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Campus & Community
Seven ways to be green at home
Seven ways to be green at home
Eco-Reps across Penn offer sustainability tips to save money, help the environment, and consume less during the holidays.
How health systems can build a culture of anti-racism
How health systems can build a culture of anti-racism
A trio of Black academicians at Penn Medicine discuss how health systems can use their power, might, and resources to foster racial equality in health systems and communities.
Penn senior and May graduate win 2021 Marshall Scholarships
Penn senior and May graduate win 2021 Marshall Scholarships
Senior Annah Chollet and May graduate Yareqzy Munoz have been named 2021 Marshall Scholars. The Marshall Scholarship funds up to three years of study for a graduate degree in any field at an institution in the United Kingdom.
Penn has four new Schwarzman Scholars
Penn has four new Schwarzman Scholars
Penn seniors Cristina Pogorevici, Paulina Ruta, and Yixi (Cecilia) Wang and 2019 graduate Annie Sun have received the Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
By the Numbers: The FY20 climate and sustainability annual report
By the Numbers: The FY20 climate and sustainability annual report
Highlights from the report show progress on reducing carbon emissions, expanding sustainable transit, and increasing academic outreach.
Penn extends winter break for faculty, staff
Penn extends winter break for faculty, staff
To give the University community time to relax and recharge, Penn has added three additional days to the Special Winter Break.
Fall foliage puts Penn’s Tree Campus accolades on display
Fall foliage puts Penn’s Tree Campus accolades on display
The fall colors on display this season highlight Penn’s lush campus, despite being an urban University. In fact, Penn’s tree stewardship has won honors eleven years in a row.
Alumni group strives for ‘strength in diversity’
Alumni group strives for ‘strength in diversity’
For the alumni volunteer leaders with the James Brister Society, the mission to improve campus for people of color continues.
Sprint football team sells face masks to provide meals for frontline workers
Sprint football team sells face masks to provide meals for frontline workers
As a community-service project, the team sold face masks and coverings to purchase 500 meals for essential workers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott L. Bok to become chair of Penn Board of Trustees
Scott L. Bok to become chair of Penn Board of Trustees
The alumnus will succeed David L. Cohen on July 1, 2021. He has been a Penn trustee since 2005, and currently serves as vice chair of the Board.
In the News
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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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 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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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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