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Campus & Community
Michael C. Horowitz returns as director of Perry World House
Michael C. Horowitz returns as director of Perry World House
Horowitz resumed the leadership of Perry World House on August 14, overseeing work on security, defense, and emerging technologies.
Students arrive for Move-In 2024
Students arrive for Move-In 2024
Nearly 6,000 students are moving into the 13 College Houses this week.
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
Preceptorials, a New Student Orientation tradition for first-year undergraduates, run this Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By the Numbers: Move-In 2024
By the Numbers: Move-In 2024
With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the Move-In experience.
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
The Conversations for Community and Dinners Across Differences programs, launched last fall, foster spaces conducive for difficult conversations while recognizing shared humanity.
Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
A new Netter Center white paper written in collaboration with eight universities highlights mutually beneficial university-community partnerships.
Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college
Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college
Forty-eight second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students will be on the ground during Move-In to assist approximately 6,000 new and returning Quakers.
Penn receives $10M gift to advance interdisciplinary work on climate and sustainability
Penn receives $10M gift to advance interdisciplinary work on climate and sustainability
The gift will establish the Penn Climate Sustainability Initiative, fostering collaboration across academic disciplines and all 12 Schools on campus.
Move-In primer 2024
Move-In primer 2024
Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates moving into College Houses and participating in orientation Aug. 19-26
Deputy provost Beth A. Winkelstein to lead implementation effort on Task Force and Commission
Deputy provost Beth A. Winkelstein to lead implementation effort on Task Force and Commission
Winkelstein has been tapped by the interim president and the provost to oversee the implementation of the Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.
In the News
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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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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