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Campus & Community
Ivy Stones, a Penn tradition
Ivy Stones, a Penn tradition
Since 1873, each graduating class has placed an Ivy Stone on campus to commemorate their time at Penn.
Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu all entered Penn as first-generation college undergraduates and the children of immigrants and pursued different paths: political science, film, and finance and accounting.
Portraits of a graduating class
Portraits of a graduating class
A roundup of 12 undergraduate and graduate student profiles who made the most of their years at Penn and made a mark on the community.
2024 Graduate Leadership Awards
2024 Graduate Leadership Awards
Twelve graduating students are recognized for their service and lasting contributions to graduate student life at Penn.
Class of 2024 celebrates Baccalaureate, unveils Ivy Stone and class pin
The same undergraduates who started at Penn during the pandemic gathered for the first of many Commencement season activities.
What’s That? The Sweeten Alumni House carillon
What’s That? The Sweeten Alumni House carillon
The Sweeten Alumni House carillon is a computerized music system that chimes and plays songs for passersby along Locust Walk.
A Class like no other
A Class like no other
As three fourth-year students look forward to Commencement, a look back at their Penn journey, which started during a global pandemic.
A greener approach to end the academic year
A greener approach to end the academic year
Efforts have expanded this year to ensure student Move-Out for the summer break is more clean, green, and convenient than ever before. On campus, PennMOVES—operated by Business Services—is in full effect, partnering with Goodwill to collect materials students can’t take with them when they leave campus.
Celebrating ‘excellence and service in combination’ at PIP/PEP luncheon
Celebrating ‘excellence and service in combination’ at PIP/PEP luncheon
Seven graduating students were recognized at an annual luncheon for the President’s Engagement and Innovation prizes.
Making life easier for students with learning differences
Making life easier for students with learning differences
Fourth-year students Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for their web-based education management tool, Jochi, to help middle and high school students.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn to expand its full-tuition scholarship aid to families with a higher income threshold
Penn’s Quaker Commitment will expand full-tuition scholarships and will no longer consider the primary family home as an asset in its calculation for institutional aid. Interim President J. Larry Jameson and director of financial aid Elaine Papas Varas offer remarks.
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Bloomberg
Ivy League’s Penn shakes up aid formula by excluding home equity
To increase affordability, Penn will stop including a family’s equity in their primary home when determining a student’s financial aid eligibility.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student awarded Rhodes Scholarship to continue cancer research at Oxford University
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship to continue his cancer research at Oxford University.
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Chicago Sun-Times
UChicago students, Barrington native among 2024 Rhodes Scholars heading to University of Oxford
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn is offering free Narcan through vending machine on campus
A vending machine on Penn’s campus will offer free Narcan and other wellness and health products, with remarks from Jackie Recktenwald and Benoit Dubé of Wellness at Penn.
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