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Celebrating 150 years of the periodic table
students in a classroom with a large periodic table behind their seats

Celebrating 150 years of the periodic table

Judith Currano of Penn Libraries and Jenine Maeyer of the School of Arts and Sciences share their perspectives on how all types of chemists still use the periodic table of elements.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Triple threat
Freshman guard Bryce Washington shoots the ball against Rice at the Palestra.

Triple threat

Freshman Bryce Washington earns his third consecutive Ivy League Rookie of the Week award.
Helping create a safer campus
students on locust walk

Helping create a safer campus

All Penn students are urged to participate in AAU’s Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.

Lauren Hertzler

Wired up at FemmeHacks
Amy Gutmann sitting on the steps at the Pennovation center with attendees of FemmeHacks

President Amy Gutmann (front row, center) with School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Vijay Kumar (front row, third from right) and attendees of FemmeHacks 2019 at Pennovation Works on Feb. 9. 

Wired up at FemmeHacks

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Vijay Kumar, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, visited the all-women collegiate hackathon this weekend.

Penn Today Staff

Pint-size philosophers
Karen Detlefsen working with students

Pint-size philosophers

By engaging with Philadelphia elementary students and high school teachers, Penn professor Karen Detlefsen is opening young minds to a new kind of philosophical thinking.

Michele W. Berger

PennDesign partners with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Taliesin West house exterior with cactus and trees

Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona (Photo: Nicholas Schwarzkopf)

PennDesign partners with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the School of Design has entered into a collaborative research agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to assist in activities leading to the study and preservation of Taliesin and Taliesin West.

Penn Today Staff

Community outreach at Penn Medicine
Timothy, Aiden and Ginny McGillis

Timothy, Aiden, and Ginny McGillis (Photo courtesy: Penn Medicine)

Community outreach at Penn Medicine

Community outreach is an integral component of Penn Medicine’s three-part mission of research, patient care, and education, and countless members of the Health System family reach out on an individual basis.

Penn Today Staff

The Venezuelan crisis, explained
Tulia Falleti

Tulia Falleti, director of Penn’s Latin American and Latino Studies program, the Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences, and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

The Venezuelan crisis, explained

A Q&A with Tulia Falleti, a political science professor and the director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, on the past, present, and possible future of Venezuela.

Penn Today Staff

Members of Penn Med community elected to honor medical society
AOA Ceremony group

Members of Penn Med community elected to honor medical society

On Tuesday, the Perelman School of Medicine inducted 25 medical students, three residents, three faculty, and two alumni into its chapter of the honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha.