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Hard at work, crews make progress during summer construction
vagelos laboratory exterior

(On homepage): The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, pictured in July 2023, features innovative sunshades designed to increase daylighting while blocking approximately 40% of light. A similar design of shades was recently used in London’s U.S. embassy building.

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Hard at work, crews make progress during summer construction

Ahead of the arrival of students, summer on campus bustles with construction teams advancing various building projects and maintenance work. Here, a look at what’s happening now.
A Book a Day inspires young readers with inclusiveness and representation
Two people holding up children’s books written in Spanish.

Image: Courtesy of A Book a Day

A Book a Day inspires young readers with inclusiveness and representation

A Book a Day, a nonprofit run by Penn GSE’s Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova, has partnered with medical providers like the Puentes de Salud clinic to provide books to children, including titles in Spanish and other languages.

From Penn GSE

Euclid Space Telescope launches exciting new possibilities
Shot of Falcon 9 Rocket launching from Cape Canaveral at Kennedy Space Center

The European Space Agency’s latest astrophysics mission, Euclid, lifted off on a Space X Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, at 17:12 CEST on 1 July 2023. Euclid has now started its month-long journey to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, in the opposite direction from the Sun.

(Image: iStock / Robert Michaud)

Euclid Space Telescope launches exciting new possibilities

Professors of physics and astronomy Bhuvnesh Jain, Mark Trodden, and Gary Bernstein discuss the coming research findings from the European Space Agency’s Euclid Space Telescope.
Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’
A group of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a fence with a Clean, Green & Serene sign.

Volunteers with Clean, Green & Serene during a neighborhood cleanup event.

(Image: Penn Medicine News)

Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’

The joint initiative from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded 21 grants to fund initiatives to fight food insecurity, community garden cleanup, education programming, and more.

Kelsey Geesler

Holman Biotech Commons meets the evolving needs of campus
close up image of the laser cutter at the biotech commons

A laser cutter is one of the newer services at the Judith & William Bollinger Digital Fabrication Lab in the Holman Biotech Commons, complementing the existing 3D printing service available to anyone at Penn.

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Holman Biotech Commons meets the evolving needs of campus

Resources at the Penn Libraries’ Holman Biotech Commons are available to the entire Penn community to support research, collaboration, and innovation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

How climate change affects roses
Rose garden view with ornamental planters.

A view of the rose garden at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens.

(Image: Rob Cardillo)

  • Q&A

    • How climate change affects roses

    In a Q&A, Erin Conley of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens explains how climate change affects rose growth, as well as what’s new in the Morris’ rose garden. 
    A legacy of leadership
    The outgoing dean sits in a chair in a lecture hall in the Graduate School of Education

    Outgoing Dean of the Graduate School of Education Pam Grossman.

    (Image: Stuart Goldenberg)

    A legacy of leadership

    Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.

    From Penn GSE

    The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years
    Penn Carey Law School Dean standing in a hallway of the law school building

    Ted Ruger, outgoing dean of Penn Carey Law

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    The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years

    During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.

    From Penn Carey Law