Since 2005 the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Integrates Knowledge program has brought to campus exceptional faculty members whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge across disciplines. 

Amanda Mott ・September 4, 2014

Katherine Unger Baillie ・September 4, 2014

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that wearable sensors could one day transform the correctional system by tracking gun use by community-based offenders, who account for a disproportionate share of fatal and non-fatal shootings.

Jacquie Posey September 3, 2014

By Madeleine Stone  @themadstoneScience and art are often perceived to be at odds with each other, two fundamentally different ways of understanding the world. But University of Pennsylvania researcher Danielle Bassett believes science and art can inform each other in very tangible ways.

Evan Lerner ・September 2, 2014

For decades, researchers have used petri dishes to study cell movement. These classic tissue culture tools, however, only permit two-dimensional movement, very different from the three-dimensional movements that cells make in a human body.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・August 28, 2014

Science and art are often perceived to be at opposite ends of the academic spectrum. But Danielle Bassett, a 2014 MacArthur Fellow, believes the two disciplines can inform each other in tangible ways.

Madeleine Stone ・August 28, 2014

Dinosaurs are often depicted as giant, frightening beasts. But every creature is a baby once. A new examination of a rock slab containing fossils of 24 very young dinosaurs and one older individual is suggestive of a group of hatchlings overseen by a caretaker, according to a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・August 26, 2014

Like a lot of little kids, Tanner Frank went through a “dinosaur phase.” Unlike most, however, he says, “I never grew out of it.”

Katherine Unger Baillie ・August 26, 2014

By Madeleine Stone  @themadstone

Evan Lerner ・August 19, 2014