Vol. II - June 2009

In This Issue

• Home
• Meet Our Director
• Two MES Lecturers win 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award
• We Have a Dean's Scholar!
• MES Students Go to the Ends of the Earth
• Who Is the Ideal MES Student?
• Graduate Student Research Forum 2009
• Admission Tips
• Housing
• Getting to Know Philadelphia

About MES

You’ll take courses across the University and collaborate with Penn’s world-class researchers and practitioners in the physical, biological, and social sciences, economics, and other arts and sciences disciplines, as well as professionals in planning, engineering, business, health care, and the law. Gain the breadth needed to address complex issues of the environment while you develop the depth required to provide specific expertise in environmental restoration and protection. More>

Getting to Know Philadelphia

New in town? You're not alone. Many of Penn’s MES students relocate to Philadelphia from other parts of the country. Philadelphia is one of the most historic cities in the United States. It was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800, and it is where the Declaration of Independence was signed and where the Constitution of the United States was written. 

Penn's picturesque campus is situated in University City, near the heart of Philadelphia. The city’s historic, artistic, and commercial centers are located a short distance from the University of Pennsylvania. Click here to learn more about what you can do in and around Philadelphia in your spare time. For a virtual tour of the Penn campus, click here.