Growing up at 52nd Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia, Glen Casey did not believe he belonged at the nearby University of Pennsylvania.

Last summer Brendan O’Leary, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was in Ireland researching and writing his forthcoming book, tentatively titled Understanding Northern Ireland: Passages from Colonialism to Consociation and Confederation, 1603-201

When political scientist Michael Jones-Correa of the University of Pennsylvania began looking at public opinion data published in the American National Election Study, he noticed one population missing: Latino immigrants.

Two years ago, the vision of Shadrack Frimpong, then a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, was to to open a girls’ school and health clinic in his home village of Tarkwa Breman, Ghana.

What started with a Penn Libraries program to ensure a West Philadelphia elementary school library would remain open has turned into a sustainable model for service learning.

Since the 2016 election, scores of women across the nation have enlisted in political campaign training programs like Emerge America and Ready to Run.

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Managing the class schedules of 35 performers and arranging vocal quartets to deliver 50 singing telegrams during the two-day Valentine’s Day period, Feb. 13-14, is a big task.

Three years ago, when, as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Winfred Rembert III promised himself that he’d make time to volunteer, he had no idea that promise would lead to him to marketing breakfast bars.

 Junior David Thai, a first-generation student at the University of Pennsylvania, is used to working hard, taking responsibility and navigating disappointment and change.