In a greening effort focused on Penn’s sustainability goals and regional programs designed to plant new trees in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, Penn is partnering with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to give about 400 trees to Penn employees for free in April and May. The trees will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis to interested Penn staff and faculty who pre-register at www.upenn.edu/sustainability/treegiveaway.html. The website will explain when and where employees can pick up the trees.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
