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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

A ‘surreal’ experience as students move into New College House West
Penn President Amy Gutmann and a student elbow-bump as a greeting

Alberto Abad, a new resident of New College House West, elbow-bumps Penn President Amy Gutmann. President Gutmann welcomed new students during Move-In and toured the house alongside students and staff on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021.

A ‘surreal’ experience as students move into New College House West

One-hundred and forty-three members of the first residents to live in New College House moved in on Friday, Aug. 27, marking the second phase of Move-In and the opening of a new facility on campus.
A joyous Move-In at Penn
move in at the quad Students began moving onto campus this week, beginning to fill up Penn’s 13 college houses. From now until Sunday, nearly 6,000 undergraduates will move into campus housing.

A joyous Move-In at Penn

Moving onto campus for the first time, students share what they are most looking forward to in the year ahead, while their family members beam with pride.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center
Architectural rendering of site map of proposed performing arts space.

Map of the proposed site for the student performing arts center at 33rd Street and Woodland Walk.

Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center

The University has begun the planning process to build a new student performing arts center, with Platt Student Performing Arts House providing leadership in the creation and implementation of arts programming for students at Penn.