3.18
On the bars with Jordyn Mannino
The sophomore from Manhasset, New York, discusses performing on the uneven bars and floor for the gymnastics team.
Patients discharged to home care have higher rates of hospital readmissions
Unearthing a botanical legacy, one seed at a time
The math behind March Madness
Can closing homeless encampments help Philadelphia’s opioid problem?
Red & Blue give Blue Devils the blues
A vigil to remember, a vigil for hope
Demystifying genomic technology for veterinary researchers
The Latest
Going plastic neutral
The winners of a 2018 Penn President’s Engagement Prize are launching a new venture to address the global problem of plastic waste.
Bringing healthy smiles to Philadelphia communities
In health care facilities embedded around Philadelphia, students and faculty from the School of Dental Medicine are ramping up the care they provide to underserved populations.
Green labs group strives to make science more sustainable
With a Green Labs working group, Elicia Preston of the Perelman School of Medicine and the University’s Sustainability Office in Facilities and Real Estate Services are striving to make the pursuit of scientific research a more eco-friendly endeavor.
Is dog walking hazardous to senior health?
Between 2004 and 2017, dog walking related fractures in people 65 or older more than doubled, and two factors are the cause: increased pet ownership and a greater emphasis, in recent years, on physical activity at older ages.
Bridge to Ph.D. program provides a way forward for greater access in STEM fields
The pilot program in the Department of Mathematics enables students from underrepresented groups to become the next generation of enterprising mathematicians.
Inside Penn
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Aiken receives honorary fellowship
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Penn Medicine surgeon becomes first female president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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SP2 faculty member testifies on positive effects of universal basic income
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Abdus-Saboor named Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor
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Marie Kondo at work: Can your office ‘spark joy’?
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3.18
#MeToo and Grassroots Organizing
In recognition of International Women's Day, international scholars join for a panel moderated by Penn Professor of Anthropology Deborah A. Thomas about organizing grassroots movements against sexual assault in the era of #MeToo.
3.21
David Driskell Lecture
David Driskell, emeritus professor of art at the University of Maryland, College Park, delivers the third annual Susan T. Marx Lecture, describing his journey as a scholar and practitioner of African-American art.
Multimedia
Physics on display
Hundreds of regional junior high and high school students visited Penn’s campus to beat the winter blues—and reds—by watching physics demonstrations about lights and waves.
Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Black feminism 101
Author and alum Feminista Jones joined Tanji Gilliam of Africana Studies in a discussion of her new book “Reclaiming Our Space,” examining how Twitter and modern liberation movements are all borne from black women’s words, struggle, and history.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Designing with nature, now
Thanks in large part to the foundation Ian McHarg built, PennDesign’s Landscape Architecture Department has led the field for decades. Here’s a glimpse at how it’s staying relevant as the importance for the profession—one that is central to solving some of the world’s greatest challenges—grows.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The language of climate change—and the Anthropocene
Hanna E. Morris, a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication who researches environmental communication, explains the sudden rise of ‘Anthropocene’ as the latest buzzword in the climate dialogue.
