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Campus & Community
Student Spotlight with Talon Ducheneaux
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: From the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, Ducheneaux, 20, is a hip-hop artist and future psychologist. As a freshman, he drove to Penn from South Dakota, a trip that took about six days.
Penn Announces 2013-14 Financial-aid Budget, Tuition
The University of Pennsylvania today reaffirmed its commitment to an all-grant, no-loan financial-aid program as its Board of Trustees authorized a $188 million financial-aid budget for 2013-14 while increasing total undergraduate charges by 3.9 percent.
Eye on the Future: Undergraduate life and living
MORE THAN A HOME: During their time at Penn, nearly all Penn undergraduates will call a College House home. The mission of the College Houses is to provide a supportive environment where students can thrive and learn outside of the classroom.
Bridging the racial wealth gap
The 2010 Census reported that the median net worth of African-American families was $4,955—22 times less than the $110,729 median net worth of white American families. This disparity has been referred to as the racial wealth gap, and it has been growing exponentially since the 1980s.
Keep Philly clean
On Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Philadelphia residents can pick up a rake, paintbrush, or broom to participate in the city-wide 2013 Spring Cleanup. Volunteers will be bagging up trash, distributing recycling bins, and painting walls to help beautify places across the entire city.
Staff Q&A with Charles Howard
The Rev. Charles “Chaz” Howard’s official job as University Chaplain is to oversee religious life on campus, but in times of need he offers something much more personal to the Penn community: a friend.
West Philly’s front porch
In April, the University City District wants you to linger at The Porch, the reimagined public space adjacent to 30th Street Station, for a variety of events, including live music, fitness classes, and a beer garden.
Q&A with John Zeller
In 2007, Penn kicked off the public phase of the Making History Campaign, the largest fundraising effort in University history, and one of the largest ever launched by a U.S. college or university. From the beginning, the Campaign wasn’t just about reaching the numerical goal of $3.5 billion.
Penn Student and Four Alums Awarded Rare Book School Mellon Fellowships
Marissa Nicosia, a doctoral candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania, and four alumni are recipients of Rare Book School Mellon Fellowships in Critical Bibliography for early-career scholars.
Penn Public Safety Kicks Off Share the Road Campaign
The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety will kick off its annual Share the Road bicycle-safety campaign on Monday, March 25, at 11 a.m.
In the News
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn
Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed.
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Penn will remain SAT optional for the next admission cycle
Penn will remain standardized test optional for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, with remarks from Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule.
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A burial for 19 Black Philadelphians, 200 years in the making
Penn Museum Director Christopher Woods says that the interment of 19 Black Philadelphians at Eden Cemetery represents a reckoning with the Museum’s colonial past and an act of reconciliation with the local community.
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Here’s what these youth advocates have to say about Philly’s truancy problem, and how they would fix it
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships has more than 30 years of investment in connecting resources that address truancy, such as establishing after-school programming.
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Chinatown residents brainstorm different ideas for Fashion District instead of proposed 76ers arena
Rashida Ng of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues attended the Save Chinatown Coalition to propose different ideas besides the 76ers arena for Philadelphia’s Fashion District.
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