4/22
Campus & Community
Student org talks life, mental health, and the pursuit of happiness
Penn senior Jared Fenton on sharing the model for Penn Reflect, the student mental health organization he started on campus, with schools across the country.
Increasing access for first-generation, low-income students
When Amy Gutmann was appointed president of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, only one in 20 students at Penn identified as the first in their families to attend college.
Living in a material world
On Feb. 3, hundreds of elementary and middle-school aged students and their families gathered around tables for hands-on demonstrations and workshops with themes ranging from “bouncy balls and borax” to “muggle magic.”
Tracking birds in flight over the Philadelphia skies
Each spring and fall, birds take wing on journeys of thousands of miles, seeking prime breeding habitats or safe and comfortable places to ride out the winter.
Hult Prize Ivy awards business plans with social impact
Tiffany Yau seems to have a talent for seeing things as they might be, not as they are. Maybe that comes from years of learning magic tricks with her grandfather. Maybe it comes from years of dedication to issues with great social impact.
Justice Ginsburg talks hope, the death penalty, and the future of women’s rights
The celebrated Supreme Court Justice shares her experience from 25 years on the bench.
Talking immigration, at home and abroad
Talking immigration, at home and abroad
This year’s David and Lyn Silfen University Forum focused on “People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Immigration Policy.”
Cross-disciplinary Futures Project shows citywide success
A loud, heated argument between two high school boys in the school hallway ended in the principal’s office. The students were about to fight because one boy was fearful that the other would “out him” as gay. The principal would eventually invite the school nurse and the guidance counselor to the meeting, but would parents or guardians be privy to the office discussion?
Penn senior Kevin Chen awarded Churchill scholarship
Penn senior Kevin Chen will study abroad at the University of Cambridge's Churchill College with a scholarship from the Winston Churchill Foundation.
Undergraduate seminar takes students to India
Nearly 8,000 miles from the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, eight students immersed themselves in “The Performing Arts of Modern South India” through a year-long course that included a 12-day visit to India and continues through the spring.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?
Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train
A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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India West
UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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The Washington Post
College internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one
Almost 90% of students who graduated from Penn in 2023 completed an internship during college. Barbara Hewitt of Career Services says that the race to get talent early has resulted in a focus on getting early practical experience through many ways in students’ academic careers.
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The Wall Street Journal
Harvard University applications fall by 5%
Penn received more than 65,000 undergraduate applications for the Class of 2028, the most in its history.
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