Penn Summer

Spending your summer on campus? ☀️
We want to see it!

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Penn Summer Tip ☀️📚

Summer courses move quickly, so finding a routine early can make a big difference.
Take advantage of campus resources between classes:

• Use Penn Park or outdoor campus spaces for study breaks
• Study at Van Pelt or Fisher Fine Arts Library
• Grab quick meals from campus cafés or your favorite food trucks

Balancing classes and downtime is one of the best ways to make the most of your summer at Penn.

With summer underway, we’re here to help every step of the way. Have questions about classes, campus life, or your Penn Summer experience? Reach out — we’re happy to help. ☀️📚

And just like that, day one is here.

Summer Sessions are officially underway at Penn!

A few weeks, one course, and you’re already making progress toward what’s next.

Wishing you a productive summer—and time to enjoy it, too.

Turn a few weeks into real progress.

There’s still time to register for Summer Session II at Penn.

▸ Make progress toward your degree
▸ Explore a new subject
▸ Lighten your fall course load

—all while still enjoying your summer—whether that’s travel, time with family, or weekends filled with barbecues.

Take a look at what’s still open and find a course that fits your summer.
https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/programs/penn-summer-sessions

Make your summer plans work for you.

Apply by June 10 for Summer Session II at Penn to start classes in July.

Summer awaits. Take the next step: https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/programs/penn-summer-sessions

Music doesn’t stay in one place—and neither does meaning.

In World Musics and Cultures, you’ll explore how sounds move across cultures and how listening changes what we think we know about music.

Across regions and traditions, we trace how music is created, shared, and transformed.

Hear the world differently: https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/courses/world-musics-and-cultures/2026b

A flexible way to keep learning this summer.

Penn Summer offers a wide range of credit courses designed for working professionals and employees at Penn.

With flexible scheduling and online options, it’s an opportunity to explore new academic interests or continue building toward long-term goals.

Get started: https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/students/employees-professionals

Stories of growing up rarely unfold neatly.

In Heartbreak, Death, and Sometimes a Rainbow: Young Adults and Literature, you’ll explore how young adult literature captures love and loss, identity, and the complexity of becoming.

Across eras and genres, you'll trace how these stories take shape in unexpected ways.

Step into the stories: https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/courses/heartbreak-death-and-sometimes-rainbow-young-adults-and-literature/2026b

Why do accents change across places?
Why do celebrities switch up how they talk or sing?
And why do you sound like you?

Explore how language shifts across people, places, and situations this summer in our online Intro to Sociolinguistics course.