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12/13
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A semester of community on campus
Penn’s fall semester officially began in August, as many students returned to campus. While staff, faculty, and postdocs are largely in West Philadelphia year-round, the fall marks a reset and starting point for many. The late summer and mild fall weather brings the natural beauty of campus to life.
Penn expands financial aid for middle income families
Penn expands financial aid for middle income families
The initiative expands Penn’s long-standing commitment to need-based financial aid, guaranteeing no-loan financial aid packages to eligible students and families since 2008.
Penn celebrates official ribbon-cutting for new Ott Center
Penn celebrates official ribbon-cutting for new Ott Center
The state-of-the-art indoor track facility is the first of its kind in Philadelphia.
Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Through his work as an interdisciplinary chemist, Booker has has made advancements in human health and innovative new treatments of disease.
Fritz Steiner’s service as Weitzman School of Design dean at Penn is extended
Fritz Steiner’s service as Weitzman School of Design dean at Penn is extended
Steiner’s tenure as dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design is extended through June 30, 2027.
Penn’s Silfen Forum addresses ‘waging peace’
Penn’s Silfen Forum addresses ‘waging peace’
At the 2024 Silfen Forum, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad and former Israeli Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich spoke about dialogue and diplomacy in the Middle East.
Penn participates in sexual misconduct and awareness survey
Penn participates in sexual misconduct and awareness survey
The goal was to learn from undergraduate, graduate, and professional students about sexual misconduct on campus to guide further efforts for improvement.
Celebrating the dedication of Amy Gutmann Hall
Celebrating the dedication of Amy Gutmann Hall
On a breezy, overcast early fall day, members of the Penn community gathered to dedicate the University’s new center for data science and artificial intelligence: Amy Gutmann Hall.
Derek Griffith appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Derek Griffith appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Griffith is an innovator in the study of health equity, and will teach in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine.
A Q&A with Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein
A Q&A with Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein
Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein discusses her role in leading implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Antisemitism and the Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn to expand its full-tuition scholarship aid to families with a higher income threshold
Penn’s Quaker Commitment will expand full-tuition scholarships and will no longer consider the primary family home as an asset in its calculation for institutional aid. Interim President J. Larry Jameson and director of financial aid Elaine Papas Varas offer remarks.
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Philadelphia Magazine
The 150 most influential people in Philly
Interim President J. Larry Jameson, Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney, Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Olympic discus thrower and alumnus Sam Mattis are noted as some of the most influential people in Philadelphia.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges created task forces to address reports of antisemitism and islamophobia. What have they done?
The University Task Force on Antisemitism recommends investment in faculty and staff, academic experiences, and outreach while also clarifying Penn’s open-expression policies, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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India West
UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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The Washington Post
Claire Fagin, renowned nurse and researcher who led UPenn, dies at 97
Claire M. Fagin, who helped reshape the nursing profession as a clinician, researcher, educator and advocate, and who stepped away from teaching to become one of the first women to lead an Ivy League institution, the University of Pennsylvania, died Jan. 16 at her home in Manhattan. She was 97.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Former Penn president Judith Rodin on the changing relationship between business and universities
In a Q&A, former Penn President Judith Rodin discusses her current role advising the Bellwether District, which seeks to reinvent two square miles of former oil refineries in South and Southwest Philly, and the rapid changes in business-academic relations throughout her career.
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