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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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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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Presidential Bioethics Commission meets at Penn
The second meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues continues today on the Penn campus.
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Presidential Bioethics Commission to meet at Penn
The University will host the second meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, on Monday, Sept. 13 and Tuesday, Sept. 14.
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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 Again Tops Higher Education Division of EPA’s Green-Power Partners List
PHILADELPHIA –- With a green power usage of 200 million kWh annually, the University of Pennsylvania has retained its top spot among institutions of higher learning on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of green-power purchasers. The EPA’s Green Power Partnership has tracked and recognized the highest green-power purchases in the nation since 2006, and Penn has led its peers for the past four years.
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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.