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Campus & Community
125 years of Franklin Field
The historic stadium, home to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers and Penn Relays, is celebrating its quasquicentennial. It is the oldest college stadium in the country.
Energy Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania receives $30 million gift
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania today received an anonymous $30 million gift that will support continued programming at the Center.
Models of Excellence, 20 years in the making
Each year, the MOE program shines a light on Penn’s stellar staff. This year’s celebration will be held Tuesday, April 23.
Building literacy and leadership through basketball
Three seniors with roots in West Africa will use their President’s Engagement Prize to build a program for Liberian girls that will combine sports and reading.
Night at the (Penn) Museum
What it’s like to sleep over with mummies and more than 10,000 years’ worth of artifacts.
Former Penn President Judith Rodin speaks on resilience
Returning to campus to deliver the Penn Forum for Women Faculty’s Phoebe S. Leboy Lecture, Rodin reflected on her tenure at the University and the Rockefeller Foundation, while explaining her concept of ‘resilience.’
Safe haven
Senior Brendan Taliaferro receives the President’s Engagement Prize for a project to provide housing and support for homeless LGBTQ youth in Philadelphia.
Penn President Amy Gutmann to receive PA Society’s Gold Medal
The Pennsylvania Society will award its coveted Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement this December to President Amy Gutmann, PA Society President Robert J. Ciaruffoli Jr. announced today.
Two undergrads named Truman Scholars
Louis Lin and Ángel Ortiz-Siberón, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in government or public service.
An epidemic that affects us all
Public officials and medical experts meshed on stage for this year’s Silfen Forum, discussing the complex issues surrounding the nation’s opioid crisis.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Credit card ‘travel hacking’: Wharton MBAs offer tips to get the most out of your rewards in 2019
At an on-campus event co-hosted by Wharton Common Cents club and the Travel & Hospitality Club, MBA students led a skill share on “travel hacking,” which allows consumers to leverage credit card reward policies to optimize their spending.
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Technical.ly Philly
Here’s what Wharton’s massive startup hub will look like
Renderings of the new Tangen Hall building have been released. President Amy Gutmann said “the real motivator for this is the amazing entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of our undergraduate and graduate students who are working to do great things in the world.” The hall is named after Wharton alumnus Nicolai Tangen and his wife, Katja, whose gift made the building possible.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s female rowers have a new teammate. She’s 10.
The Penn women’s rowing team has “adopted” 10-year-old Keira McGrenehan, a chronically ill CHOP patient, as a part of the Team IMPACT program. “We’ve been so excited to have her with us, so we can know her and understand her difficulties and victories,” says junior Romy Simpson, one of the team’s captains.
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Morris Arboretum celebrates Cherry Blossom Days: ‘Spring is definitely in the air’
Michelle Connors of the Morris Arboretum spoke about last weekend’s Cherry Blossom Days, which featured Taiko drumming and a Japanese tea ceremony.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
As Biden, Bush headline opioid panel at Penn, Kenney talks supervised injection sites
President Amy Gutmann hosted yesterday’s Silfen Forum on the opioid crisis.
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