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Campus & Community
Ten-Year Extension of Penn Alexander School Pact Continues Penn’s Support of Public Schools
PHILADELPHIA -– With the School Reform Commission’s approval, the partnership agreement that supports the successful and innovative pre-K-8 Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School in West Philadelphia has been extended for
The ARCH building’s historic arc
The Arts, Research and Culture House, or ARCH building, has long been a campus landmark.
On display
From June 25 through Aug. 5, the Burrison Gallery will highlight some of the creativity found on campus in the first annual University Club Members exhibit. The show will feature paintings, photography and digital prints. Some of the work on display will be for sale.
Why is Claire M. Fagin Hall so confusing?
Dear Benny:For decades, visitors to Claire M. Fagin Hall at the School of Nursing have had a difficult time finding their way around the building. Its interior seems to have been constructed like a maze. Recent renovations have helped, but why is that building so confusing? —Need a GPSDear GPS:
Staff Q&A with John Prendergast
Open up the recent issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette and you’ll see a story about Penn scholars in Egypt during that country’s uprising,
Two Penn pitchers drafted by Major League Baseball
For the first time in eight years, two Penn baseball players have been tapped by Major League Baseball during the First-Year Player Draft.
In the News
WHYY (Philadelphia)
Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train
A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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India West
UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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The Washington Post
College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one
Almost 90% of students who graduated from Penn in 2023 completed an internship during college. Barbara Hewitt of Career Services says that the race to get talent early has resulted in a focus on getting early practical experience through many ways in students’ academic careers.
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The Wall Street Journal
Harvard University applications fall by 5%
Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.
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The Wall Street Journal
The top colleges for high-paying careers in finance, tech and consulting
Penn is ranked as one of the top five private colleges for high-paying jobs in finance and one of the top 10 private colleges for tech salaries and management consulting salaries.
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