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Staying protected from COVID-19 phishing schemes
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Staying protected from COVID-19 phishing schemes

Nick Falcone, Penn’s information security officer, recommends taking extra steps to keep technology secure during such unprecedented times.

Lauren Hertzler

Cookbook features tasty recipes from campus chefs
Plate of food with fried fish, crab pie, butter biscuit, broccoli, and tomatoes.

Cookbook features tasty recipes from campus chefs

Members of the Penn culinary staff have recently released a cookbook, “The Penn Family Cookbook,” with some of their favorite family recipes.

Dee Patel

Day after day, a goal to improve digital inclusion
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Day after day, a goal to improve digital inclusion

As technology continues to flourish, there’s always the need for someone to ensure it is, indeed, accessible for all. That is precisely Kara Gaulrapp’s role at Penn.

Lauren Hertzler

Side Gigs for Good, part two
Person walks a black Labrador retriever puppy along a path from a parking lot

Heather Calvert, executive director of MindCORE, drops off her foster puppy Ugo at the School of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center at Pennovation Works each weekday. She and her family care for the working-dog-in-training during evenings, weekends, and holidays. 

Side Gigs for Good, part two

In a second installment of Side Gigs for Good stories, meet four more Penn employees whose after-work endeavors go above and beyond.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Side Gigs for Good
A person prepares to make a waffle in a farmer's market stand.

Marc Schmidt, a biology professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, started Waffles for Tourette to raise money for research. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Side Gigs for Good

After putting in a full, impactful day at work at Penn, some faculty and staff fill their spare hours with endeavors that make a difference.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Rarefied air
Director of Operations Sarah Parks of the men's basketball team staff folds her arms while posing with the Philly skyline in the background.

Rarefied air

One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, Penn’s Sarah Parks has jumped into her new gig.

Penn Today Staff

Penn’s Way kicks off new workplace giving campaign, with $1.7M goal
Gutmann kicks off Penn's Way campaign

Penn’s Way kicks off new workplace giving campaign, with $1.7M goal

The 2019 Penn’s Way campaign kicked off with a celebration at Houston Hall. From Oct. 1 through Nov. 15, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate to the 15,000-plus participating agencies.

Lauren Hertzler

Calling all techies: Penn’s your next stop
Person wearing VR glasses sitting and holding a phone to ear beside a phone booth.

Calling all techies: Penn’s your next stop

Throughout the years, jobs in technology have flourished at the University. Here’s why it’s such a good place to work in tech.

Lauren Hertzler