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Campus & Community
With Joe Biden, talking politics is always personal
With Joe Biden, talking politics is always personal
The Presidential Professor of Practice shared the stage with Penn President Amy Gutmann on Tuesday afternoon for a wide discussion on global affairs and other matters closer to home.
Helping create a safer campus
All Penn students are urged to participate in AAU’s Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.
Pint-size philosophers
Pint-size philosophers
By engaging with Philadelphia elementary students and high school teachers, Penn professor Karen Detlefsen is opening young minds to a new kind of philosophical thinking.
Celebrating Chinese culture
Celebrating Chinese culture
The Penn Lions student dance troupe aims to spread good luck and good fortune around the Lunar New Year.
Testing finds signs of African-American burial ground beneath Chestnut Street property
Testing finds signs of African-American burial ground beneath Chestnut Street property
Portions of the cemetery, dating to the 19th century, may still lie beneath land owned by Penn. University officials are working with the community to decide what’s next.
And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore
And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore
Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category. “Period. End of Sentence.” explores the stigma of menstruation for girls in India and Sliney’s work to address the issue.
Five events to watch for in February
Five events to watch for in February
Happening around campus and beyond this February: the annual Lunar New Year celebration at International House, a thought-provoking new speaker series on the future of religion, and an innovative story slam by nurses.
How gospel music gave birth to rock and soul
How gospel music gave birth to rock and soul
Capping a 16-month project funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, WXPN will debut a four-part radio documentary on Feb. 4, sharing the stories of the early beginnings and influence of gospel music.
Shelter medicine is on a roll
Shelter medicine is on a roll
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s Shelter Medicine Program just got a lot more nimble. They’ve unveiled a state-of-the-art mobile clinic that will expand their services to the animal shelter community.
Winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards named
Winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards named
President Amy Gutmann helped honor the five winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards, given as part of the Commemorative Symposium on Social Change.
In the News
Inside Higher Ed
Hopping on the affordability bandwagon
Penn is expanding full-tuition scholarships and removing home equity in its calculations for institutional aid, with remarks from Elaine Varas.
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Architectural Record
Clad in terra-cotta fins, UPenn’s expanded Graduate School of Education fits in with its neighbors
The Graduate School of Education has been renovated and expanded to feature additional classroom space, enhanced accessibility, and a distinct architectural identity.
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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 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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