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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and recent graduate
Facade of a Penn Law building on campus.

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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and recent graduate

Members of Penn faculty and a Class of 2026 graduate in Penn Carey Law, Penn Nursing, the Weitzman School, and the Wharton School received awards and honors in their fields.

Penn Today Staff

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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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Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter launches Penn initiative connecting past mayors with future leaders
former mayors with director of public service initiative

Michael A. Nutter (center), former Mayor of Philadelphia and managing director of the Public Service and Policy Initiative, with inaugural Impact Scholars Kasim Reed (left), former Mayor of Atlanta, and GT Bynum (right), former Mayor of Tulsa.

(Image: Kait Privitera)

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter launches Penn initiative connecting past mayors with future leaders

The first-of-its-kind Public Service and Policy Initiative brings accomplished local governing executives to Penn to translate experience into research, talent development, and policy innovation.

Michael Grant

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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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