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Our 15 favorite stories from 2022
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Our 15 favorite stories from 2022

From interdisciplinary research and life-changing discoveries to a new University president and everything in between, this year at Penn has been one for the books.

Penn Today Staff

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage
The American continent is seen on a revolving globe

Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage

More than 30 representatives from the University traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate change conference.

Marilyn Perkins , Michele W. Berger , Michele W. Berger

Scholarships place ‘world of opportunity’ within reach
Magill at podium speaking to crowd in decorated gym

Liz Magill, at her first Named Scholarship Celebration as Penn’s president, addresses the crowd of gracious donors and their student recipients.  

Scholarships place ‘world of opportunity’ within reach

Penn’s Named Scholarship Celebration returned to Rockwell Gymnasium on Nov. 16—the first time it’s been held in person since 2019.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn Libraries dedicates Holman Biotech Commons
From left, Wayne Holman and Wendy Commins Holman, Liz Magill, Constantia Constantinou, and Hannah Rutledge.

From left, Wayne Holman and Wendy Commins Holman, President Liz Magill, director of the Penn Libraries Constantia Constantinou, and Hannah Rutledge, director of Biotech Commons. (Image: Kait Privitera)

Penn Libraries dedicates Holman Biotech Commons

The Commons serves as a collaborative resource for researchers in the health sciences, providing the latest tools and technologies to further health care research and equality.
Commemorating Veterans Day
Penn NROTC

Commemorating Veterans Day

What is traditionally a flag raising at College Green moved indoors due to the rainy weather, but the celebration was no less meaningful.

Lauren Hertzler

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn
Students outside of Houston Hall at a table with drinks and signs for voting while another student looks at information on the table.

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn

Student volunteers from Penn Leads the Vote greeted voters at Penn Commons, helping them determine their registration status and answering questions.

Lauren Hertzler

Justice Kagan discusses her path to the Court, building ‘common ground’
Justice Elena Kagan gestures to a smiling Penn President Liz Magill on the stage at Irvine Hall

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (left) sat down with President Liz Magill for a discussion at Irvine Hall.

Justice Kagan discusses her path to the Court, building ‘common ground’

Capping off a festivities-filled inauguration day, President Liz Magill and Kagan had a wide-ranging conversation about the law, Kagan’s career, and building congeniality on the current Court.

Kristen de Groot