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NYT journalist to discuss her time with refugees fleeing Syria
For a month last summer, Anemona Hartocollis, a reporter for The New York Times, followed refugee families from Syria through northern Greece, across Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and Denmark. They walked, took buses, and caught trains.
Spring I-Corps program sets up early-stage ideas for seed funding
Four master’s students in the Integrated Product Design program created the idea for Cobi, an office robot that boosts employee morale, during PennApps in the fall.
Designing a more equitable Philadelphia
Dating back 165 years, most of the neighborhoods in Philadelphia were their own municipalities. In 1854 they merged, creating the consolidated City and County of Philadelphia. Tasked with brainstorming ideas to make Philadelphia a more equitable city, a group at a design workshop at Penn earlier this week suggested getting rid of that very Consolidation Act.
From Broadway to Penn’s grandest stage
Just because tickets to see the musical “Hamilton” on Broadway are sold out through December doesn’t mean the Penn community won’t get to see Lin-Manuel Miranda anytime soon.
Staff Q&A with Jason Erdman
One day Jason Erdman might be leading a hiking group at Nockamixon State Park, the next he could be stand-up paddle boarding at Cape Henlopen. He might be biking the Lehigh Gorge trail or rock climbing at Safe Harbor. Every workday is different, which makes it an exciting job.
Overhauled University Club reopens with revamped lunch menu
It’s a hub for the Penn community, and it just got a major facelift.
Nearly 20 years of research on the AIDS epidemic in Malawi
It was 1998 when demographer Hans-Peter Kohler first got involved with a research project in rural Malawi. Nearly two decades later, the project, dubbed Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health, which explores the AIDS epidemic, is still in full swing. So is Kohler’s commitment to it.
Penn community asked to save energy for Power Down Challenge
In a calendar year, the average member of the Penn community consumes 15,724 kilowatt-hours of energy. That’s enough power to fully charge an iPhone 6 for 4,138 years, or watch TV for 18 consecutive years.
Penn alumna and employee fights valiantly against rare form of disease
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is a warrior. She manages her own nonprofit, frequently travels across the country—and sometimes world—for speaking engagements, and works with Penn Medicine’s Social Media and Health Innovation Lab. That’s on top of at least three hours of medical treatment every day.
Penn revises short-term disability policy, making it even more ‘family friendly’
When a Penn employee needs back surgery, a knee replacement, cancer treatment, or goes on maternity leave, he or she will likely make use of the University’s short-term disability policy.