4/22
Improv for interviewing
In theater-inspired workshops, Career Services helps students prepare for the job market by thinking on their feet.
Penn undergrads and Decision 2024
Building a culture of voting
In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood
How Penn Medicine is going green for good health
Adding (or subtracting) a spouse or partner? Changes can be made during Penn’s Open Enrollment
Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
The Latest
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.
Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff
The 25th Models of Excellence award ceremony brought together a huge crowd inside Harrison Auditorium, celebrating the people who ‘make Penn move.’
Making study abroad accessible
Kristyn Palmiotto was named executive director of Penn Abroad in the fall. Here, she discusses what’s next for the program and her journey to the University.
Inside Penn
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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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Three things all new managers should be doing
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Penn Vet’s Dipti Pitta awarded grant to develop technology to mitigate methane emissions
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Transportation remains a big barrier to health care
From Leonard Davis Institute
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.
Upcoming Events See all →
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.