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Campus & Community
Staff Q&A with Mark Bendas
Mark Bendas says it takes a certain type of person to do event planning and management. You must be unflappable, flexible, and detail-oriented. It helps if you thrive on short timelines and under pressure. And you have to be OK with being behind-the-scenes.
Wisdom of fourth-graders on display at Burrison Gallery
An exhibit on display in the Burrison Gallery by photographer Judy Gelles shows fourth graders revealing wisdom beyond their years as they share some of the important issues they face in their lives.
New eateries
Two new restaurants on and near campus are now open for business. The first, Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House at 3432 Sansom St., takes the place of the restaurant La Terrasse, and features a menu of mostly fresh seafood, from shrimp and scallops to swordfish and—as the name suggests—oysters.
Student Spotlight with Russell Abdo
ELECTION TIME IS COMING: Russell Abdo, 20, is the events chair and treasurer of Penn Leads the Vote, a non-partisan, student-led campus voter mobilization group sponsored by the Robert A.
Eye on the future: Penn’s global initiatives
WHAT: In August of 2011, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced the appointment of
Get a health screening and earn some cash
Beginning Oct. 15, investing 20 minutes of your time could lead to a healthier lifestyle and put a little extra cash in your pocket, too.
Penn Museum visitors ‘see’ history as part of tours for the visually impaired
Close your eyes. Tighter, so you see only black. Now, picture Ancient Egypt. None of us was there, but most of us can visualize the ancient civilization of northeastern Africa because we’ve seen photographs and drawings of its great pyramids, pharaohs, temples, monuments, earthenware, tombs, and hieroglyphics.
Penn Hosts First Ivy Plus STEM Symposium
This weekend, Penn hosted the first Ivy Plus Symposium and workshops for diverse scholars, a national conference designed to encourage exceptional undergraduate students to pursue advanced training in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
Netter Center to Use AT&T Grant to Support Ninth Graders’ Achievement at Two West Philadelphia Schools
PHILADELPHIA -- Ninth grade students at University City and Sayre High schools in West Philadelphia will be the beneficiaries of a $300,000 competitive grant received by the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships from the
In the News
How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?
Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train
A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one
Almost 90% of students who graduated from Penn in 2023 completed an internship during college. Barbara Hewitt of Career Services says that the race to get talent early has resulted in a focus on getting early practical experience through many ways in students’ academic careers.
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Harvard University applications fall by 5%
Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.
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