Lauren Hertzler

Connor was born in 2007, the third sweet child of the Raymond family. He missed some important milestones: Sitting up, walking, and talking were particular challenges.At 2 years old, Connor had his first seizure.“Katia, my wife, and I didn’t know what was going on with him, neither did his doctors,” recalls Connor’s father, Michael Raymond.

For 17 years, Timothy Powell has worked to digitize Native American archival materials, such as photographs, documents, and recordings of songs, for language preservation and cultural revitalization.

Imagine you’re back in high school, trying to navigate the college search process. You’re wondering: What classes should I be taking? How many extracurricular activities should I pile onto my plate? Do I need to take this standardized test? How many schools should I apply to?

A couple years ago, about a dozen Penn Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows, all connected through their love of soccer, teamed up to form the West Philadelphia Football Collective (WPFC).

At the age of 50, after serving as a surgeon in the Civil War and later as an editor of a medical publication, Daniel Garrison Brinton retired. But not for long.

Penn kicks off its 261st Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 15, at 10:15 a.m. at the historic Franklin Field.

When it comes to procurement decisions, Penn has placed a deliberate focus on local and diverse suppliers for decades. In recent years, the University’s local and diverse purchasing numbers have each topped $100 million, creating a major economic impact on the city.

Diane Spatz, the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, discusses the benefits of human milk and breastfeeding, a few of her research projects, the CHOP Mother’s Milk Bank, her recent Lifetime Achievement Award, and much more.

At first, business and neuroscience might seem like an improbable pair. So when Penn launched its Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, WiN for short, its distinctiveness spurred particular attention: How exactly do the two fields coincide?