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The 2026-27 World House Student Fellows

The 2026-27 World House Student Fellows

Perry World House welcomed 31 students from all four of Penn’s undergraduate Schools to its 2026-27 cohort of World House Student Fellows.

Empowering high school students through speech and debate
Renee Liu standing outside of the Netter Center office with arms crossed

Speech and debate enriched Renee Liu’s personal and professional development. Now, she partners with two West Philadelphia high schools to bring tailored, long-term speech and debate programs to local students based on school-identified needs.

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Empowering high school students through speech and debate

In an internship through the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, third-year Renee Liu developed a comprehensive afterschool speech and debate program that responded to needs identified by students and faculty in two West Philadelphia high schools.

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First-years start their ‘Penn odyssey’
Penn’s Class of 2030 Convocation on Franklin Field.

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First-years start their ‘Penn odyssey’

Penn’s 287th academic year formally kicked off with Convocation, where Penn President J. Larry Jameson declared the start of the Class of 2030’s “Penn odyssey.”

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The Class of 2030 comes to life
Penn’s class of 2030 in the Palestra with streamers in the air.

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The Class of 2030 comes to life

As part of the New Student Orientation welcome experience, new students kicked off their inaugural campus weekend with movie nights, College House meetings, campus tours and an open-mic, culminating in a night at the National Constitution Center and an afterparty at Houston Hall.

Penn Today Staff

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Supporting ‘We the People’ for the summer
Five SAS interns filling tote bags at the National Constitution Center.

At the National Constitution Center, the students primarily focused on preparing for the Center’s Educator Institutes, professional development opportunities for people who work with students in grades five through 12 at public, charter, independent, parochial, and other schools.

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Supporting ‘We the People’ for the summer

At the National Constitution Center, five undergrads in the School of Arts & Sciences spent 10 weeks equipping educators to teach the Constitution with accuracy, balance, and a nonpartisan approach.

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A summer of research and teaching with Scribe Video Center
Sarah Attia sits at laptop with three kids.

As part of a summer internship at Scribe Video Center, rising third-year student Sarah Attia taught students at the Jubilee School in West Philadelphia how to use archives to find primary sources about John Coltrane’s life in Philadelphia.

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A summer of research and teaching with Scribe Video Center

Through the Summer Humanities Internship Program, rising third-year Sarah Attia has honed her research and interviewing skills and taught archival skills to elementary students.

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An inviting welcome on Move-In day
Students pushing Move-In carts into a College House.

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An inviting welcome on Move-In day

The majority of first-year students began their Penn journey on Tuesday, Aug. 18, with the annual Move-In ritual, which runs like clockwork thanks to Move-In volunteers and staff and eases the transition for first-year students leaving the nest and kicking off their lives as undergraduates.

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Four decades of life in the Quad
Glenn Bryan

Glenn Bryan of the Office of Government and Community Affairs lived in the Quad his first year in 1970.

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Four decades of life in the Quad

From concerts to quiet moments, four Penn alumni, now staff members, reflect on their time living in the Quad.

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