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Netter Center provides summer academic and cultural enrichment

For six weeks, from the middle of June through early August, summer camps offered by the Netter Center serve around 400 K-8 students and close to 200 high school students.

Netter Center provides summer academic and cultural enrichment

The Netter Center for Community Partnerships offers six-week summer camps at University-Assisted Community Schools that serve hundreds of Philadelphia schoolchildren.

Linebacker Nick Miller named Second-Team Preseason All-American

Linebacker Nick Miller named Second-Team Preseason All-American

The New Market, Md., native led the conference in tackles last season, and was a finalist for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.

Summer construction on Penn’s campus

Summer construction on Penn’s campus

The University utilizes the 68 working days between Commencement and Move-in for construction projects big and small.

Eating healthy with Jill Joseph

Eating healthy with Jill Joseph

Jill Joseph, the sports nutritionist at Penn Athletics, provides nutritional education and counseling to more than 900 student-athletes across Penn’s 33 teams.

Penn wrestling attracts one of the top recruiting classes in the nation

Penn wrestling attracts one of the top recruiting classes in the nation

Combined, the 2018 recruiting class has earned 11 state/national prep championships, and 26 state/national prep placements.

On the training table with Emily Dorman

On the training table with Emily Dorman

Emily Dorman, the head athletic trainer at Penn Athletics, supervises the overall health care of roughly 1,000 student-athletes at Penn.

Representing slavery in children’s literature

Representing slavery in children’s literature

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas of the Graduate School of Education discusses her work exploring depictions of slavery in children’s books.

Quartet of Quakers advance to NCAA track and field championships

Quartet of Quakers advance to NCAA track and field championships

Four members of the women’s track and field team will compete in the NCAA Championships in June, a program record.

Reexamining the Vietnam War, four decades after America’s defeat

Reexamining the Vietnam War, four decades after America’s defeat

An Asia expert looks back on lessons learned and unlearned, and the war’s effect on the Vietnam generation and the country today.

Survival of the trees on an urban campus

Survival of the trees on an urban campus

Since 2015, the Office of the University Architect has been partnering with the Morris Arboretum on a tree donation program in order to determine how particular trees fare in an urban environment.