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Youth Participatory Action Communication Research: A model for developing youth-driven health campaigns

Annenberg researchers worked with West Philadelphia high schoolers to develop a health communication campaign encouraging their peers to seek mental health support.

Perry World House announces Faculty Fellows

The new cohort of Faculty Fellows will join the Penn community through 2027.

2024-10-23

Edible Books Party 2024

Cake of a house and other food items mixed with pun text Gucci Plantain and The Oatmeal and the Sea

Kelly Writers House hosts its annual Edible Books Party, full of food-based book puns and edible books. Prizes will be awarded.

5:30 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Some highlights from recent reports

The campus network contains 9,375+ Wireless Access Points, capable of supporting 40,000+ connected devices simultaneously.
The campus firewall blocks about 4 billion attacks each month.
ISC handled about 49,000 client support tickets in FY24.
Classroom technology services maintains technology in about 200 campus classrooms, including new hybrid and remote learning setups.
ISC vendor management oversees 400 IT contracts, with a total value exceeding $105 million.

2024-10-18

A More Perfect Union

A series of talks take place discussing the histories of voting in America, featuring scholars from Penn and elsewhere. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration, Penn Migration Initiative, Asian American Studies, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the Pan-Asian American Community House, Greenfield Intercultural Center, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, Africana Studies, and Penn Carey Law.

10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

ARCH 108

2024-10-10

Civil Rights 1964

Mary Frances Berry, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor Emerita of American Social Thought and Professor of History and Africana Studies, discusses the work of civil rights in 1964.

4:00 p.m.

Annenberg Public Policy Center, 202 S. 36th St.

2024-10-14

1.5* Min Climate Lectures

Penn students deliver 90-second talks about research projects, personal narratives, and other insights that highlight the need for innovative and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Climate Week Tent, College Green

2024-12-06

Rocky Date Night

In pre-pandemic times, ice skaters enjoy the Penn Ice Rink.

Penn Ice Rink hosts a Rocky-themed night of skating with a speed-skating dating hour, a Rocky and Adrian lookalike contest, and food and drink. Penn students receive half-price tickets.

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Penn Ice Rink, 3130 Walnut St.

2024-10-25

Family Weekend 2024

Students and families sitting on tablecloths on College Green.

Family Weekend kicks off with rock climbing, yoga, and board games at Pottruck, and continues into the weekend with an arts and craft fair, a tour of the Institute of Contemporary Art, information sessions, and more. General registration is not required but is encouraged.

7:00 p.m.

Various locations

HealthDay News

New gene therapy shows ‘life-changing’ promise for hemophilia B

A clinical trial by Adam Cuker of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that a new gene therapy can serve as a sustainable single-dose treatment for people with hemophilia B.