President and Provost welcome the Class of 2026 President and Provost welcome the Class of 2026 Speaking to the Class of 2026 filling a sunny College Green, President Liz Magill and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein assured first-years and their families that Penn will provide the support they need.
Undergraduates help songbird research project take flight Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring program, undergraduates Julia Youngman and Eric Tao studied the mating songs of brown-headed cowbirds like those above in Penn’s “smart” aviary. Undergraduates help songbird research project take flight Through the PURM internship program, Julia Youngman and Eric Tao had the opportunity to work in neuroethologist Marc Schmidt’s lab studying the neural basis of courtship behaviors in songbirds.
Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’ To get hired, it’s important to understand how your skills translate to the job market, says Barbara Hewitt, executive director of Penn Career Services. “To do that, you have to have a really good self-understanding, along with a good understanding of what the industry requires,” she says. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Career Services) Q&A Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’ In a Q&A, Barbara Hewitt of Career Services explains why it’s helpful to understand industry trends, cultivate a wide skill set, and trust that the right opportunity will emerge.
Class of 2026 moves in Class of 2026 moves in New students traveled from near and far Tuesday, settling into College Houses, meeting their roommates, and spending precious moments with family.
Move-In 2022: By the Numbers About 6,000 undergraduate students will be moving into the 13 Penn College Houses during Move-In 2022. By the Numbers Move-In 2022: By the Numbers With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.
PennCard Center is poised and ready PennCard Center is poised and ready The staff at the PennCard Center is preparing thousands of official IDs for new students at the start of the 2022-23 school year.
Singing, speech production, and the brain Eiffert situates a headset on participant Maggie Compton. The metal contraption holds an ultrasound probe in place under Compton’s chin, to capture images of her tongue placement in the mouth. Singing, speech production, and the brain This summer, rising second-years Audrey Keener and Nicholas Eiffert worked in the lab of Penn linguist Jianjing Kuang studying vowel articulation in song, running an in-person experiment and built a corpus of classical recordings by famous singers.
Move-In fall 2022 primer Move-In fall 2022 primer Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates preparing to move into College Housing between Aug. 22 and 28.
Inflation hits back-to-school shopping Inflation hits back-to-school shopping Barbara Kahn, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, says high inflation makes back-to-school spending harder for families.
A summer internship with Play On Philly Rising College of Arts and Sciences second-year Chaily Derecskey is a summer intern with Play On Philly, a nonprofit that provides orchestral instrument instruction to Philadelphia school children. Although pictured playing the euphonium, her chosen instrument is a full-sized tuba. A summer internship with Play On Philly Rising College of Arts and Sciences second-year Chaily Derecskey is a summer intern with Play On Philly, a nonprofit that provides orchestral instrument instruction to Philadelphia school children.