Singer-songwriter and author Rosanne Cash (left) met with students at the Kelly Writers House as part of the Fellows program, now in its 20th year. She made two public appearances, including a discussion with Al Filreis (right), English professor and Writers House faculty director.
A life of writing and song
Rosanne Cash, a Kelly Writers House Fellow, was on campus for a course taught by English Professor Al Filreis that focuses on three eminent writers each spring semester.
Penn Nursing seniors José Maciel (left) and Antonio Renteria were awarded a 2019 President’s Engagement Prize for their project Cultivando Juntos, a 10-week community-based curriculum aimed at alleviating the social determinants of health for the mushroom farmworkers of Kennett Square.
For Kennett Square’s mushroom farmworkers, healthy interventions come directly to the workplace
With the President’s Engagement Prize, seniors José Maciel and Antonio Renteria plan to bring subjects like nutrition and sleep to the workers, reinforcing preventive screenings already provided by a local, federally qualified health center.
The world-famous Penn Relays, directed by Dave Johnson
On Thursday, April 25, the 125th running of the Penn Relays takes its mark at Franklin Field. Tens of thousands are expected to attend from across the globe.
The historic stadium, home to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers and the Penn Relays, is celebrating its quasquicentennial. It is the oldest college stadium in the country.
Students in an art history course study objects each week at the Penn Museum, including a rare 200-year-old painted Chinese scroll. The course, History of Chinese Painting, is taught by Professor Nancy Steinhardt and grad student teaching assistant Chuanxin Weng (pictured center).
Rare Chinese scroll unfurled at Penn Museum
Students in a history of art course taught by Professor Nancy Steinhardt had the chance to closely examine a rare 200-year-old painted Chinese scroll at the Penn Museum.
Leslie Laird Kruhly, vice president and university secretary, inside College Hall.
A conversation with Leslie Laird Kruhly
Vice President and University Secretary Leslie Laird Kruhly discusses her career and the work of her office. After 19 years, Kruhly will retire from her role in June.
Jay Gottfried is a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and the Arthur H. Rubenstein University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Brain regions linked to memory and emotion help humans navigate smell
The work points to the existence of a grid-like hexagonal structure in olfactory-related brain areas, similar to mapping configurations previously found to support spatial navigation in animals.
Building literacy and leadership through basketball
Three seniors with roots in West Africa will use their President’s Engagement Prize to build a program for Liberian girls that will combine sports and reading.
A new course taught by James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Center (standing) not only gives students an intellectual understanding of what it means to be happy and how to pursue it, but also aims to foster long-term change.
In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge
The course, taught by Positive Psychology’s James Pawelski, not only gives students an intellectual understanding of the subject but asks them to practice what they’re learning.
Leslie Laird Kruhly, vice president and university secretary, inside College Hall.
