News Archives

University of Pennsylvania Professor Measures 'In Your Face' Television Debates' Effect on Audiences

PHILADELPHIA–- Today’s “in your face” televised political debates evoke emotional reactions in viewers and cause them to think that opposing views are less legitimate, according to a University of Pennsylvania researcher. “Effects of ‘In-Your-Face’ Television Discourse on Perceptions of Legitimate Opposition,” published in the November issue of the American Political Science Review, was written by Diana C. Mutz, a professor of political science and communications at Penn.

Penn Law School Group Interviews Liberian Refugees in Ghana for Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

PHILADELPHIA –- A University of Pennsylvania Law School group is assisting in gathering information from Liberian refugees in Ghana for The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Penn Researcher Identifies "Moral Stress" as a Cause for Nurses Wanting to Leave Hospitals

PHILADELPHIA –- A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that 25% of practicing nurses and social workers experience “moral distress,” causing them to want to leave their positions. Forty-one percent failed to say that they would choose nursing as a profession again.

Researchers Led by Penn Vet Uncover the Delicate Protein Balance Behind the Immune System Response

PHILADELPHIA -– A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has identified the protein interactions involved in the immune system process that fights infection yet, in certain inflammatory diseases, runs amok and attacks friendly tissue.

Penn Researcher Points to Nine Themes of Racism On Predominantly White College Campuses

PHILADELPHIA –- A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania has identified nine common themes of racism on large, predominantly white college campuses in the U.S. Shaun Harper, an assistant professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, found the themes from focus groups with students and staff:• Institutional negligence -- All students, regardless of race, were frustrated with how their colleges promoted diversity but failed to offer students with ways to engage with racially different peers.

International House

Sweet science

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Chocolate can come from as far away as Belgium or as nearby as Hershey. It can be white or dark. It can be whipped into a mousse, melted into a hot topping or broken off from a candy bar. But years and years ago, it had a much different purpose: It was consumed as an alcoholic beverage.

Alumni Robert A. Fox and Penny Grossman Fox Give $10 Million to Endow Robert A. Fox Leadership Program

PHILADELPHIA -- Alumni Robert A. Fox and Penny Grossman Fox have made a gift of $10 million to endow and expand the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. The program, established in 1999 through an initial gift from the Foxes, combines coursework, events and service experiences to inspire and equip undergraduates to assume leadership roles in their future endeavors. This most recent gift brings the Foxes’ total support of the program to more than $23 million.

Holiday Garden Railway

WHAT: The seventh annual seasonal miniature railway display at the Morris Arboretum features model trains winding through a world created entirely out of items found in nature.

Reclaiming the riverfront

Green space abounds in the Penn Praxis plan for the Delaware riverfront. The concrete pillars of I-95, desolate brownfields, high-rise condos and industrial warehouses dominate seven miles of waterfront along the Delaware River.