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Campus & Community
Penn expands its social media landscape
It seems as if everyone is using social media these days, tweeting, liking, sharing, posting, updating, and such.
The gift of music
The Penn Band and Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, in harmony with the West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools, is holding a musical instrument drive for the music progra
40 years of Du Bois
Ernest Owens and Farrah Alkhaleel, both juniors in the College, have lived in Du Bois College House since their freshman year.
Penn’s Robert Ghrist Will Teach Calculus Online to Tens of Thousands
PHILADELPHIA — Learning calculus is no easy feat.
Penn offers bigger discounts on cell service plans
Penn students, faculty, and staff can now save more money on their cellphone service plans through the University’s Cellular Discount Program. The discounts, provided by AT&T, Sprint/Nextel, and Verizon to the Penn community for monthly voice/data service plans, have increased.
Legally named
Penn Law has named its newly renovated lecture hall and adjoining seminar room in honor of Harold Cramer L’51 and his wife, Geraldine, who have established a multimillion-dollar bequest intention to support the renovation of Silverman Hall and future projects.
Q&A with Robin Beck
Robin Beck, the University’s vice president for information systems and computing, likes to say that technology is not a revolution, but an evolution.
Penn’s Steven Fluharty Makes Case for Research Funding in Capitol Hill Briefing
PHILADELPHIA — In the waning days of 2012, two words have dominated the post-election discourse: “fiscal cliff.” The cliff is a combination of impending budgetary measures that will take effect in January if a legislative compromise is not reached.
Make your holiday giving have high impact
Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy has launched a free, online toolkit called “High Impact Holiday Giving” to help donors who want their charitable contributions to make the biggest difference in the lives of others.
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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