1/30
News Archives
A complete list of stories featured on Penn Today.
Filter Stories
Displaying 11021 - 11030 of 18591
Archive ・ Penn Current
First offices, now Penn strives to green its labs
Did you resolve to be more sustainable in the new year? Here’s your chance. Penn staff who work in campus laboratories now have an opportunity to help the University go greener. Green Labs @ Penn, a new program designed to reduce the environmental impact of everyday lab operations, allows staff to do their part in making sure Penn reaches the objectives outlined in its Climate Action Plan.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Penn Vet surgical suite aids speedy recoveries
Penn Vet’s Kimberly Agnello, a Boston Marathon finisher, is a dedicated athlete, so it’s only appropriate that she performs surgeries that help return injured dogs, cats, and other animals back to their active selves as quickly as possible. Agnello, a surgeon and assistant professor of small animal surgery, has a special interest in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery. Just as humans can get their knee or shoulder “scoped,” animals now get the same advanced treatment.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Materials Day entices next-generation scientists
On Saturday, Feb. 2, student volunteers from Penn and Drexel will come together for a growing annual tradition: Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day. The free event, being held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Drexel’s Bossone Research Center, aims to show children of all ages that learning about science can be fun, and to educate the general public about a field of research that is rapidly growing in importance.
Archive ・ Penn News
Thomas Murphy Appointed Vice President for Information Technology at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Thomas H. Murphy has been named vice president for information technology and university chief information officer at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Feb. 25. The announcement was made by Penn Provost Vincent Price and Executive Vice President Craig R. Carnaroli.
Archive ・ Penn News
Penn Study: Itching for New Help for Eczema: Recently Identified Immune Cells Possible Therapeutic Target
PHILADELPHIA — The increasing incidence of allergic skin diseases, and the accompanying economic burden and heightened risk of developing other allergic conditions, have spurred researchers to look for better ways to control these immune system-based disorders.
Archive ・ Penn News
Penn Alum Hopes to Work Himself Out of a Job at CTC Ten Soccer Program in South Africa
If 2012 University of Pennsylvania grad Mathew Bernstein does his job right, he thinks his position could be eliminated.
Archive ・ Penn News
Penn Research Shows Mechanism Behind Wear at the Atomic Scale
PHILADELPHIA — Wear is a fact of life. As surfaces rub against one another, they break down and lose their original shape. With less material to start with and functionality that often depends critically on shape and surface structure, wear affects nanoscale objects more strongly than it does their macroscale counterparts.
Archive ・ Penn News
University of Pennsylvania Announces 2013 Thouron Award Winners
PHILADELPHIA – Three University of Pennsylvania students and two alumni have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The recipients are:
Archive ・ Penn News
Penn Professor Mary Frances Berry a Long-time Civil Rights Advocate and Voice for the Powerless
Mary Frances Berry, 74, has dedicated her life to championing the rights of people “nobody else would listen to.”
Archive ・ Penn News
At Penn, Making a Difference Through Art
Ken Lum thinks Philadelphia will be an inspiration for his work as an artist. “I see it as an opportunity in teaching, to use the social landscape as a laboratory in terms of asking questions and making propositions and perhaps effecting some change for the better,” Lum says.