Stories

July 10-17, 2027

June 30- July 8, 2027

"What you do outside of class shows what you value and illustrates how you contribute to your community."

"The data clearly shows that liberal arts graduates are prepared very well for a broad variety of interesting and meaningful careers."

"Supplemental essays are effective when I learn something about the student that I wouldn’t have learned in other parts of the application."

Since the 1960s, Philadelphia-based artist Ruth Fine (born 1941) has been inspired by the natural world. This exhibition explores Fine's longstanding engagement with nature in terms of her "search for the place," an approach to artmaking that invites inquiry and collaboration.

"Beyond traditional laboratory research experience, the research program provides students with various professional development and networking opportunities."

How do the places we live and work shape our health? Why is life expectancy well over 80 years in some Philadelphia neighborhoods, but 64 in others? The interdisciplinary field of social epidemiology offers tools for answering these questions and many more.

This class investigates the unique history of housing in Philadelphia. We will cover the problems the city has faced and still faces in providing affordable housing, fair access to housing and creating diverse and vibrant neighborhoods and its great legacy of innovation in this area.

How have Black Philadelphians contended with public health crises and sought to redress racial health disparities? Together, we will explore this question and more to learn about the intergenerational struggles Black people have engaged in as they employed public health concepts and redressed gaps in government-supported public health initiatives over generations.

"International students should not feel intimidated by the application process simply because they come from different educational systems and different countries."

"As interviewers, we are rooting for you during the college admissions process."