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Campus & Community
Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
The long-running Prize for graduate student instructors recognizes excellent graduate instructors; unlike many other awards, nominations are made by students.
A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Celebrating Earth Week at Penn
Celebrating Earth Week at Penn
Organized by Penn Sustainability, Earth Week runs April 17-23 and will include dozens of events centered on the themes of environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions.
A talk with ALOK: Inaugural Scholar of the Endowed LGBTQ+ Scholar-In-Residence Program
A talk with ALOK: Inaugural Scholar of the Endowed LGBTQ+ Scholar-In-Residence Program
The author, poet, comedian, and public speaker spoke to Penn Today about challenging gender binary ahead of their residency with Penn’s LGBT Center.
The care they need, where they are
The care they need, where they are
A team of undergrads and physicians are partnering with community clinics and other organizations as part of a Projects for Progress-supported program to offer medical care to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.
Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center
Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center
The Penn Women’s Center occupies three-quarters of a three-story house tucked off Locust Walk, with a front garden dotted with clumps of hellebores and daffodils during the spring. It has a full kitchen, a barbeque in back, and rooms that can be reserved by anyone on campus, with first preference going to student groups.
Celebrating Penn’s Named Scholarship Program in New York City
Celebrating Penn’s Named Scholarship Program in New York City
President Liz Magill moderated a panel featuring three students who shared their unique paths to and extraordinary experiences at Penn, thanks to the University’s generous donor community.
Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
Strunk, an award-winning mixed methods scholar at Michigan State University, is an expert on teacher labor markets, school and district improvement and accountability policies, and efforts to boost student achievement.
COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate
COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate
During the peak of the pandemic, psychology major Tiffany Tieu, in a collaborative study, explored anti-Asian racism through the lens of her peers.
Sophia Z. Lee named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Sophia Z. Lee named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Lee is currently a professor of law with a secondary appointment in history, and has been a member of the Penn Carey Law faculty since 2009.
In the News
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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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 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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