Brandon Baker

Lights, camera, stream: Annenberg Center’s fall season goes digital—and live

Lights, camera, stream: Annenberg Center’s fall season goes digital—and live

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will stream, in real time, performances from its stage.

A conversation about ‘Akon City’ and speculative urbanization

A virtual cityscape of the future (Not an actual rendering of Akon City)

A conversation about ‘Akon City’ and speculative urbanization

Christopher Marcinkoski of the Weitzman School of Design unpacks—through the lens of speculative urbanization—the self-described ‘futuristic’ city to be built in Senegal, led by musician and philanthropist Akon.

In a time of uncertainty, resources for grad students hold steady

In a time of uncertainty, resources for grad students hold steady

Penn staffers discuss resources available to graduate and postdoctoral students during this challenging time.

Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement

Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement

The latest theme year was ushered in last week with the Penn Reading Project. In a time of great distance, the University asks the community to think about how it can enact great engagement.

Tips for easing back pain during isolation

Q&A

Tips for easing back pain during isolation

In a Q&A, Penn Medicine's Jang Won Yoon, a neurosurgeon, offers advice on managing back pain during the pandemic.

In TV and cinema, pandemic lays out a field of unknowns

In TV and cinema, pandemic lays out a field of unknowns

Penn experts in Cinema & Media Studies and the Wharton School weigh in on how television and film are adapting alongside the pandemic.

Penn’s Student Campus Compact, explained

Q&A

Penn’s Student Campus Compact, explained

In a Q&A, Gary Purpura of the Office of the Provost discusses the Student Campus Compact and behavioral expectations of students on campus in the fall semester.

Summer construction: Despite pandemic setbacks, progress continues

Summer construction: Despite pandemic setbacks, progress continues

Campus construction during the pandemic has proven challenging but manageable, with 390 active construction projects.

Primary care, delivered

Primary care, delivered

Class of 2019 alumni, in collaboration with Sayre Health Clinic, bring housing and food insecure people in Philadelphia primary care through a medically outfitted van.

Understanding infrastructure

Understanding infrastructure

In the second episode of Penn Today’s “Understand This ...” podcast series, emphasizing interdisciplinary perspectives, a Wharton and Weitzman School discuss the past, present, and future of infrastructure.