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Campus & Community
Applauding the impact on Penn’s diverse communities
On April 6, Penn President Amy Gutmann was on hand at the annual Student and Faculty Leadership Awards of the James Brister Society, a diverse group of Penn alumni volunteer leaders that celebrated its 25th anniversary.
What's 'sustainable happiness'? This monk knows
World-traveling monk Devamrita Swami will, in a campus talk, discuss how yoga principles—like the concept of “sustainable happiness”—can be applied to sustainability and even target the root of the climate crisis.
Picturing first generation
First-generation, low-income students take a moment to pose for the camera and share a few words about what their Ivy experience means to them, and the Penn community.
Penn Global Seminar provides students with mind-opening experiences
During spring break, 15 students from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Wharton School, Management and Technology program, and School of Arts and Sciences traveled to Beijing and Shanghai to learn more about engineering and technology innovations in China.
Two Penn professors named Guggenheim Fellows
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Charles Yang and Charles L. Bosk, also of the Perelman School of Medicine, have been named Guggenheim Fellows.
Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand visits Penn, with scientific partnerships in mind
The princess met with President Amy Gutmann and leaders of Penn’s health schools on Thursday, April 5, to discuss future collaboration aimed at advancing health and science.
Determined undergraduates and life-changing scholarships feted at annual celebration
Two Penn seniors spoke about overcoming challenges and Undergraduate Named Scholarships during an April 3 celebration in New York.
Human rights, forced migration, and immigration policy are topics of April 10 conference
As part of the 2018 Global Shifts Colloquium, the Perry World House panel will explore the impact of global refugee migration on the political, social, and environmental climate.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s time studying at Penn
A new book chronicles the student years of Martin Luther King Jr., and the time he spent taking secular classes at Penn.
Schwarzman Scholars Program funds graduate study in China
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman will discuss the program-and why Penn students should apply-on Thursday, April 5, at Huntsman Hall with Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett.
In the News
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn
Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed.
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Penn will remain SAT optional for the next admission cycle
Penn will remain standardized test optional for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, with remarks from Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule.
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A burial for 19 Black Philadelphians, 200 years in the making
Penn Museum Director Christopher Woods says that the interment of 19 Black Philadelphians at Eden Cemetery represents a reckoning with the Museum’s colonial past and an act of reconciliation with the local community.
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Here’s what these youth advocates have to say about Philly’s truancy problem, and how they would fix it
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships has more than 30 years of investment in connecting resources that address truancy, such as establishing after-school programming.
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Chinatown residents brainstorm different ideas for Fashion District instead of proposed 76ers arena
Rashida Ng of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues attended the Save Chinatown Coalition to propose different ideas besides the 76ers arena for Philadelphia’s Fashion District.
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