Education, Business, & Law

Future Olympic champions may be in training right here at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Penn IUR, at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected chair of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme’s World Urban Campaign, a global coalition of public, private and civil society partners acting to promote sustainable u

Ariel Koren, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a merit-based award for college students who plan to pursue graduate or professional degrees to prepare for careers in government or public service.

Al Filreis, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been inducted as one of 14 founding members into the Minerva Academy, an honorary institution dedicated to promoting and rewarding extraordinary advancements and innovation in higher education around the world.

The classroom is not the only place at the University of Pennsylvania where a student can learn a language. Gregory College House’s residential modern languages program offers five “language houses” where students can enjoy new cultural experiences and improve their language proficiency.

Shaiyam Flavaney credits much of his success as a student at the University of Pennsylvania to the guidance he received from his mentors, growing up in Jackson, N.J.

WHO:             Michael Horowitz                         Associate Professor of Political Science

WHO:             University of Pennsylvania                        Anti-Defamation League

On the Wings of Eagle and Raven: Tlingit and Haida Traditions (Photos) April 11 – July 6, 2014

Wendell E. Pritchett has been named interim dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School for the 2014-15 academic year.