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Honoring Women of Color at Penn
Penn Women of Color Awards 2018

A diverse group of Penn students shared their stories at the Women of Color Awards luncheon. 

Honoring Women of Color at Penn

On March 16, the Women of Color at Penn 31st Annual Awards Luncheon drew more than 300 people to the Inn at Penn to honor women whose work has promoted education, cultural diversity, and positive change on campus and in the world. 

Jacquie Posey

Candy Alfaro Welcomes First-Generation, Low-Income Students
Candy Alfaro 2

Candy Alfaro Welcomes First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Growing up in the small town of Soledad, Calif., college seemed like a far-off idea for Candy Alfaro.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Now a junior, she credits her parents, Mexican-born farm workers, for her determination to be the first in her family to go to college.​​​​​​​
Lauding a transformative scholar
Penn Professor Thadious Davis Symposium group

More than 100 people attended an evening reception for the symposium in honor of Penn Professor Emeritus Thadious Davis. From left, GerShun Avilez, Salamishah Tillet, Margo Crawford, Jed Esty, Anita Allen, Davis, Barbara Savage, Herman Beavers and Dagmawi Woubshet. Photo by Scott Ellis.

Lauding a transformative scholar

Chosen for her expertise in Southern and African-American literature, author and poet Thadious Davis was one of the first professors recruited by Penn President Amy Gutmann. Davis was honored at a reception and a symposium which focused on her work exploring race, region, and gender.
Short-term effects of Daylight Saving Time
Rebecca Umbach, a fourth-year doctoral student in the department of Criminology at Penn

Rebecca Umbach, a fourth-year doctoral student in the department of Criminology

Short-term effects of Daylight Saving Time

Assaults decrease by 3 percent the Monday after the switch to Daylight Saving Time in the spring, according to research from Penn criminologists.

Michele W. Berger

Grave Gardeners program reconnects the Woodlands and Penn
Gardeners planting seeds in a greenhouse

Grave Gardeners program reconnects the Woodlands and Penn

The Woodlands Grave Gardeners program, now in its third season, pairs volunteer gardeners with the park’s cradle graves—tombstones with a bathtub-like extension—to plant them with lush flowers, as the makers had intended.

Katherine Unger Baillie