Campus & Community

A prayer, a promise, and a commitment to unity

A vigil and memorial to the Tree of Life Synagogue victims brought the Penn community together not just to mourn, but to pledge a commitment to each other during challenging times.

Penn Today Staff

Being well and doing well

Benoit Dubé, the chief wellness officer at Penn, Giang T. Nguyen, executive director of Student Health Service, and Meeta Kumar, deputy executive director of CAPS, discuss Penn’s efforts to strengthen and support the health and wellness of students.

Greg Johnson



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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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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