Undergraduate Students

Professors Michael Weisberg and David Fox leading Penn Reading Project

Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page

The Penn Reading Project, in its 28th year, is designed to bring the freshmen class together on one academic project. The Class of 2022 read Thornton Wilder’s “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” as part of the Provost’s “Year of Why?”

Chicago Furniture Bank is up and running, serving the community

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.

Third annual Penn Global Week fosters a world-minded campus

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.

Sophomore and junior picnic focuses on friends

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

Penn welcomes the Class of 2022

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.

Helping the Class of 2022’s first-generation community early on

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.

Move-in day for thousands of students at Temple and Penn

President Amy Gutmann welcomed nearly 2,500 members of the Class of 2022 to campus on Wednesday, including students from 88 foreign countries.

Incoming freshman experience college and community ahead of first semester

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.

Navigating urban waters, with an interdisciplinary approach

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.

Meet four gridlock-busting political innovators

Incoming Penn freshman Angela Lin was profiled for, among other accomplishments, founding Innovateen, an organization that creates networking opportunities for students.

Filters