4/22
Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day
Penn’s campus played host to eight polling places where students and community members cast their ballots, with a team of trained poll workers keeping the action running smoothly.
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Adding (or subtracting) a spouse or partner? Changes can be made during Penn’s Open Enrollment
This year’s Open Enrollment period for reviewing and updating benefits is April 29 through May 10, with several new options offered for families and individuals.
Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
Three prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
Researchers representing six schools join a class of scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.
Former UN official on regressive gender-based policies
Speaking at Perry World House (PWH), former United Nations deputy high commissioner for human rights Kate Gilmore, a PWH Visiting Fellow, addressed regressive reproductive and gender-based policies that have gained traction globally.
Honoring a life scientist’s lifesaving science
Carl June accepted the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a Los Angeles ceremony, making him the sixth recipient from Penn.
Inside Penn
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Penn Medicine marks Earth Day by signing national Health Sector Climate Pledge
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Julia Ticona awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant to study generative AI
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Penn GSE affordability expert offers takeaways on the new FAFSA
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Video educates and connects men to prostate cancer screening options
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Cerianne Robertson named 2024-26 George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
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Penn’s principles are the essence of who we are.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions
Ph.D. students Jacqueline Wallis and Afton Greco are embedded at the Academy at Palumbo in South Philadelphia, where they give philosophy lessons on curriculum-relevant topics and run an after-school Philosophy Club.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
At the edge of empires, Lauder students embark on odyssey through Georgia
As part of the Lauder Institute’s Lauder Intercultural Ventures program, graduate students traveled to Georgia, to the Russian border, and beyond, learning about wine, language, historical reckonings, and more.
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4/22
Creating Canopy 2024
4/20
Earth Week 2024
This is a campuswide week of events, lectures, and volunteer opportunities designed to educate and inspire action related to environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions. This year’s theme is Restore & Regenerate.