Long before he became a household name and before he won his Nobel Prize, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa., and also audited three philosophy courses at Penn’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He returned to campus in 1965 as part of a group of panelists for a special seminar titled “Rule of Law,” held at the Penn Museum (pictured). Organized by Trustee Robert L. Trescher, the program for 400 invited guests was a new approach to Penn’s Law Day observance. Next-day coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted King: “Justice at time proceeds with a halting gait and the law has often been slow to speak for the poor, the dispossessed and the disenfranchised.”www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/.
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida’s historic flood
New Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.
The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters
Former Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and financial historian Peter Conti-Brown, both Wharton professors, unpack the central bank’s origins, its unusual structure, and the quiet ways it shapes the economy
How population changes are impacting primary education worldwide
Research from Penn sociologist Emily Hannum and colleagues reveals regional trends in whether school-age populations are increasing, plateauing, or decreasing—and shows how different countries are responding.
A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
