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Campus & Community
Penn's Center for Community Partnerships to Be Named for Barbara and Edward Netter
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania will name its Center for Community Partnerships for Edward Netter, a 1953 graduate of Penn's College, and his wife, Barbara, in recognition of their commitments of more than $10 million.
Penn Law School to Host Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable on Oct. 19
WHO: Michael Fitts, Penn Law School deanRegina Austin, Penn Law School professorShanin Specter, Kline & SpecterMartin Brigham, Raynes McCartyTom Rutter, ADR Options Inc.Emily Kuntsler, Off Center MediaSarah Kuntsler, Off Center MediaJohn Jackson Jr., Richard Perry University professor at Penn
Penn's Center for the Advanced Study of India Presents Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
PHILADELPHIA -- Partha Chatterjee, professor of anthropology at Columbia University and at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Kolkata, will give the inaugural lecture of the Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Pennsylvania Oct. 3.
Penn to Host World Food Day Program, "Expanding Food Access: a Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia," Oct. 5
WHO: Lucy Mayo, former policy director to the New York City CouncilFern Gale Estrow, chair, Food Systems Network, New York CityWHAT: "Expanding Food Access: a Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia"
Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6.
Daniel Imhoff, Author of "Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill" to Speak at Penn
WHO: Daniel Imhoff, author of "Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill"; co-founder, director, publisher of Watershed MediaDavid Wallinga, director of food and health programs, Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyAllen Hance, senior policy analyst, Northeast-Midwest Institute
Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6.
Penn, Bucknell Alumni Teams' 3,050-Mile Bike Race Will Raise Scholarship Funds and Honor Fellow Biker
PHILADELPHIA -- Three University of Pennsylvania alumni are in the midst of a cross-country bike race against a four-man team of Bucknell alums to raise $1 million in scholarship funds for each university to support outstanding students from low-income backgrounds.
Penn Launches New Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism With Inaugural Lecture Sept. 20
PHILADELPHIA -- Demetrios Papademetriou, co-founder and president of the Migration Policy Institute, will present the inaugural lecture of the University of Pennsylvania's Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism.
University of Pennsylvania to Host Kick-Off of Second Annual National Campus Safety Awareness Month
WHO: Dr. Amy Gutmann, president of PennMaureen Rush, vice president for public safety at PennConnie Clery, co-founder of Security on Campus Inc.Catherine Bath, executive director of Security on Campus Inc.Patrick Meehan, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaWHAT: National Campus Safety Awareness Month Kick-Off
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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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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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