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2018 Commencement primer
commencement

2018 Commencement primer

Penn’s 262nd Commencement will be held at Franklin Field on Monday, May 14. Here are 10 helpful facts to guide you through this year’s event.

Jacquie Posey

Hey Day 2018
Hey Day 2018

Hey Day 2018

When they graduate next year, students in the Class of 2019 will remember April 26 as the heyday of their college lives. Hey Day is the annual rite of passage for juniors, when they move up the class ranks to become seniors.

Jacquie Posey

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announces 23 project grants
The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation

Left to right: Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen; John McInerney, executive director, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation; President Amy Gutmann; Kathy Sachs, benefactor of The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation; and Provost Wendell Pritchett.

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announces 23 project grants

At a special event featuring a performance by John Waters and remarks by President Amy Gutmann, the late Keith Sachs was celebrated and $123,000 of grants were doled out for arts projects.
The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

President Amy Gutmann was featured on Fortune’s list of global leaders who have taken on the challenge of unbundling, splitting or delegating an organizations’ functions for improved effectiveness and increased value. She was also cited for, among other things, being a first-generation college-goer who has made it possible for many others to achieve the same goal.

Keep CRISPR Safe

Keep CRISPR Safe

President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences co-authored an article emphasizing the importance of letting “global scientific and biological ethics communities” lead the charge in facilitating the implementation of gene-editing technology.

Q&A with John Zeller
John Zeller

Q&A with John Zeller

The senior vice president of Development and Alumni Relations discusses the $4.1 billion campaign, The Power of Penn: Advancing Knowledge for Good.