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Celebrating community at Penn’s 267th Commencement
students cheer at the end of commencement

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Celebrating community at Penn’s 267th Commencement

Thousands of students and their biggest supporters—those who President Liz Magill described as “force multipliers”—flooded campus Monday for a sunny ceremony for the ages.
Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication
Michael Delli Carpini.

Michael Delli Carpini.

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Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication

The Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication and Democracy at the Annenberg School, and dean from 2003 to 2018, Delli Carpini is currently concluding a term as the inaugural faculty director of Penn’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program.
Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through
Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang pose in business suites.

Catherine Chang and Kenneth Pham are co-founders of Act First and winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize. Their nonprofit teaches Philadelphia high school students how to do CPR, prevent blood loss, and administer Narcan. 

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Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through

Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang, winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize, will teach Philadelphia high school students CPR, Narcan administration, and blood loss prevention. 
‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action
Image of a brick building with signs out front pointing to "Antenatal MCH, Labour ward PNC, YCC, Pharmacy, Laboratory, OPD"

A Ugandan health center, August 2022.

(Image: Seungwon “Lucy” Lee)

‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action

President Engagement Prize winner and  fourth-year Seungwon ‘Lucy’ Lee is creating a coordinated referral system of first responders, emergency dispatchers, and systemized hospital networks to improve emergency maternal health care in Uganda.

Kristina García

The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants
incoming penn provost john jackson

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The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants

Now in its sixth year of supporting creative practice at Penn and in the surrounding community, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced grants totaling $170,000 at its annual Sachs Grants Awards ceremony.
A ‘sensational’ Hey Day for the Class of 2024
college hall during hey day 2023

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A ‘sensational’ Hey Day for the Class of 2024

Students celebrated the longtime tradition of rising to senior status with Penn’s new president and a whole lot of selfies.

Lauren Hertzler

People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces
student works with mears staff member in lab

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People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces

Hands-on learning fosters creativity, creates opportunities for collaboration, and feels good. Education Commons, the Precision Machining Laboratory, and Tangen Hall all offer space for students to get their hands dirty.

Kristina García

Caring for the campus landscape with an ecological mindset
flowers in class of 1964 garden

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Caring for the campus landscape with an ecological mindset

The Ecological Landscape Stewardship Plan, developed in 2018, offers a framework for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services to design, maintain, and celebrate the beauty of the campus landscape with an emphasis on its role as a balanced ecological system.

Katherine Unger Baillie

The care they need, where they are
shelter health workers at the front desk

Undergraduates Sophie Gu, Julia Badolato, and Julie Elfishawy help Kiston Farquharson check out of the ICNA Relief SHAMS Clinic following his appointment. The Penn students are members of Shelter Health Outreach Program, a student club which, through a Projects for Progress award, is working with Penn Medicine physicians to provide primary care at SHAMS Clinic and mobile clinic sites around Philadelphia.

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The care they need, where they are

A team of undergrads and physicians are partnering with community clinics and other organizations as part of a Projects for Progress-supported program to offer medical care to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
New GSE dean smiling against colorful backdrop

Katharine O. Strunk

(Courtesy of Michigan State University)

Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education

Strunk, an award-winning mixed methods scholar at Michigan State University, is an expert on teacher labor markets, school and district improvement and accountability policies, and efforts to boost student achievement.