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Campus & Community
By the numbers: The FY20 climate and sustainability annual report
By the numbers: The FY20 climate and sustainability annual report
Highlights from the report show progress on reducing carbon emissions, expanding sustainable transit, and increasing academic outreach.
Penn extends winter break for faculty, staff
Penn extends winter break for faculty, staff
To give the University community time to relax and recharge, Penn has added three additional days to the Special Winter Break.
Fall foliage puts Penn’s Tree Campus accolades on display
Fall foliage puts Penn’s Tree Campus accolades on display
The fall colors on display this season highlight Penn’s lush campus, despite being an urban University. In fact, Penn’s tree stewardship has won honors eleven years in a row.
Alumni group strives for ‘strength in diversity’
Alumni group strives for ‘strength in diversity’
For the alumni volunteer leaders with the James Brister Society, the mission to improve campus for people of color continues.
Sprint football team sells face masks to provide meals for frontline workers
Sprint football team sells face masks to provide meals for frontline workers
As a community-service project, the team sold face masks and coverings to purchase 500 meals for essential workers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott L. Bok to become chair of Penn Board of Trustees
Scott L. Bok to become chair of Penn Board of Trustees
The alumnus will succeed David L. Cohen on July 1, 2021. He has been a Penn trustee since 2005, and currently serves as vice chair of the Board.
Penn pledges $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia
Penn pledges $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia
The contribution represents an unprecedented commitment to the City and its public schoolchildren, and is the largest private contribution to the School District in its history.
In the midst of COVID-19, Penn sustains a global mission
In the midst of COVID-19, Penn sustains a global mission
For International Education Week, Penn Today dives into some of the ways the University is remaining engaged throughout the world, while keeping physically apart.
Ivy League cancels winter sports season
Ivy League cancels winter sports season
In addition, fall sports will not be played during the spring semester, and spring sports are postponed through at least the end of February 2021.
Ancil George’s legacy reaches outside the stacks
Ancil George’s legacy reaches outside the stacks
After retiring in 2019, the long-serving Penn figure continues his work in community outreach in West Philadelphia.
In the News
CNN
A Philadelphia physician raised $500,000 and is sending oxygen tanks to help India battle its COVID crisis
Ruchika Talwar, a surgery resident at Penn Medicine, collaborated with local physicians to raise almost $500,000 to send medical supplies to Indian hospitals. "My first and foremost concern is for the patients; that's my role as a physician," she said.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Tips for college graduates on finding jobs as a better economy beckons
Barbara Hewitt of Career Services recommended that interviewees dress professionally from head to toe, even if the interview is conducted remotely.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
New museum for America and the Bible opens at Independence Mall
University Chaplain Chaz Howard comments on the missing conversations in the midst of so much cultural tourism in Philadelphia, which he sees as “the intersection of faith and scripture, and liberty and freedom.”
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Against the clock
Tarik Khan, a Ph.D. student in the School of Nursing, has been spending his evenings delivering leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses to homebound people in Philadelphia.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
After 159 years, the UPenn Glee Club goes co-ed
Penn’s Glee Club has formally merged with the Penn Sirens to create a gender-neutral singing group. “The main consideration is we can expand our repertoire,” said Glee Club President Jake Milner, a senior in the Wharton School. “We can do more musically than we currently can when we have singers with all the voice ranges.”
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