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Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt

Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.

Kristina García

Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake
Students on Penn’s Locust Walk.

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Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake

An earthquake with the preliminary magnitude of 4.8 centered in New Jersey was felt up and down the East Coast on Friday, including on Penn’s campus.

Kristen de Groot

Curtains up on spring student shows
Members of a Penn performing arts group rehearsing in a studio.

Kate Fitzsimmons (center) a third-year student in the Nursing School warms up practicing with the dancers of Strictly Funk, a student club who perform hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and free-style

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Curtains up on spring student shows

Hours of preparation go into dozens of student performances, a highlight of the thriving performing arts scene on campus.
25 years of UMOJA at Penn
Nine people stand underneath a screen that reads "The Legacy of UMOJA 25th anniversary celebration"

UMOJA members stand with Berry and Redding at the December 2023 celebration.

(Image: Tarah Paul)

25 years of UMOJA at Penn

UMOJA, Penn’s organization for Black student life on campus has provided outreach, collaboration, and unity since 1998.

Kristina García

Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
A group of students is gathered around a Formula-style racecar at an event.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car

Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.
College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one
The Washington Post

College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

Almost 90% of students who graduated from Penn in 2023 completed an internship during college. Barbara Hewitt of Career Services says that the race to get talent early has resulted in a focus on getting early practical experience through many ways in students’ academic careers.

Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Four students pictured in a grid

Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars

Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Harvard University applications fall by 5%
The Wall Street Journal

Harvard University applications fall by 5%

Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.

Powwow at Penn
In the foreground, female dancers with shawls. In the background, a young man in warrior regalia.

An intertribal dance. In the background, a young man wears regalia made from birds of prey.

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Powwow at Penn

With drumming, dancers, and the cascading voices of musicians, the 13th annual Powwow at Penn welcomed more than 100 people.

Kristina García

A humanities pathway to pre-med
Emily Monfort and Izzy DiCampli work on set design.

In a theatre class, Emily Monfort and Izzy DiCampli work on umbrellas that will be built into dragon heads for the play “She Kills Monsters.”

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A humanities pathway to pre-med

Pre-med students majoring in English, theatre, history, and other humanities fields find satisfaction in tapping into multiple interests—and see benefits for a career in medicine.