Bringing much-needed dental care to an underserved community
People with disabilities often face barriers to dental care. A collaboration between Penn Dental Medicine and Woods Services is changing that, bringing dental care with compassion to people with disabilities, a vastly underserved population.
How has talking about politics changed in the last quarter-century?
Penn researcher Diana Mutz finds that we’re having more political conversations now with like-minded people, and that political intolerance has increased as a result.
Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach
In a Q&A, Tom Murphy, who leads the Operational Transformation working group, one of six Penn Forward teams, discusses his approach to leading change in non-academic areas of Penn.
Clock changes disrupt sleep, health, and well-being
Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how seasonal time changes affect the body’s internal clock, and offers tips for an easier transition.
Philosophy, technology, and pushing beyond human limitations
Gary Purpura’s class Enhancing the Human Mind with Technology introduces students to philosophy through the lens of transhumanism, illustrating the possibilities of technology to enhance the human condition and expand the idea of what it means to be human.
Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
Penn engineers and collaborators have built a living tumor on a chip to expose how cancers block immune attacks, and how one existing drug could make immunotherapy like CAR T more effective against solid tumors.
Hosted by Penn Global in partnership with Perry World House, this informal roundtable coffee chat will feature Thanassis Cambanis, senior fellow and director of Century International, and Michael Wahid Hanna, program director, U.S., International Crisis Group, offering students an opportunity to engage with leading experts and gain valuable career insights while exploring comparative perspectives on politics and security in the Middle East. Register to attend.
Students are invited to a spooky night of Halloween karaoke. Participants can sing along to their favorite songs with a Monster Mash theme and enjoy Halloween treats and board games.
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.
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.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
American civics education should confuse, not comfort
In an opinion essay, Jeffrey Green of the Andrea Mitchell Center in the School of Arts & Sciences argues for civics education that “will inspire the kind of citizens democracy requires to survive.”
Scientists discover a key biological difference between psychopaths and normal people
A study co-authored by Adrian Raine of the School of Arts & Sciences finds that psychopaths have a 10% larger striatum than non-psychopaths, a physical enlargement tied to impulsivity and a higher craving for stimulation.
