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Undergraduate summer research on display
Aerial view of hallway with CURF poster displays and students

Image: Louisa Shephard

Undergraduate summer research on display

A poster expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships featured the work of hundreds of students with projects involving all 12 schools.
Class of 2023 is ready for liftoff
Amy Gutmann at the podium outside College Hall addressing the Class of 2023

Class of 2023 is ready for liftoff

At Monday’s Convocation, Penn’s newest students were welcomed to the University family. “The very first step in expanding your orbit is reaching out to somebody new,” President Amy Gutmann said.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience
A staff member helps a Penn parent pick up a copy of a book

A Penn parent picks up a copy of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives" at a New Student and Family Orientation event held Aug. 21 at Irvine Auditorium. (Photo by: Steve McCann)

Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience

‘The Stressed Years of Their Lives,’ co-authored by Professor of Psychiatry Anthony Rostain, was handed out to hundreds of parents as part of New Student Orientation.
Using a matching game to study the language of conversations
Four people in brightly colored clothing standing in a white hallway.

In the lab of Delphine Dahan (second from right), Penn junior Kassidy Houston, Penn sophomore Lilian Zhang, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth recruited participants, ran experiments, and coded video and audio to look for patterns in language use. 

Using a matching game to study the language of conversations

Penn undergrads Lilian Zhang and Kassidy Houston, and University of Chicago student Benjamin Stallworth, interned in the lab of cognitive psychologist Delphine Dahan doing work to better understand what subconsciously happens when people converse.

Michele W. Berger

Justice served: A summer at the Department of Justice
Student standing in front of plaque that says U.S. Department of Justice Washington, and flanked by two flags.

Penn senior Jordan Andrews is a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Justice served: A summer at the Department of Justice

Senior political science major Jordan Andrews from Detroit is a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice Consumer Protection Branch. She is working on cases involving identity theft, opioid abuse, and many types of fraud, while learning about the law and exploring Washington, D.C
The Class of 2023 moves in
amy zhou moves in to the quad

Amy Zhou and her father Yongquan navigate the entrance to Fisher Hassenfeld with a wheeled cart full of belongings.

The Class of 2023 moves in

On Aug. 21, the newest cohort of Quakers arrived on campus. Of all 2,400 incoming first-year students, nearly one-third arrived for Penn’s official Move-In day.
Art and activism
Student standing on a sidewalk.

Srinidhi Ramakrishna, a rising sophomore, is a summer intern at ArtWell, a Philadelphia nonprofit. 

Art and activism

Combining her interests in art and activism in her summer internship, rising sophomore Srinidhi Ramakrishna is working at ArtWell, a Philadelphia nonprofit that uses art, poetry, and music to reach young people in underserved communities.
Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit
Student sitting outside holding a coffee cup and smiling.

Rising Penn sophomore Teresa Xie is a summer intern working at the Settlement Music School through the RealArts@Penn program. She is producing videos for the marketing and development departments.

Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit

Although an accomplished concert pianist, rising sophomore Teresa Xie of Chicago is not playing the ivories at the Settlement Music School during her RealArts@Penn summer internship. Instead, she is using her photography skills while learning about marketing music for the Philadelphia nonprofit.