Undergraduate Students

Tyler, Paula, and Claudia posing at bottom of staircase.

Tracking parental leisure time and ‘intensive mothering’

Paula Fomby, a professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, worked with a team of PURM students over the summer to analyze time-use data of parents from 1965 to 2019.

CNBC

A degree from this Ivy League university can add over $80,000 to your salary—it’s not Harvard or Yale

A Penn degree can add an estimated $80,000 a year to a graduate’s salary, with commentary from alumna Emma Morgenstern.

The Business Journals

University of Pennsylvania among top global schools for creating women, MBA startup founders

Pitchbook has ranked Penn third in the world for producing entrepreneurs from its MBA program and eleventh for producing graduate female founders.

People looking at modern art in a museum or gallery setting.

A summer studying the aesthetic brain

For third-year Olivia Kim, a PURM research experience with Penn neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee allowed her to combine her love of neuroscience and art in a working lab.

Searching for resilience in our reefs

Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, School of Arts & Sciences second-year students Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.

class of 2027 stage at franklin field for convocation

At Convocation, students encouraged to take a ‘fisheye’ view

Kicking off the University’s 284th academic year, first-year and transfer students were advised to take a wide view during at least some of their time at Penn, expanding horizons and seeing the borderless nature of knowledge.

Class of 2027 spelled out by students on Franklin Field

New Student Orientation for the Class of 2027

A weeklong roster of events, from a primer on Penn traditions to dinner and dancing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to walking tours and introductions, prepares students for life on campus.

Ayesha Patel standing in outside in front of a leafy bush.

Balancing ballet and summer learning

Third-year student Ayesha Patel conducted research and a financial analysis during a summer internship at BalletX, a contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia.

Students and families sitting on tablecloths on College Green.

New family welcome: ‘The right place; the right time’

President Liz Magill and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. welcomed first-year and transfer students and their families in an afternoon celebration on College Green.

Penn President Liz Magill greets a student and their family on Locust Walk.

Making a home away from home at Penn

Friends and family from near and far helped the Class of 2027 move onto campus this week.

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