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The LGBT Center’s new Clothing Closet
Wes Alvers and Jake Muscato stand amid piles of folded clothing

Wes Alvers, left, and Jake Muscato, right, at the LGBT Center Drop & Swap. 

The LGBT Center’s new Clothing Closet

A new partnership between Wellness at Penn and the LGBT Center offers a sustainable way for students, faculty, staff, and community members to recycle outfits and shop for new ones.

Kristina Linnea García

Penn Global turns 10
bryan anderson-wooten in south africa

(On homepage) Bryan Anderson-Wooten, a 2019 graduate in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Africana studies and political science, explored South Africa over Winter Break 2018-2019 as part of the Seeing, Hearing, and Encountering South Africa Penn Global Seminar taught by Carol Muller of the Department of Music. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Global)

Penn Global turns 10

The hub for all things global on campus looks back at its impact over the decade and ahead to what the next 10 years of research, policy, and engagement with the world will bring.

Kristen de Groot

Serving student veterans at Penn
Man in a blue hoodie and baseball hat greets a yellow lab

Wyatt Frasier, an Army veteran in the Wharton MBA program, greets Byron, a service dog with the Warrior Canine Companion program. The program has recently opened a site at Penn, just above the veteran services office in the Franklin Building.

Serving student veterans at Penn

A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.

Kristina Linnea García

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn
Students outside of Houston Hall at a table with drinks and signs for voting while another student looks at information on the table.

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn

Student volunteers from Penn Leads the Vote greeted voters at Penn Commons, helping them determine their registration status and answering questions.

Lauren Hertzler

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
Harold McGraw, Liz Magill, and Pam Grossman.

(Left to right) Harold (Terry) McGraw III, former chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Penn President Liz Magill, and GSE dean Pam Grossman. (Image: Steve Belkowitz/PennGSE)

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education

The $16.25 million will create a new center for educational leadership and continue the McGraw Prize.
Higher education’s role in democracy
democracy class in washington

(Homepage image) In last spring’s How Washington Really Works seminar, guest speaker Liz Fowler (center) gives students her insider view on helping write the Affordable Care Act as George Mason Professor Steven Pearlstein, (left), and Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel (right) listen.

Higher education’s role in democracy

Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM
Two students look together at a notebook amid a larger group

Ice breaker activities helped the students connect, building relationships that the DEEPenn STEM organizers hope serve them well as they navigate an entry into scientific graduate work and beyond. (Image: Lamont Abrams)

Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM

Earlier this month, 48 undergraduate students from around the country traveled to Penn for a three-day gathering full of workshops, lectures, networking opportunities, lab tours, Q & A sessions, and a resource fair.

Katherine Unger Baillie

An unexpected tale of friendship amid paired organ donation
(Left) Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon in hospital gowns at HUP; right: Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon standing on a soccer field sideline.

Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon both recovered from transplant surgery a few rooms apart at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as part of a program called paired kidney donation. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

An unexpected tale of friendship amid paired organ donation

Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon are just two of a growing number donors and recipients who are increasing access to live organ transfers for minority community members.

Meredith Mann