Known for their exceptional musicianship and genre-blending sound, Vertical Current fuses jazz, funk, soul, and gospel into an electrifying musical experience. A driving force in the Philadelphia music scene, the group will perform as part of Garden Jams, Penn Museum’s outdoor summer concert series.
Participants will volunteer with the Philadelphia Orchard Project in the Food Forest at the Horticulture Center for a morning of weeding and tending to the dense food forest. Tools, gloves, and water will be provided, but volunteers are encouraged to bring their own if possible. Register to attend.
Prior to the pandemic, Joshua Reaves and Shravanthi Kanekal participated in a Penn Park Orchard workday. Access to nature and the link between food production and climate change are two of the many topics that will be covered during Climate Week. (Image: Patrick Teese/Penn Sustainability)
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.
Stefano Puntoni of the Wharton School says that voice capabilities and anthropomorphic cues could strengthen interactions with AI companions.
Deepak Khanna of Penn Medicine says that urinating on a wound or sting can worsen the pain and cause a localized infection, which can lead to a systemic reaction.
Penn has joined with Drexel University and waste management startup Rego to donate unwanted items during move-out instead of leaving them on the curb, featuring remarks from sustainability director Nina Morris.
As of 2018, only 30% of homes in FEMA-classified “special flood hazard areas” had flood insurance, according to an analysis by the Wharton Climate Center.