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Annenberg Study Reinforces Value of Public Television-Based Intervention in Promoting Early Literacy
An award-winning children’s PBS KIDS program, Between the Lions, when combined with teachers who are equipped with curriculum materials and who have received training, has consistently demonstrated its effectiveness in developing better reading skills for preschool children.
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Penn Museum to offer tours for the hearing impaired
Actor and comedian CJ Jones signs the “Highlights of the Galleries” tour in American Sign Language at the Penn Museum and brings new expression to the objects in the galleries. Photo credit: Penn Museum The Penn Museum is developing multimedia tours for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, scheduled to begin this fall.
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Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Invites the Community to Sign the "Treaty of Renewed Friendship"
Long before the first Swedish settlers, before William Penn’s arrival, before there was a Declaration of Independence and then a United States of America, the Lenape people lived and thrived in Philadelphia and a wide region that included what is now eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and southern New York. The history and culture of the Lenape Indians is an integral part of this region.
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Penn's life insurance policies offer free funeral planning service
Anyone who has had to make funeral arrangements for a loved one who passed away suddenly knows the mental anguish of the planning process. Administrative tasks like picking a casket, flower arrangements or music can be difficult for a grieving person to manage.
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Students preview the Penn experience at pre-orientation
For five days before Penn’s New Student Orientation begins, about 300 incoming freshman will get a sneak peak of the Penn experience through the University’s pre-orientation programs.
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Hilton Inn at Penn Honored With AAA Four-Diamond Rating for 10th Consecutive Year
PHILADELPHIA – The Hilton Inn at Penn received a Four-Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association for the 10th consecutive year, based on an Aug. 5 inspection. The hotel, located at 3600 Sansom Street, was one of six Philadelphia hotels to receive this designation. In this annual inspection, an AAA representative completes a detailed review of all public spaces and several of the Inn’s 238 guestrooms.
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Weiss Pavilion is open to faculty, students, staff and alumni
Photo credit: Tanya Barrientos Freshman lacrosse player Lizzy Price spots teammate Caroline Bunting in the Weiss Pavilion’s new 20,000-square-foot weight room and strength and conditioning center for student athletes.
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PennDesign graduate named 'The Next Great Artist'
courtesy of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment Penn alumnus Abdi Farah was recently crowned the winner of the new reality show “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” on Bravo. As the champ, Farah receives a prize of $100,000 and gets a solo show of his artwork at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Penn Graduate School of Education Finalizing $54M Grant to Evaluate National Reading Program
PHILADELPHIA — A planned $54 million Investing in Innovation federal grant will bring $4 million to Penn GSE’s Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education to evaluate the effectiveness of a national program aimed at strengthening literacy among struggling first-graders in underperforming schools. Penn is part of a 16-university consortium working on this project.
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Penn Student Christopher Lester Receives U.S. Energy Department Graduate Fellowship
PHILADELPHIA – Christopher Lester, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, is among 150 recipients of a new U.S. Energy Department Graduate Fellowship to encourage students to pursue careers in science, mathematics and engineering.