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Campus & Community
In New Role at Penn, a GSE Alum and Formerly Homeless Teen, Finds a Way to Support Vulnerable Youth Across Pennsylvania
Seth Morones-Ramírez, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, grew up in and out of the foster-care system. At times, he was homeless: staying in a motel, car, group home or shelter or sleeping on the couches of kind-hearted friends.
From databases to digital maps, students lend expertise
Penn’s Price Lab for Digital Humanities and Penn Libraries are piloting a program this summer that employs student interns to help with new “incubation” grant projects.
Nuclear power faces big hurdle: public perception
Reto Gieré and Katherine Smith do not consider themselves advocates for nuclear power. Yet both underscore that this power source will be “part of the mix” in fulfilling the world’s energy needs for the foreseeable future.
Revamping the old and building the new: Summer construction on campus
The majority of students are away for the summer, but campus is far from quiet. Construction crews hustle every day, diligently revamping the old or building the new, taking special care to perfect the beautiful urban oasis that is uniquely Penn.
Summer’s hearty harvest at the Penn Park Orchard
Since its inception in 2014, the Penn Park Orchard has evolved into a true “food forest.” A wide variety of fruit trees, shrubs, and perennials line the southernmost edge of Penn Park, beyond the tennis courts and alongside the railroad tracks.
Penn’s Social Justice Research Academy for High School Students: Life Lessons for Tackling Tough Topics
For three weeks in July, the University of Pennsylvania’s Social Justice Research Academy offered 65 high school students from around the world intensive lessons in understanding contemporary social issues.
Penn’s Netter Center Expands Global Impact and Outreach
A university-wide center at the University of Pennsylvania is playing a leading role in how higher-education institutions can guide democratic principles and serve as anchors of community-engagement around the world.
Penn Researcher Studies Immigrant-Native Relations in Philadelphia and Atlanta
Research by Michael Jones-Correa might aptly adopt the title of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.
Penn Sociologist Examines Complex World of Diagnosing Mental Illness
In a new book, out this month, a University of Pennsylvania sociology professor addresses the complex subject of the accurate classification and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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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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 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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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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