Getting personal with college admission: Requesting the right recommendations Forbes Getting personal with college admission: Requesting the right recommendations Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule said letters of recommendation used in college applications should highlight specific examples of a student’s characteristics. “If a recommender can focus on how the applicant does something rather than telling us what the applicant does, it helps a lot,” she said. COVID changed college application, but not what colleges are looking for in students Dallas Morning News COVID changed college application, but not what colleges are looking for in students Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule wrote an opinion piece about changes to the college application process amid the pandemic. Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift Architectural rendering of the new accommodated testing center entrance. Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift The $2.6 million gift will enhance the Center’s academic support and disability services. Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center 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. Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dolores Albarracín is the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, director of the Social Action Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication, and the director of the Science of Science Communication Division at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.(Image: Courtesy of the School of Arts & Sciences) Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Albarracín will be the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, with joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing. 2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The Office of the Vice Provost for Research announces the 2021 cohort of Penn’s Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity, the largest in the program’s history thus far. This fellowship program is designed to help postdocs advance their careers while enriching the community of scholars here at Penn. 2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The competitive program, managed by Office of the Vice Provost for Research, is designed to support early career researchers and scholars while enriching the Penn community. Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation Alanna Shanahan will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021. Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation The Class of 1996 alumna will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021. Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month A video message from Provost Wendell Pritchett and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli supports the emotional well-being of faculty and staff. Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Vijay Kumar is the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.nocred Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, will serve as dean through June 30, 2027. A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A research brief co-authored by Provost Wendell Pritchett proposes the use of fair housing law to work toward the end of segregation, and emphasize that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision of the Fair Housing Act extends to all federal agencies. Load More
COVID changed college application, but not what colleges are looking for in students Dallas Morning News COVID changed college application, but not what colleges are looking for in students Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule wrote an opinion piece about changes to the college application process amid the pandemic. Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift Architectural rendering of the new accommodated testing center entrance. Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift The $2.6 million gift will enhance the Center’s academic support and disability services. Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center 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. Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dolores Albarracín is the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, director of the Social Action Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication, and the director of the Science of Science Communication Division at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.(Image: Courtesy of the School of Arts & Sciences) Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Albarracín will be the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, with joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing. 2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The Office of the Vice Provost for Research announces the 2021 cohort of Penn’s Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity, the largest in the program’s history thus far. This fellowship program is designed to help postdocs advance their careers while enriching the community of scholars here at Penn. 2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The competitive program, managed by Office of the Vice Provost for Research, is designed to support early career researchers and scholars while enriching the Penn community. Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation Alanna Shanahan will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021. Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation The Class of 1996 alumna will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021. Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month A video message from Provost Wendell Pritchett and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli supports the emotional well-being of faculty and staff. Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Vijay Kumar is the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.nocred Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, will serve as dean through June 30, 2027. A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A research brief co-authored by Provost Wendell Pritchett proposes the use of fair housing law to work toward the end of segregation, and emphasize that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision of the Fair Housing Act extends to all federal agencies.
Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift Architectural rendering of the new accommodated testing center entrance. Penn’s Weingarten Center receives visionary gift The $2.6 million gift will enhance the Center’s academic support and disability services.
Penn announces plans for new student performing arts center 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.
Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dolores Albarracín is the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, director of the Social Action Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication, and the director of the Science of Science Communication Division at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.(Image: Courtesy of the School of Arts & Sciences) Dolores Albarracín appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Albarracín will be the Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor, with joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing.
2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The Office of the Vice Provost for Research announces the 2021 cohort of Penn’s Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity, the largest in the program’s history thus far. This fellowship program is designed to help postdocs advance their careers while enriching the community of scholars here at Penn. 2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named The competitive program, managed by Office of the Vice Provost for Research, is designed to support early career researchers and scholars while enriching the Penn community.
Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation Alanna Shanahan will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021. Alanna Shanahan appointed director of Athletics and Recreation The Class of 1996 alumna will begin her appointment as the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation starting July 19, 2021.
Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month Leadership in action for Mental Health Awareness Month A video message from Provost Wendell Pritchett and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli supports the emotional well-being of faculty and staff.
Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Vijay Kumar is the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.nocred Vijay Kumar reappointed dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, will serve as dean through June 30, 2027.
A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration A research brief co-authored by Provost Wendell Pritchett proposes the use of fair housing law to work toward the end of segregation, and emphasize that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision of the Fair Housing Act extends to all federal agencies.