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May 23, 2013
Eye on the Future
Eye on the Future: Social Media
Since arrived at Penn in 2012, New Media Manager Matt Griffin has implemented best practices to increase the University’s social media presence across many platforms. Penn has an official YouTube channel, and Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and Instagram pages.
Eye on the Future: Greening Penn
This spring marks Penn's third Creating Canopy tree giveaway program. The University is partnering with the City of Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation Department to give away free trees to Penn and UPHS faculty and staff who pre-register. All tree recipients must live within the city limits.
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Quoted Recently
“I really do see the wait list as the final touches to a class.”
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at Penn, on students who are neither accepted nor rejected from a school. Last year, Penn offered 87 students admission off its active wait list of 1,200. (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2013)
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