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Taking stock of Philly’s historic sacred places
The City of Philadelphia was created in 1682 as part of William Penn’s “Holy Experiment” where people of different religious faiths could worship freely and live in peace.
For the Record: The 7-time national champion Penn Quakers football team
For the Record: The 7-time national champion Penn Quakers football team
The Penn football team has won seven national championships, tied with Michigan and Oklahoma for seventh all-time.
Q&A with Howard Stevenson
Q&A with Howard Stevenson
For some people, experiencing a racial encounter can be so stressful that it’s as if they are facing a tsunami or a venomous snake. The episodes can be as minute as an inadvertent microaggression, or as malignant as being pelted with rocks and called the N-word.
Skills initiative gives unemployed West Philadelphians job training
Skills initiative gives unemployed West Philadelphians job training
Founded in 2011, the University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative connects employers seeking talent to unemployed West Philadelphia residents looking for work.
Boosting Philadelphia for Amazon’s HQ2
Online commerce colossus Amazon revealed on Sept. 7 its planned HQ2, the company’s second headquarters, which will be built in North America. Amazon expects to invest more than $5 billion in the construction of HQ2 and create as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs, as well as tens of thousands of additional jobs and billions of dollars of investment in the surrounding community.
Black children less likely to receive medical care for eczema
Eczema is a chronic, inflammatory disease common in both children and adults that causes dry, red, and itchy skin, typically in skin folds, such as the crook of the elbow or behind the knees. An allergic type of ailment, it often coincides with having asthma or seasonal allergies.
For the Record: Emily Lovira Gregory
In 1888, Emily Lovira Gregory was appointed to the faculty position of teaching fellow in the Department of Biology, making her the first female member of the faculty at Penn.
Speaking freely on college campuses
Freedom of speech is a hallmark of American democracy. The authors of the Bill of Rights deemed it so essential to self-rule that it is the second right mentioned, after freedom of religion.
Hill College House reborn
Hill College House opened in 1960 as the new “women’s residence” on Penn’s campus at 33rd and Walnut streets.
Student Spotlight with Justin Watson
Student Spotlight with Justin Watson
A senior in the Wharton School from Bridgeville, Pa., Justin Watson is a standout wide receiver on the Penn football team.