At a City Hall reception honoring Penn's new class of Mayor's Scholars, two honorees pose with City Councilwoman Happy Fernandez and Mayor Ed Rendell to the left, and Penn President Judith Rodin to the right.

A proud parent shake hands with Rodin.

The students, selected under Penn's expanded recruitment program for Philadelphia students from public and parochial high schools throughout the city, receive scholarship packages that include no student loan obligation. This year the University will enroll some 140 Mayor's Scholars, who will receive approximately $2.7 million in grant aid from Penn.

"The Mayor's Scholarship is an example of how an ongoing partnership between a great University and a great City can enhance the lives of many young students who, we all know, represent our hopes for the future," Rodin said.

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