Renowned for their vibrant rhythms and infectious energy, Los Bomberos De La Calle is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich Afro-Caribbean traditions of Puerto Rico. A staple in Philadelphia’s local music scene, the band will perform as part of Garden Jams, Penn Museum’s outdoor summer concert series.
Participants will celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Post Office by making mail. Visitors can use the letterpress to print a quote from the first postmaster general Benjamin Franklin and pull from the Common Press’s rubber stamp collections to create mail art. Registration is required.
A new study by Daniel Hopkins and Marc Meredith looks at whether a postcard campaign can boost mail-in voting.
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.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine are credited for discovered how to safely use mRNA as a novel vaccine or therapy, leading to the fast development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
A study by Kara N. Maxwell of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that prostate cancer tumor biology can differ significantly based on whether a patient is Black or white.
Richard Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the most common causes of sleep onset insomnia.
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School outlines factors senior citizens should consider when choosing where to live in their retirement.