Undergraduate Students

The four-day celebration, from Sept. 11-14, will feature an arts showcase, a brand-new story slam, a passport program, and an information fair.

Brandon K. Baker ・September 7, 2018

Thanks to a President’s Engagement Prize, Andrew Witherspoon, James McPhail, and Griffin Amdur wasted no time after graduation getting their nonprofit off the ground.

Lauren Hertzler ・September 7, 2018

More than 1,250 attended this year’s annual welcome back picnic hosted by the President’s Office on College Green.

Amanda Mott ・August 28, 2018

During New Student Orientation, first-generation, high-need students find an increased level of support, community and resources to help the transition into campus life.

Jill DiSanto ・August 22, 2018

Hailing from 49 states (all but Wyoming), Puerto Rico, and 88 countries around the world, the 2,552 members of the Class of 2022 moved in to Penn on Aug. 22.

Jill DiSanto ・August 22, 2018

In its 32nd year, the weeklong Africana Studies Summer Institute brought 65 incoming freshmen to campus in July, introducing them to the program’s courses, professors, graduate students, and fellow undergraduates.

Louisa Shepard , Louisa Shepard ・August 21, 2018

With independent research projects and immersive experiences on and near Philadelphia’s waterways, summer fellows with the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities are collaborating to develop new ways of learning and sharing knowledge.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・August 13, 2018

Briana Wilson plans on becoming a small-animal vet, but this summer she is immersing herself in far-flung ventures in faraway places at the Gambia Goat Dairy, helping to create a sustainable, commercial herd of milking goats.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・July 27, 2018

As part of two CURF grants, students Kyle Rosenbluth and Daniel Fradin traveled to the Arctic to explore a Canadian Inuit community for a documentary—and came back with ample story to tell.

Brandon K. Baker ・July 25, 2018