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A sweet treat on a hot summer day
Liz Magill and others scooping ice cream for a crowd on College Green.

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A sweet treat on a hot summer day

President Liz Magill hosted an ice cream social for the Penn community on Thursday afternoon, drawing faculty, staff, and students together on College Green. 

Lauren Hertzler

A lively in-person Models of Excellence celebration
Members of the audience cheer at the Models of Excellence celebration.

Irvine Auditorium was filled with cheers and red and blue pompoms on April 26th for the 2023 Models of Excellence celebration.

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A lively in-person Models of Excellence celebration

This year’s ceremony honored the dedicated staff who make Penn’s success possible with the energy of a home team win.
Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center
Elisa Foster stands in the Penn Women's Center Hallway, which contains a display of flyers that showcase the Center's history. Here, the 1980s.

The hallway also serves as a visual reminder for the 50 years of anti-violence work. 

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Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center

The Penn Women’s Center occupies three-quarters of a three-story house tucked off Locust Walk, with a front garden dotted with clumps of hellebores and daffodils during the spring. It has a full kitchen, a barbeque in back, and rooms that can be reserved by anyone on campus, with first preference going to student groups. 

Kristina Linnea García

In-person Models of Excellence ceremony returns in April
Penn campus with people walking around.

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In-person Models of Excellence ceremony returns in April

Join the Penn community on April 26 in celebrating this year’s honorees when the Models of Excellence Program Award ceremony returns to Irvine Auditorium.

Dee Patel

HR collab helps staff and faculty manage student loan debt
Claudia Quinton.

Claudia Quinton is the interim executive director, HR service delivery.

  • Q&A

    • HR collab helps staff and faculty manage student loan debt

    Penn Today talks with Claudia Quinton of the Division of Human Resources, who, along with several coworkers, dedicated hours of extra time to assist colleagues pursuing student loan forgiveness.

    Dee Patel

    Building a better world, one side gig at a time
    Young children practice ballet at a barre in a ballet studio.

    Building a better world, one side gig at a time

    The 10th piece for this series showcases a nurse who founded a low-cost dance studio, a staffer who fosters kittens, an HR specialist who teaches high schoolers life skills, and an English professor who volunteers for his old summer camp.

    Michele W. Berger , Katherine Unger Baillie

    Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
    View of Fisher Fine Arts Library and College Green through a large window inside Van Pelt library seating area.

    Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories

    From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

    Dee Patel