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Penn’s Benefits Open Enrollment period runs from April 9-20, providing faculty and staff with about a week and a half to make important decisions about their healthcare.
Is it better to exercise in the morning or in the afternoon? Does walking two miles burn the same number of calories as running two miles? What’s the best mix of cardio and strength training for a person your age?
Penn Parking Services is rolling out a few new programs this spring for faculty and staff.
Swan keeper Kate Deregibus can tell the Morris Arboretum’s new mute swans apart by their personalities: one, she says, is “docile” and the other…not so much.
“Perfect features, the right shoes, luminescent lip gloss and the instincts of barracudas” is how Melissa Jensen describes a group of high school freshmen in The Fine Art of Truth or Dare, her most recent novel.
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University are taking part in an ambitious new project, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to reinvent how robots are designed and produced.
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Jonathan Moreno has been invited to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s
PHILADELPHIA –- A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in nerve fiber maintenance and neuroprotection.
Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community can pull an all-nighter on Saturday, March 31, and join the fight against cancer at the annual Penn Relay For Life at Franklin Field.
All this week, Penn Law School will celebrate the formal opening of its new, state-of-the-art building: Golkin Hall.
With support from the STAR program, Aslam Ashari was able to enroll in an entrepreneurship course at Penn after his release from prison.
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Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 collection of more than 75,000 comic books and graphic novels to Penn Libraries, featuring remarks from Sean Quimly of the Kislak Center and Jean-Christophe Cloutier of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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Tej Patel, a third-year in the Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences from Billeria, Massachusetts, was one of 60 college students nationwide chosen to be a Truman Scholar.
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Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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