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Pedestrians on Penn campus in the autumn sun with fall leaves.

Penn participates in second AAU Campus Climate Survey

The goal was to learn from undergraduate, graduate, and professional students about sexual misconduct on campus.

Marc Lo named executive director of new Office of Penn First Plus Students

The announcement was made on Friday by Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett. He is the first director of the new program, which was established earlier this year by Pritchett and President Amy Gutmann.

Professors Michael Weisberg and David Fox leading Penn Reading Project

Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page

The Penn Reading Project, in its 28th year, is designed to bring the freshmen class together on one academic project. The Class of 2022 read Thornton Wilder’s “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” as part of the Provost’s “Year of Why?”

Penn names inaugural faculty co-directors of the Office of Penn First Plus Students

University of Pennsylvania Provost Wendell Pritchett has announced the appointments of Camille Charles and Robert Ghrist as the inaugural faculty co-directors of the Office of Penn First Plus Students.

University Secretary Leslie Laird Kruhly, Penn President Amy Gutmann

At Convocation, students urged to ‘venture boldly into the unknown’

As the sun set before the first day of classes for the Class of 2021, the annual Convocation ceremony, a tradition dating back to 1910, served as a formal welcome for Penn’s incoming class.

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Penn participates in second AAU Campus Climate Survey

Marc Lo named executive director of new Office of Penn First Plus Students

Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page

Penn names inaugural faculty co-directors of the Office of Penn First Plus Students

At Convocation, students urged to ‘venture boldly into the unknown’