Campus & Community

  WHO:            Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania   WHAT:          Move-in for Penn's Class of 2015

UPDATE - August 28, 6:45 pm The University will be open and operating on a normal schedule on Monday, August 29. Staff members experiencing travel delays should contact their immediate supervisors. Early move-in, which had been rescheduled from Sunday, will proceed as planned on Monday, August 29.

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Michael R. Moyer, VMD, has been named recipient of the 2011 Delaware County SPCA Animal Welfare Leadership Award. Presented annually by the Media, PA-based animal shelter, the award aims honor community leaders who are positively impacting shelter animal medicine in the region.

Facebook, with more than 750 million users, makes it easy to connect and share photos with family, friends and co-workers, but sharing too much information on the website can pose a threat to personal privacy.

The two-time defending Ivy League Champion Penn football team will have three nationally televised games this season, tied for the most in school history.

PHILADELPHIA — The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania is partnering with the American Educational Research Association to host the Education Writers Association’s 2012 national seminar May 17-19 on the Penn campus.

  PHILADELPHIA – As part of their introduction to the University of Pennsylvania, incoming students will participate in the Penn Reading Project this fall with the book Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal.

PHILADELPHIA -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a globally renowned bioethicist, will join the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania as the 13th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, beginning Sept. 1.  The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.

PHILADELPHIA -– The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has acquired the papers and memorabilia of songwriter and Penn alum Ray Evans and his wife, Wyn, thanks to a gift from The Ray & Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation.