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Celebrating Chinese culture
Two lion costumes that each have two students inside during performance.

February is the busiest month for the Penn Lions student dance troupe with many performances scheduled on and off campus for Lunar New Year celebrations.

Celebrating Chinese culture

The Penn Lions student dance troupe aims to spread good luck and good fortune around the Lunar New Year.

Louisa Shepard

And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore
Student sitting at a table next to a window.

Penn sophomore Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category. The 91st Academy Award ceremony is Feb. 24. 

And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore

Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category. “Period. End of Sentence.” explores the stigma of menstruation for girls in India and Sliney’s work to address the issue.

Louisa Shepard , Louisa Shepard

How gospel music gave birth to rock and soul
dixie hummingbirds on stage at wxpn

How gospel music gave birth to rock and soul

Capping a 16-month project funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, WXPN will debut a four-part radio documentary on Feb. 4, sharing the stories of the early beginnings and influence of gospel music.
Shelter medicine is on a roll
Two women stand in front of a trailer with the words "Penn Vet Shelter Medicine" emblazoned on it and pictures of dogs and cats on the front

A new mobile unit for Penn Vet's Shelter Medicine program is getting rolling this spring, bringing state-of-the-art veterinary care into animal shelters and underserved communities. Veterinarians Brittany Watson and Chelsea Reinhard led the program’s efforts.

Shelter medicine is on a roll

The School of Veterinary Medicine’s Shelter Medicine Program just got a lot more nimble. They’ve unveiled a state-of-the-art mobile clinic that will expand their services to the animal shelter community.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Building a circular economy movement in India and beyond
rePurpose team on steps

The Engagement Prize has given grads Hjemdahl and Balasubramanian the chance to apply their Penn educations toward “building a movement” they believe in. (Photo: Eric Sucar, Office of University Communications)

Building a circular economy movement in India and beyond

A shift in environmental policy in India prompted a new operational model for rePurpose, the social enterprise started by the President’s Engagement Prize-winners.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Workplace pumping made easier
Dare Henry-Moss leaning against the doorway of a new lactation room, with a breast pump in the background

Dare Henry-Moss, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives, developed a recommendation plan for improving lactation support for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, including conducting a needs assessment intended to guide standards for such spaces.

Workplace pumping made easier

Listening to employee feedback, Penn Medicine added hospital-grade pumps and doubled its lactation spaces, taking strides to help women meet their breastfeeding goals.

Michele W. Berger

PCI event recognizes faculty trailblazers
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PCI event recognizes faculty trailblazers

A Penn Center for Innovation event on Wednesday will celebrate this year’s 100-plus patent awardees and honor individuals with the most impressive startups, inventions, devices, and deals.

Lauren Hertzler

A walk through history
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A walk through history

Jenny Holzer’s landscape installation “125 Years” celebrates its 15th anniversary as an interactive text-based tribute to women’s legacies at Penn.
Unpacking Philadelphia’s response to shifting immigration policies
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks about making Philadelphia welcoming to immigrants is important to his administration.

Before a packed audience at Perry World House, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (left) and PWH Visiting Fellow Sozi Tulante address the topic of immigration policy and the role of the city.

Unpacking Philadelphia’s response to shifting immigration policies

At Perry World House, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sat down with former City Solicitor Sozi Tulante, a PWH Visiting Fellow, to discuss the administration’s role in significant immigration-policy decisions.
New Ronald O. Perelman Center looks to the future while preserving the past
VIPs cutting the Perelman building ribbon Gutmann (center) was joined on stage by (from left to right) Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett, Perelman, Cohen, and School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven J. Fluharty.

New Ronald O. Perelman Center looks to the future while preserving the past

For the first time, the School of Arts and Sciences’ departments of Political Science and Economics will coexist in the same building.