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Hey Day 2021: ‘Senior year is ours to seize’
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Homepage image: Penn President Amy Gutmann met students on College Green, officially declaring them seniors.

Hey Day 2021: ‘Senior year is ours to seize’

An in-person celebration well worth the wait, students wore their custom red T-shirts and plastic foam skimmer hats while waving their canes, as Penn President Amy Gutmann declared them officially seniors on College Green.

Lauren Hertzler

Cooking as community-building in the New College House West Quaker Kitchen
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President Amy Gutmann (left) lines up with students in the new Quaker Kitchen to sample a special snack prepared by Chef Daniel Stern (right) for a welcome event at the New College House West residence hall. The Office of the President is funding a food-centered pilot program to bring students together through culinary endeavors.

Cooking as community-building in the New College House West Quaker Kitchen

The Office of the President is funding a food-centered pilot program to bring students together through culinary endeavors in New College House West’s Quaker Kitchen.
As The Power of Penn concludes, a look into its big impact
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As The Power of Penn concludes, a look into its big impact

Penn Today chatted with Development and Alumni Relations’ John Zeller, who shared highlights of the University’s most recent fundraising campaign, and much more.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn Engineering reveals new data science building will be named Amy Gutmann Hall
Amy Gutmann stands with arms crossed by a sunlit window.

Penn President Amy Gutmann, the eighth and longest-serving President in Penn’s history.

Penn Engineering reveals new data science building will be named Amy Gutmann Hall

The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s new data science building unveiled its new name, Amy Gutmann Hall, honoring Penn’s eight and longest-serving president.

Ron Ozio , Evan Lerner

Breaking ground at Penn’s cutting-edge data science hub
vijay kumar, amy gutmann, Harlan Stone, and Rob Stavis with shovels digging into a trough of dirt on a stage with amy gutmann hall on a screen behind them

Earlier this fall, (from left) School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Vijay Kumar, President Amy Gutmann, naming donor Harlan Stone, and Penn Engineering Board Chair Rob Stavis broke ground on the new data science building on the northeast corner of 34th and Chestnut Streets. Stone also unveiled the building’s official name, Amy Gutmann Hall. 

Breaking ground at Penn’s cutting-edge data science hub

Amy Gutmann Hall, slated for completion in 2024, will centralize resources and support cross-disciplinary collaborations that harness expertise, research, and data across campus.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Penn commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11
People hold white flowers up during moment of silence

Penn commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11

On Friday, the University community gathered at the Love Statue on campus to remember the precious lives of those lost on that tragic day in 2001.

Lauren Hertzler

Committee formed to help identify Penn’s next president
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Committee formed to help identify Penn’s next president

Members of the University community can provide input by speaking directly to a member of the Committee, or by responding to the survey on the presidential search website.

Penn Today Staff