One year into the Power of Penn campaign, President Amy Gutmann hosted a panel discussion with three professors to usher in another year of inclusion, innovation, and impact on a local and global scale.
Drug researchers use control groups to measure the efficacy of their drug tests. What happens when the control group responds? Science proves the placebo effect is indeed medicine itself.
A member of the staff adds a handful of herbs to a lasagna dish during the busy lunch hour in the kitchen of Houston Market on Jan. 23.
Farm to campus, from prep to dining—and more dining
Penn Dining Services cook up delicious, locally sourced, healthy, and abundant meals at nearly all hours of the day, an operation that starts locally and ends on plates licked clean.
Feminista Jones (left) and Tanji Gilliam of the Africana Studies department address the crowd at the Penn Book Center on Feb. 13.
Black feminism 101
Author and alum Feminista Jones joined Tanji Gilliam of Africana Studies in a discussion of her new book “Reclaiming Our Space,” examining how Twitter and modern liberation movements are all borne from black women’s words, struggle, and history.
From body balms to cocktails, CBD oil has exploded on the market, despite a lack of clinical trials and wildly different dosages among products. Marcel Bonn-Miller explains the science behind the fad.
Jamison “JJ” Vulopas, Penn President Amy Gutmann, and Erica Dienes at the Fall Scholarship Celebration on Nov. 27
A celebration as thank-you note
The Fall Scholarship Celebration brings together donors to undergraduate financial aid with their scholarship recipients every year to build connections with the students that their philanthropy supports.
Even if Roe isn’t overturned, abortion access could fall, say Penn legal scholars
Penn Law’s Allison Hoffman and Serena Mayeri explain that the real threat to abortion access is a state-by-state application of restrictions on clinics and practitioners, without interfering with Roe v. Wade as settled law.
