Foundations and big donors step in to tackle the nation’s nurse shortage Penn In the News Chronicle of Philanthropy Foundations and big donors step in to tackle the nation’s nurse shortage A $125 million gift from alumnus Leonard Lauder has created a tuition-free program at the School of Nursing that will eventually train 40 nurse practitioners a year for decades to come. Red and blue pride to last a lifetime Red and blue pride to last a lifetime President Liz Magill’s inauguration on Friday coincided with Penn’s Homecoming festivities, making for an extra-spirited weekend on campus. Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award Top row, left to right: Alex H. Park, Lee Spelman Doty, Joan Lau, and Omid Shokoufandeh. Bottom row, left to right: Alberto Chamorro, Laura W. Perna, Todd Lieberman, and William Hohns. Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award In addition to the alumni awards, Laura W. Perna of the Graduate School of Education will accept the Faculty Award of Merit. Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The Mask and Wig Club will make history when they take the stage Oct. 12-15 in the fall show, “Better Call Y’all,” the first gender-inclusive production since its founding as an all-male comedy group in 1889. The cast rehearsed at the Platt House for the Performing Arts. Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying. Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary Yomi Abdi (left) and Giselle Gonzaga working at the Student Federal Credit Union on 34th and Walnut. Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary The Student Federal Credit Union, the only student-run credit union in the Ivy League, serves the Penn community—students, alumni, and their immediate family members. $50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine Jonathan Epstein, Penn Medicine’s chief scientific officer; Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives; Dean J. Larry Jameson; Penn President Liz Magill; Judy and Stewart Colton; E. John Wherry, chair of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics; and University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney. $50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine The center for autoimmune research brings together star faculty, powering the next generation of autoimmune disease advances. $50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research Penn In the News Forbes $50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research A $50 million gift from Wharton School alumni Judy and Stewart Colton will further develop the work of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a statement from President Liz Magill. $50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer $50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes to find better answers for autoimmune conditions as director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, established and now accelerated by alumni Judy and Stewart Colton. University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers Penn In the News Forbes University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers The $55 million gift from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will be used to establish the Basser Cancer Interception Institute, featuring a statement from President Liz Magill. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. Load More
Red and blue pride to last a lifetime Red and blue pride to last a lifetime President Liz Magill’s inauguration on Friday coincided with Penn’s Homecoming festivities, making for an extra-spirited weekend on campus.
Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award Top row, left to right: Alex H. Park, Lee Spelman Doty, Joan Lau, and Omid Shokoufandeh. Bottom row, left to right: Alberto Chamorro, Laura W. Perna, Todd Lieberman, and William Hohns. Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award In addition to the alumni awards, Laura W. Perna of the Graduate School of Education will accept the Faculty Award of Merit.
Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The Mask and Wig Club will make history when they take the stage Oct. 12-15 in the fall show, “Better Call Y’all,” the first gender-inclusive production since its founding as an all-male comedy group in 1889. The cast rehearsed at the Platt House for the Performing Arts. Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying.
Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary Yomi Abdi (left) and Giselle Gonzaga working at the Student Federal Credit Union on 34th and Walnut. Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary The Student Federal Credit Union, the only student-run credit union in the Ivy League, serves the Penn community—students, alumni, and their immediate family members.
$50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine Jonathan Epstein, Penn Medicine’s chief scientific officer; Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives; Dean J. Larry Jameson; Penn President Liz Magill; Judy and Stewart Colton; E. John Wherry, chair of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics; and University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney. $50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine The center for autoimmune research brings together star faculty, powering the next generation of autoimmune disease advances.
$50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research Penn In the News Forbes $50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research A $50 million gift from Wharton School alumni Judy and Stewart Colton will further develop the work of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a statement from President Liz Magill. $50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer $50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes to find better answers for autoimmune conditions as director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, established and now accelerated by alumni Judy and Stewart Colton. University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers Penn In the News Forbes University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers The $55 million gift from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will be used to establish the Basser Cancer Interception Institute, featuring a statement from President Liz Magill. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. Load More
$50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer $50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes to find better answers for autoimmune conditions as director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, established and now accelerated by alumni Judy and Stewart Colton. University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers Penn In the News Forbes University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers The $55 million gift from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will be used to establish the Basser Cancer Interception Institute, featuring a statement from President Liz Magill. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. Load More
University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers Penn In the News Forbes University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers The $55 million gift from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will be used to establish the Basser Cancer Interception Institute, featuring a statement from President Liz Magill. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England.
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England.