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The Weingarten Center provides disabilities services, tutoring, and learning resources for students across all 12 schools. Ryan Miller (left front) meets with students in August 2019, when the Weingarten Center collaborated with PennCAP to host students participating in the Pre-Freshman Program. (Image: Steve McCann)  “I’m here to tap into my full potential,” says Niko Simpkins, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. “That’s the quote that I live by.” Simpkins envisions excellence, which is why he found himsel...

All around the world, individuals flee their hometowns and homelands, driven by war, poverty and oppression. But in the steady stream of news coverage, the innate humanity of refugees, immigrants and asylum-seekers is often lost, drowned out by a drumbeat of politics and fear. The educational project was originally created in Spain by the Spanish Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, or ACNUR) to raise student awareness of refugee issues and the importance of human rights, compassion and activism. The name comes from the idea t...

Today Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 73F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph.. Tonight Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers late. Thunder is possible early. Low 49F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Updated: April 8, 2021 @ 3:05 am

Various AU community members are hopeful for Biden’s immigration policies

March 1, 2021 Faculty and staff winners of this year’s Showcase awards were announced today ahead of the weeklong celebration of academic excellence. Amit Bandyopadhyay, a faculty member of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, received this year’s Distinguished Faculty Award in recognition of his achievements in research, scholarship and teaching. Bandyopadhyay will be delivering this year’s Distinguished Faculty Address on March 22. The State of the University address, Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA), Three-Minute Thesis and the Celebr...