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First Impressions of Beauty May Demonstrate Why the Pretty Prosper
PHILADELPHIA -- We might not be able to resist a pretty face after all, according to a report from the University of Pennsylvania. Experiments in which subjects were given a fraction of a second to judge "attractiveness" offered further evidence that our preference for beauty might be hard-wired. People who participated in the studies were also more likely to associate pretty faces with positive traits.
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Internet2 at Penn to Facilitate I2 Awareness Day Demonstrations at University of Scranton
WHAT: MAGPI, the Internet2 service at the University of Pennsylvania, has partnered with the University of Scranton to extend this high-speed Internet service to schools and colleges in northeastern Pennsylvania. To illustrate Internet2's capabilities for educational and health care organizations in that area, the University of Scranton is hosting an Internet2 Awareness Day, which will include a virtual panel with Penn participants and a demonstration with Penn's Annenberg Center for Public Policy Student Voices Pennsylvania project.
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Penn helping rebuild schools in Banda Aceh
It’s been more than a year since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake leveled towns and communities in several countries, killing more than 280,000 people.
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This spring at a screen near you
Top Stories A building reborn Saying 'Yes' to inner-city youth
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For The Record: Female sharpshooters
Penn men had been shooting competitively for 30 years before women at the University got their own rifle team. When the team was set up in 1927, Betty Funston—the gun-toting sharpshooter in the photograph—served as its captain. Here, Funston is seen practicing her aim in the stadium in Franklin Field.
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Going, going, gone
What exactly is formalism now? A new exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art attempts to address that very question in “Gone Formalism,” which runs from Jan. 21 through March 26. This show features work by six artists interested in the idea of form, including painter Mark Grotjahn, papier-mâché and found-object sculptor Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Charles Long, whose work (at right) takes its inspiration and materials from the Los Angeles River.
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Staff Q&A: Parker Snowe
STAFF Q&A/Parker Snowe helps Wharton MBAs get immersed in global business. He also helps them park their bikes on campus. “It’s my way of saying, ‘This is the difference I can make.’” A year ago, after 15 years of bike commuting, Parker Snowe treated himself to a Brompton folding bicycle.
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Shelley Dillard
WHO SHE IS: Propagator, Morris Arboretum YEARS AT PENN: 20 WHAT SHE DOES: Dillard raises plants for the Arboretum’s ever-growing living collection. She takes the wild seeds collected by the Arboretum and helps bring them to life. And how many species does that include? “Oh my God, I knew you were going to ask me that,” Dillard says. “I don’t know the real number. You can safely say there are thousands.”
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The University celebrates King's legacy
“Penn’s Commitment to the Legacy: Making a Difference By Living the Dream” remembers and celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a series of University events. For a complete list of programs and the latest information on the MLK events visit: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/calendar.htm. Sunday, Jan. 15
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A building reborn
Top Stories A building reborn Saying 'Yes' to inner-city youth