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Penn Abroad: Rising senior Ariana Wiltjer in Ireland
Ariana Wiltjer standing in a courtyard, a friend on either side of her, with historic stone buildings in the background

Rising senior Ariana Wiltjer (center), an economics major and consumer psychology minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, studied abroad at Trinity College Dublin. A highlight of the spring semester experience was making her two now-best friends, rising Penn senior Sylvia Goldfond (left), and Johns Hopkins University May graduate Liv Marino (right). (Image: Courtesy of Ariana Wiltjer)

Penn Abroad: Rising senior Ariana Wiltjer in Ireland

Rising senior Ariana Wiltjer (center) studied at Trinity College Dublin during the spring semester. 
Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir
Glee Club members in formalwear gathered together in ballroom under crystal chandeliers

On the first traveling tour with a gender-inclusive choir, 54 members of the Penn Glee Club performed in Spain and France. They debuted new formalwear before an audience of Penn alumni at the Ritz in Paris. 

Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir

On the first traveling tour as a gender-inclusive choir, the Penn Glee Club performed before audiences that included alumni in a Paris ballroom and passers-by on the streets of Barcelona.
Penn Abroad: Rising senior Kiersten Thomas in Sweden 
Kiersten Thomas crouching in snow with dogs attached to dogsled on frozen tundra with mountains in the background

Rising senior Kiersten Thomas, a health and societies major in the College of Arts and Sciences studied abroad at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Penn Abroad: Rising senior Kiersten Thomas in Sweden 

Rising senior Kiersten Thomas, a health and societies major in the College of Arts and Sciences studied abroad at the Stockholm School of Economics.
The Great War and memory
Penn students walk around World War One-era trenches in a French field

Students tour the battlefield in the Butte de Vauquois in northern France. (Image: Courtesy of Arielle Schweber)

The Great War and memory

History professor Warren Breckman took his Penn Global Seminar students to the Western Front area of northern France and Belgium to look at World War I through the intersections of personal and public memory.

Kristen de Groot

Debate as social empowerment
Member of the Penn Debate Society look at notes during a round with the Bard Prison Initiative Debate Union

Members of the Penn Debate Society discuss notes during their round against the Bard Prison Initiative Debate Union at Eastern New York Correctional Facility in April. (Image: Courtesy of Karen Pearson/BPI)

Debate as social empowerment

From debating a team in an upstate New York prison to helping the formerly incarcerated in Philadelphia, the Penn Debate Society sees debate as a tool to help others help themselves

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut
Tamia Harvey-Martin smiles in front of the LGBT Center with one hand in her pocket and one hand on a camera hung on a strap around her neck

Tamia Harvey-Martin premieres “A Foolproof Guide to Relationships,” a short film about asexuality, at the LGBT Center on June 28. 

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut

    Tamia Harvey-Martin premieres “A Foolproof Guide to Relationships,” a short film about asexuality, at the LGBT Center on June 28. 

    Kristina García

    Princess Rahman on ancient history, studying abroad, and her senior-year pivot
    A woman wearing a visor and backpack holds a notebook in front of a stone wall with mountain views in the background

    Studying abroad was a highlight of Princess Rahman’s college career. 

    Princess Rahman on ancient history, studying abroad, and her senior-year pivot

    Princess Rahman, a May graduate in the School of Arts & Sciences, pivoted from a pre-med track to become an ancient history major. After a semester abroad in Rome, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Egyptology.

    Kristina García

    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
    Group of people gathered together by a building entrance.

    During a celebration in May 2022, current fellows in the SNF Paideia Program welcomed the 2025 cohort.

    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

    Increased funding will enable the SNF Paideia Program at Penn to strengthen a commitment to the civic mission of higher education on campus and beyond with enhanced course offerings, an expanded fellowship program, and more event programming.
    Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit
    Thrower Cam Landis stands in front of the Penn Museum, where the anthropology museum is based.

    Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. 

    Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit

    May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel.

    Kristina García