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Tough conversations and innovative outlooks in higher ed

President Amy Gutmann and Graduate School of Education scholar Robert Zemsky took part in a “fireside chat” at this year’s Higher Education Leadership Conference at Penn, which also awarded Gutmann the Zemsky Medal.

Brendan Taliaferro outside of College Hall leaning against wall

Homeward Initiative takes on the challenge of supporting homeless LGBTQ youth

With his President’s Engagement Prize, May graduate Brendan Taliaferro is creating a nonprofit to provide housing and assistance for homeless LGBTQ youth in Philadelphia.

Inside one of the fancy new glass courts at Penn's revitalized Penn Squash Center, three men play squash.

Penn unveils one of America’s finest squash facilities

The grand opening of the revitalized Penn Squash Center was held over Homecoming Weekend.

After President’s Innovation Prize, InstaHub has even more spark

Since earning the award in April, Michael Wong hasn’t looked back. Each day he’s growing his startup to promote a greener tomorrow.

Cultivando Juntos team members standing in nursing building

Cultivando Juntos takes shape in Kennett Square

As part of their President’s Engagement Prize project, José Maciel and Antonio Renteria are reframing the concept of healthy living for mushroom farmworkers.

A road map for climate action and sustainability

Ten years after releasing its original Climate Action Plan, the University of Pennsylvania has launched the Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 3.0, outlining Penn’s goals for improved environmental performance from 2019 to 2024.

Jason Freedman in foreground on his wedding day to husband Neil, in background.

Q&A

A Q&A with Penn Medicine’s Jason Freedman for National Coming Out Day

The assistant professor of clinical pediatrics discusses being out at Penn and shares some of his own experiences as a gay man.

The Penn Quaker shows off his new drip against Dartmouth at Franklin Field.

The Quaker’s new groove

At Friday night’s football game celebrating 125 years of Franklin Field, Penn Athletics unveiled a new Quaker mascot.

Twenty years of excellence

The Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina marks two decades serving Penn’s Latinx community.

Cloud of e-cigarette vapor engulfs the face of a teenager in a sweatshirt

The dangers of vaping

Vaping has been marketed as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, but recent deaths and acute respiratory illnesses have belied that claim. Pulmonologist and smoking cessation expert Frank Leone of the Perelman School of Medicine explains the e-cigarette phenomenon and why it’s dangerous.

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