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The significance of Indigenous People’s Day
Two woman in a garden.

Ryly Ziese (left) and Nyair Locklear (right) outside the Greenfield Intercultural Center.

The significance of Indigenous People’s Day

Two Penn students, Nyair Locklear, of the Tuscarora Nation and a member of the Lumbee Tribe, and Ryly Ziese, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, offer their points of view on the significance of Indigenous People’s Day

Kristina García

Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary
Two student workers behind a bank counter window.

Yomi Abdi (left) and Giselle Gonzaga working at the Student Federal Credit Union on 34th and Walnut.

Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary

The Student Federal Credit Union, the only student-run credit union in the Ivy League, serves the Penn community—students, alumni, and their immediate family members.

Dee Patel

A hub for scholarship on ethnicity, race, and immigration
Chenoa Flippen addresses an audience before a panel on Latino voting history.

Chenoa Flippen (left) introduces a panel featuring author Geraldo Cadava and political scientist Michael Jones-Correa, an event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration.

A hub for scholarship on ethnicity, race, and immigration

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration brings together undergraduates, graduates, and faculty across the University to build connections and enhance and fund research. 

Kristen de Groot

Wharton students set community values
Students walking outside on Penn's campus.

Wharton students set community values

An undergraduate-led effort at Wharton has identified six core values that students want the school to embody.

Dee Patel

Undergraduate research on display
rows of posters on easels with groups of people around them in a historic hall
  • By the Numbers

    • Undergraduate research on display

    Showcasing undergraduate student research with Penn faculty, a record 361 posters were on display with students presenting their work at the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships in Houston Hall.
    Understanding the needs of cancer care partners
    Students Akin Adio and Abi Ocholi

    Understanding the needs of cancer care partners

    Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, undergrads Abi Ocholi and Akin Adio deepened their understanding of qualitative research and of the experiences of caregivers.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Reopening the ARCH building
    President Liz Magill cuts the ceremonial ribbon with three students. A wood-paneled staircase is the backdrop

    Jeffrey Yu, President Magill, Taussia Boadi, and Elizabeth Ramos cut the ribbon to celebrate the reopening of the ARCH building with cultural resource centers and affiliated groups, many of which were formerly housed at the garden level, now having full use of the building.

    Reopening the ARCH building

    A Sept. 7 event celebrated the building’s new incarnation as a centrally located space dedicated exclusively to cultural resource centers and affiliate groups.

    Kristina García

    Chinese Americans, countries apart 
    Adrian poses next to garden shrubbery that has been sculpted into the word "LIMA"

    Adrian Ke poses in Lima’s historical center.

    Chinese Americans, countries apart 

    Fourth year Adrian Ke’s research into Chinese Peruvian immigrants fueled her thesis and a deeper connection to her own cultural identity.

    Kristina García

    ‘26 for the Class of 2026’
    penn president liz magill talks to students during move in

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    ‘26 for the Class of 2026’

    In a video, President Liz Magill gathered insight from students on their favorite activities to do on and around campus.

    Lauren Hertzler