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Campus & Community
Penn’s new home in Washington
Penn’s new home in Washington
This page has now moved to https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-new-home-washington
Calling all artists
The Burrison Gallery is calling for artwork submittals to be considered for its fifth annual University Club Members Exhibit.
Leading Change With Women of Color at Penn
Leading Change With Women of Color at Penn
African-American Resource Center's Colleen Winn on MLK, racial justice and her role as a mentor in the Penn community.
Play Ball!
Play Ball!
Each summer, faculty and staff members from the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania bring their sense of cooperation and collaboration onto the softball field. No matter their skill level, the players enjoy some active time together and the opportunity to strengthen their partnerships during a few sunny afternoons at Penn Park. These SP2 summer softball games have been happening since 2013.
Penn’s Economic Impact on Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Tops $14 Billion
Penn’s Economic Impact on Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Tops $14 Billion
As Philadelphia’s largest private employer, Penn has a profound impact on the local and state economy.
A Quarter-century of Community Partnerships
Glen Casey will be the first to admit it: He wasn’t the perfect student in high school. “I was always doing the dumbest things; getting into fights, getting arrested,” he says. A student then at University City High, Casey failed ninth grade, and barely passed 10th. “I just really wasn’t into school,” he says.
In the News
KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Penn prepares for an Ivy weekend visiting Columbia then Cornell
Men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue was interviewed as the team prepared for an Ivy weekend. “I think we really dedicated ourselves over the last month of practice in becoming a better defensive team,” he said.
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
University City Station gets a new name in $3.3M deal with Penn Medicine
Addressing the renaming of the University City rail station, Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney said, “We’re really looking forward to the opening of our new Pavilion in early 2021, which will have a bridge connecting to the Penn Medicine Station.”
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6ABC.com
Real-life 'Superman' cop helps disabled man who lost bag at Philadelphia hospital
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety, praised an officer in the Penn Police Department who replaced items stolen from a hospital patient with Down syndrome. The officer prefers to remain anonymous.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Enthusiasm, hope, and ‘old guard’ warnings follow naming of Philly’s first black female police head
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety commented on the appointment of Philadelphia’s new police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw. When Rush started her law enforcement career in 1976, she said, she “would never have imagined that we would have had a woman commissioner, never mind a black woman commissioner, in the future.”
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
New UPenn scholarship aims to diversify urban planning
Lisa Servon of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the new Moelis Fellows Program, which aims to diversify the field of urban planning by providing financial support to grad students. “This has really enabled us to go after some the best students and get them to come to Penn,” she said.
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