Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.
Penn’s William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management helps scientists develop their business acumen and access partners to help bring their breakthroughs to market.
An ‘illuminating’ design sheds light on cholesterol
By building light-controlled cholesterol ‘look-alikes,’ a Penn-led team creates new tools to track and tune an essential molecule, uncovering selective inhibitors for elusive transport proteins and pointing toward smarter drug delivery.
Jennifer J. Prah of the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses recommended reforms to address abuse that continues after women leave their abusive partners.
Using a novel approach, Penn Vet’s Chris Lengner and M. Andrés Blanco and colleagues have identified two genes that suppress colorectal cancer metastasis.
The research landscape is changing. Penn Forward’s Research Strategy co-chairs are ready to adapt
As co-chairs of the Penn Forward Research Strategy and Financing working group, David Meaney, vice provost for research, and Michael Ostap, chief scientific officer of the Perelman School of Medicine, are collaborating to expand Penn’s research impact.
This talk, featuring Penn experts at the forefront of technology and social impact, will cover how major tech platforms are approaching AI governance. Panelists will discuss best practices for ensuring AI technologies serve the public and promote social good. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.
Penn students are invited to destress during final exam season by participating in various recreational activities, including Penn Prize Bingo, massage chairs, board games, coloring books, and rock climbing. This event will also feature the wildly popular Quaker Closet, where participants can sort through hundreds of unclaimed (and newly washed) lost and found items.
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs
In a Q&A with Ezekiel Emanuel and Megan Ryerson, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, the duo discuss the charge of their group, where they are in the process, and leaning into global engagement.
Through Penn First Plus, students unlock potential and purpose
Providing first-generation and limited-income students with a comprehensive array of support, Penn First Plus equips undergraduates for success during and after their time at Penn.
The eighth annual Penn Local Business Exchange brought together entrepreneurs, city officials, and University buyers to swap insights and build relationships.
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.
To bark is divine: The contest that the National Dog Show is not going to televise
Carlo Siracusa of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that dogs tend to be vocal around people because they’ve evolutionarily learned that humans use a lot of verbal communication.
Proposal to remove advanced nursing from list of ‘professional’ degrees is short-sighted and dangerous
Connie M. Ulrich, Marian S. Ware, and Martha A.Q. Curle of the School of Nursing write about the importance of nursing for the U.S. health system and how it will be difficult for nurses to receive financial aid under a new Department of Education proposal.
