Penn undergraduates and volunteer tutors Kristin Kakos (EAS'00, left) and Josh Pechar (C'01, second from left), help Charles Lea School students (left to right) Lamont Brooks, Davida Foster, Erica Lovett and Lamont's twin Lamar, and Lea counselor Larry Serinsky turn over a new leaf during a cleanup of the school grounds April 10. The school cleanup was part of the ongoing UC Green project, a community-beautification effort supported by the University.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
