Campus & Community

Grover Powell, New York Mets pitcher

Powerful lefthander Grover Powell, a standout pitcher for the Penn Quakers, became an overnight star for the New York Mets in 1963, when he shut out the Phillies 4-0 in his first major league game.

Jeanne Leong

Out & About: Sweetgreen

WHAT: Sweetgreen, 3925 Walnut St., is an eco-friendly eatery serving organic salads, wraps, soup and frozen yogurt. The bright and airy restaurant is open everyday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Tanya Barrientos

Swing into spring with Penn events aplenty

Spring is in full swing, a time to go outside and enjoy sunny skies, cool breezes and the many springtime events Penn has to offer between now and the end of the semester.

Jeanne Leong

University of Pennsylvania Receives $15 Million Gift to Enhance Student Life and Learning

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $15 million gift from an anonymous donor to renovate the historic Arts, Research and Culture House, to create a center for campus life that builds on the cultural diversity of Penn students and offers a rich intellectual and social experience for the entire University community.

Jeanne Leong

PennMOVES in need of University volunteers

PennMOVES, the University’s sale of donated clothing and household items from students heading home for summer break, has made a few new moves of its own.

Julie McWilliams



In the News


Philadelphia Inquirer

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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Philadelphia Inquirer

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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Philadelphia Inquirer

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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Philadelphia Inquirer

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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6ABC.com

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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