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2011 White Coat Ceremony
On August 12, Larry Jameson, the newly inaugurated executive vice president of the University for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine, helped launch the medical school careers of 170 first-year students as they donned their first white coats and marked the beginning of their journey into the art and science of healing.
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Botswana-UPenn Partnership Celebrating 10 Years
Ten years ago, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership began as a program training doctors and nurses treating HIV/AIDS patients. Now it also includes research, additional academic opportunities and telemedicine.
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Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
For nearly 10 years, Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) has helped students use what they learn in the classroom to launch successful research projects of their own.
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Global Colloquium of University Presidents
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the fifth annual meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents on Monday, April 4, in a public address at the University of Pennsylvania on empowering women.[youtube]http://www.youtube.
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Match Day
On the third Thursday of March each year, medical students across the nation participate in a half-century old tradition that has the tendency to bring tears—of joy or sadness —to the eyes of those involved: Match Day.