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    Move-In fall 2022 primer
    A person pulls a plastic bin out of a moving bin in front of one of Penn’s College Houses.

    Move-In fall 2022 primer

    Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates preparing to move into College Housing between Aug. 22 and 28.
    New gift brings design education to underserved youth
    Teenage students working on a scale design model.

    Design to Thrive gathers students ages 13 to 18 four days a week for an intensive design and making studio, where PennPraxis Design Fellows teach design skills and approaches, including welding with blowtorches, creating ceramic molds for porcelain bells, and building a precise topographic model. (Image: Gaja Papa for The Fresh Air Fund.)

    New gift brings design education to underserved youth

    Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.
    $12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice
    Gianni Morsell (left) and two other people smile for the camera at Commencement.

    Social Justice Scholar and May graduate Gianni Morsell, pictured at the SP2 graduation (left to right) with SP2 alumna Sarah Jones and SP2 Class of 2023 student Kira Kerkorian.

    $12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice

    The resources will provide unprecedented support for graduate students in social work, social policy, and nonprofit leadership
    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
    Group of people gathered together by a building entrance.

    During a celebration in May 2022, current fellows in the SNF Paideia Program welcomed the 2025 cohort.

    SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

    Increased funding will enable the SNF Paideia Program at Penn to strengthen a commitment to the civic mission of higher education on campus and beyond with enhanced course offerings, an expanded fellowship program, and more event programming.
    Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution
    Shoshana Weintraub, Sarah Beth Gleeson, and Julia Yan.

    Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution

    May graduates Sarah Beth Gleeson, Shoshana Weintraub, and Julia Yan will use their President’s Sustainability Prize to create a device for trapping microfibers in laundry machines to reduce ocean microplastic pollution.
    A vigil in response to recent losses to gun violence
    A crowd of people on College Green at Penn’s gun violence vigil.

    A vigil in response to recent losses to gun violence

    In the shadow of the LOVE sculpture, campus ministers and artists offered prayers, readings, and songs, supporting the community and imploring action in the wake of the lives lost in the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, in Laguna Woods, California, and in Uvalde, Texas.
    Weitzman Plaza dedicated as ‘one of Penn’s great gathering places’
    Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, Cindy Sanders, and Craig Carnaroli standing outside Weitzman Plaza by a plaque that reads Stuart Weitzman.

    Weitzman dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, OLIN CEO and Weitzman faculty member Cindy Sanders, and senior executive vice president Craig Carnaroli. (Image: Weitzman News)

    Weitzman Plaza dedicated as ‘one of Penn’s great gathering places’

    The plaza, named for Stuart Weitzman, Wharton Class of 1963, was extensively renovated in 2021 and celebrated on May 13 with a ceremony.
    Dirk Trauner appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
    Dirk Trauner.

    Dirk Trauner will be the George A. Weiss University Professor, with joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine.

    Dirk Trauner appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

    Trauner, one of the world’s most innovative interdisciplinary chemists, will have joint appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences and in the Perelman School of Medicine.
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