Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.
Two leadership gifts elevate Jewish Studies at Penn Arts & Sciences
A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance scholarship, community engagement, and global impact.
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.
Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies
Early research from Penn Medicine finds a new mRNA vaccine stops allergens from causing immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation, with promise for future treatment for a variety of seasonal and food allergies.
Faculty, staff, postdocs, and their friends and family are invited to Shoemaker Green and historic Franklin Field for games, sports, ice skating, cultural activities, and more. Employees can order up to four free tickets for the 11:30 a.m. Tailgate Party and the 1 p.m. football game. Additional tickets are $8 each.
Penn students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn how to write autumn-related poetry and phrases in traditional calligraphy, as well as enjoy mooncakes, music, and social time.
The club provides a reusable paper for practicing calligraphy, though the practice traditionally calls for a rice paper.
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.
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.
Keeping it local: Penn’s partnerships with Philadelphia-based vendors boost local economy, neighborhood impact
According to the University’s latest Economic Impact Report, Penn helps power Philadelphia’s economy by procuring goods and services from neighboring businesses. Local CEOs discuss the meaningful impact that Penn has on their bottom line and in the community.
Using behavioral economics-based interventions, a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize-winning project will address health and nutrition inequities in a West Philadelphia elementary school.
A doctor shares the No. 1 sign you have hemophilia
Having hemophilia means that you may experience prolonged bleeding after an injury, as your blood may not clot properly, says Allyson Pishko of Penn Medicine.
NIH to spend $50M on autism cause studies, experts say U.S. should focus on treatments
David Mandell of the Perelman School of Medicine says the best evidence regarding autism treatment is for behavioral interventions, which include encouraging certain behaviors.
