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A ‘magic moment’ for PennDesign

The School of Design kicked off its Lead by Design campaign with an awards and fundraising gala in New York City.

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.

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She did it herself

The Penn Libraries exhibition “OK, I’ll Do It Myself” with selections from the collection of alumna Caroline Schimmel features 145 books, photographs, manuscripts, artwork, and memorabilia on women in the American wilderness, even Annie Oakley’s trunk.

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Wrestling team grapples on the green

The Penn wrestling team headed outside on to officially kick off its season with its annual “Grapple On The Green” open practice on College Green.

‘Healthy Pequeños’ teaches young children about hygiene, germs, and food safety

Alaina Hall’s project, a 2018 Penn President’s Engagement Prize winner, is already making a difference for a residential childcare home in Miacatlán, Mexico.

Charles Kane and Eugene Mele to share Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

For introducing a new class of materials with unique and useful properties, known as topological insulators, physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele will receive the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The award honors “fundamental discoveries…that are transforming our world.”

Q&A

Q&A with Marc Meredith: What’s at stake in the midterm elections

The political scientist on the importance of the upcoming midterm elections, and the need to increase voter turnout.

Educational leaders examine the ‘University of the Future’

“Beyond the Walls: The University of the Future” brought scholars, administrators, and technology experts together to discuss the future of higher education and the disruption of the traditional “brick and mortar” college campus.

20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard

Two decades after his murder, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Kelly Writers House, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a memorial reading to celebrate Shepard’s life.

Electronic research notebooks streamline the scientific method

To do it right, scientific research requires careful record keeping, dutiful repetition of protocols, and, in many cases, free exchange of data. Electronic research notebooks are intended to help researchers up their game and are now available at no charge to the University community through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Dawn Bonnell.

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