the Yezidi community.

(Image: Courtesy of Marc Marín Webb)

Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East

Marc Marín Webb, who studied architecture in Berlin and Barcelona, is studying the impact of genocide on the built heritage of the Yezidi community in Iraq.