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4/26
WHAT: The Taste of Penn will offer University of Pennsylvania students the opportunity to sample and rate a variety of healthy dishes made with locally sourced ingredients from 12 area vendors.
On Thursday, April 26, thousands of finely tuned athletes clad in colorful warm-ups will descend upon Penn’s campus. They’ve trained for months, maybe years, to run fast, jump high, and throw far, and at the 118th Penn Relay Carnival they will put their talents to the test.
There’s a veritable John Barth read-a-thon underway at Kelly Writers House. Students are studying the work of the renowned author as part of a Writers House Fellows Seminar course taught by Writers House Faculty Director Al Filreis.
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Penn Walking Program’s Fifth 5K Walk on Friday, April 27.
The internet has changed the way we read the news, connect with friends, and buy new products. Now, web-based courses are pioneering a new model for higher learning, one that could potentially give everyone in the world access to a top-level educational experience.
The ceremonial honor guard marches in to the unmistakable chorus of bagpipes. The celebration showcases the hard work and dedication of Penn’s law enforcement and public safety professionals.
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will join Princeton University, the University of Michigan, the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University in partnering with Coursera, an online education platform, to make Web-based courses available free and to improve teaching on campuses.
With help from some University of Pennsylvania Law School students, Philadelphia food vendors are now organized formally as an association, bringing together vendors from across the city to support each other and to share resources.
PHILADELPHIA -- Dorothy Roberts has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
PHILADELPHIA — Five professors from the University of Pennsylvania are among the 220 elected to the 2012 class of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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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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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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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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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Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.
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