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From left, Wayne Holman and Wendy Commins Holman, Liz Magill, Constantia Constantinou, and Hannah Rutledge.

Penn Libraries dedicates Holman Biotech Commons

The Commons serves as a collaborative resource for researchers in the health sciences, providing the latest tools and technologies to further health care research and equality.

Commemorating Veterans Day

What is traditionally a flag raising at College Green moved indoors due to the rainy weather, but the celebration was no less meaningful.

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.

Jewish Exponent

Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks at Penn

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan spoke with President Liz Magill at Penn about her beliefs on the legal system and her experience working with conservative justices.

Justice Elena Kagan gestures to a smiling Penn President Liz Magill on the stage at Irvine Hall

Justice Kagan discusses her path to the Court, building ‘common ground’

Capping off a festivities-filled inauguration day, President Liz Magill and Kagan had a wide-ranging conversation about the law, Kagan’s career, and building congeniality on the current Court.

Above the Law

Justice Elena Kagan tells it like it is when it comes to stare decisis and the politicization of the Supreme Court

Justice Elena Kagan characterized the law as a doctrine of stability and humility in her conversation at the University of Pennsylvania with President Liz Magill.

penn president liz magill with dogs on locust walk

Red and blue pride to last a lifetime

President Liz Magill’s inauguration on Friday coincided with Penn’s Homecoming festivities, making for an extra-spirited weekend on campus.

During the Homecoming game against Yale at Franklin Field, two Penn players jump into each other's arms in celebration.

Clock-eating clutch drive vaults Quakers over Yale

Penn scored a touchdown with 20 seconds left in the game, which clinched a 20-13 Homecoming win over Yale on Saturday at Franklin Field.

CBS Philadelphia

UPenn holds inauguration ceremony for 9th president

Liz Magill was inaugurated Friday as the University of Pennsylvania’s 9th president, its first new leader in 18 years.

Philadelphia Inquirer

A U.S. Supreme Court justice, a couple of rock stars, and a bunch of academic dignitaries will cap Penn president inauguration

Liz Magill’s inauguration as the ninth president of the University of Pennsylvania will include a symposium with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kegan, a picnic featuring artists Sheryl Crow and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and a dog walk through campus to kick off the Penn Relays 5K.

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