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Students reflect on finding community at Penn
Six images of students enjoying a sense of community on campus.

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Students reflect on finding community at Penn

For rising first-years, transfer students, and returning students, building community at Penn can take shape in myriad ways. Three undergraduates share how they’ve developed their sense of belonging at the University, offering empowered perspectives on finding one’s place on campus.

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Move-In primer 2026
Students walking on campus with luggage during Penn’s Move-In

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Move-In primer 2026

Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates moving into College Houses between Aug. 17 and 23 and participating in New Student Orientation between Aug. 19 and 24.

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Legal advocacy across disciplines
Kara Finck lecturing.

Kara Finck directs Penn Carey Law’s Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law)

Legal advocacy across disciplines

Penn Carey Law’s Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic brings law and social work students together to tackle issues including education, child welfare, immigration, and mental health.

From Penn Carey Law

2 min. read

When partnership becomes practice
Academy at Penn students visiting a Penn Vet classroom.

Academy at Penn students visit Penn Vet during their summer session.

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When partnership becomes practice

Penn GSE and the School District of Philadelphia are co-creating solutions—in areas from algebra to AI—by listening first, aligning priorities, and turning research into real-time change across an urban school system.

From Penn GSE

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The impact of microplastics—and how to limit exposure
Derek Ho in the lab pointing to a beaker of water in front of two lab techs.

To better visualize microplastics, researchers in the McBride Lab at Penn Engineering use fluorescent dyes like Nile Red, which attach to plastics and make them glow under specific light. Environmental researcher Derek Ho developed a system used in their lab called the Fluorescent Imaging Microplastic Analysis Platform, or FIMAP. It uses machine learning to detect and identify plastic particles larger than about 20 microns in complex water samples.

(Image: Sylvia Zhang)

The impact of microplastics—and how to limit exposure

Microplastics researchers Samantha McBride and Derek Ho of Penn Engineering and Vijay Bhatia of the Philadelphia Water Department discuss how microplastics get into ecosystems and human bodies, offering practical ways to minimize exposure.

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A specialized approach to mental health crisis care at HUP–Cedar
Stephanie Hollister and another healthcare workers at HUP Cedar looking at a computer.

Stephanie Hollister (right) is the assistant vice president of behavioral health for the Cedar Avenue Crisis Response Center.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

A specialized approach to mental health crisis care at HUP–Cedar

Penn’s Southwest Philadelphia crisis response center has expanded access, eased emergency department crowding, and connected more patients to ongoing mental health support.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

Driving harm reduction

Driving harm reduction

Penn Nursing’s Harm Reduction working group has mobilized to write policy briefs about pressing issues related to harm reduction, and made connections to those tracking relevant policy at the local and state levels.

‘Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals’
One mural made of multiple hand-drawn murals.

The completed canvases were photographed together—by alum Bryan Lathrop—to make one large mural. Lathrop and his wife, Tatiana Olmedo, each painted their own canvases as well.

(Image: Bryan Lathrop)

‘Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals’

A yearlong mural project celebrating the beauty of immigration has brought together Penn students, staff, faculty, and alums—along with community members across the Philadelphia area.

From Omnia

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A celebration of freedom, wellness, and community
A person jumping in the double dutch ropes on the Penn Museum courtyard.

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A celebration of freedom, wellness, and community

On June 13, the Penn Museum opened its doors and courtyard to visitors for a free day of live performances, a health and financial literacy fair, and family activities.

Penn Today Staff

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