Louisa Shepard

In a unique class that combined history and theatre, a 79-year-old radio broadcast became surprisingly relevant to 12 University of Pennsylvania students.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann has been honored with the Lucretia Mott Award from Women’s Way, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit. The award is given annually to “an outstanding American woman whose work speaks of a commitment to the values of equality, justice and peace for all.”

A new mentorship program will allow undergraduate English majors in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS) to work in paying jobs with Penn alumni who also majored in English.

Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs (OGCA) is recruiting volunteers to help at six of the eight polling places on campus for the Pennsylvania primary election on Tuesday, May 16. To qualify, individuals must be registered to vote in Philadelphia and be available to work from 6:30 a.m.

The eight Penn students chosen for the President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes this year have demonstrated “immense grit, creativity, and leadership,” with projects to take on challenges that “couldn’t be more pressing,” said

The University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been jointly awarded $500,000 from the Andrew W.

A late summer storm looming in 2009, Michael Gamer, an associate professor in the Department of English, turned off both his office desktop and his laptop, making sure both were unplugged in order to safeguard against any electrical surges.

On April 24, a consortium of student groups at the University of Pennsylvania hosted the 2017 Campus Diversity Awards to honor individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to promoting diversity and inclusion in the academic, cultural and social life at Penn.

Barbara D. Savage of the University of Pennsylvania has been chosen as the Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford for the 2018-19 academic year. 

A passion and commitment to improve the lives of those in the Latino immigrant community unites three University of Pennsylvania seniors who have different majors.