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Mentorship program introduces students of color to their Ivy League contemporaries
Mentorship program introduces students of color to their Ivy League contemporaries
The HERstory/HIStory mentors from Penn’s W. E. B. Du Bois College House offer advice, wisdom, and friendship to local second-, third-, and fourth-graders.
Penn student Olivia Route selected as 2018 Luce Scholar
Penn student Olivia Route selected as 2018 Luce Scholar
Olivia Route, a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected a 2018 Luce Scholar.
What we have here is a failure to communicate
Would you notice if someone said “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” to you mid-conversation? Research says probably not.
Trustees approve 2018-19 tuition and financial aid budget
The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approved a record $237 million financial aid budget, an increase of 5.25 percent and the largest financial aid budget in Penn’s history.
Physicist strums string theory at Philly high school
In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the universe is composed of one-dimensional cosmic strings vibrating at different frequencies. To high school students at Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School in Center City, “string theory” is an allusion to the valuable effect of creativity, music, and the arts on developing minds.
Penn Law receives $3 million gift to expand public interest programs
A generous gift from Robert and Jane Toll will help increase access for Penn Law students to pursue impactful public service careers.
Andrew Hoffman named dean of Penn Vet
Andrew Hoffman has been named the next Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1.
Telling the stories of urban life, one book at a time
The “City in the Twenty-First Century” series has published more than three dozen books, aimed at showcasing a breadth of experiences about the urban condition.
Cultured meat: the utopian, the dystopian, and the weird
Cultured meat is strange and provocative, but also exciting and interesting. It’s inevitable to wonder what kind of potential impact the phenomenon—where a form of animal protein is produced from cell culture in a lab—could have on our world.
Student org talks life, mental health, and the pursuit of happiness
Penn senior Jared Fenton on sharing the model for Penn Reflect, the student mental health organization he started on campus, with schools across the country.
In the News
Inside Higher Ed
Hopping on the affordability bandwagon
Penn is expanding full-tuition scholarships and removing home equity in its calculations for institutional aid, with remarks from Elaine Varas.
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Architectural Record
Clad in terra-cotta fins, UPenn’s expanded Graduate School of Education fits in with its neighbors
The Graduate School of Education has been renovated and expanded to feature additional classroom space, enhanced accessibility, and a distinct architectural identity.
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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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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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