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Tapping into current affairs: ‘The World Today’
The World Today 2

During the March 27th session of "The World Today," Frank Hoffman, a Wharton graduate and senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Studies at National Defense University, discusses "Sharpening the U.S. Competitive Edge - America's New Defense Strategy."

Tapping into current affairs: ‘The World Today’

The weekly conversation series at Perry World House allows time to examine global affairs amidst an overwhelming media landscape.
Opening the Teach-in by breaking down barriers
Teach-in.Evolution crawl

Colorful chalk drawings and informative displays along Locust Walk engaged passersby in learning about 4 billion years of the evolution of life on Earth.

Opening the Teach-in by breaking down barriers

The first full day of the Penn Teach-in engaged participants with expert panels on vaccine denial and firearm violence, an "evolutionary walk through time," and a dialogue on the production and dissemination of knowledge.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Prof. Stephanos Bibas confirmed by Senate, will join U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    • Prof. Stephanos Bibas confirmed by Senate, will join U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    Today, the United States Senate confirmed Stephanos Bibas, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Director of Penn Law’s Supreme Court Clinic, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Bibas was nominated for the seat by President Trump in June.

    Steve Barnes

    Seven Penn Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Medicine

    • Seven Penn Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Medicine

    Seven University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s highest honors in biomedicine. They are among 70 new U.S. and 10 international members of the globally renowned organization.

    Karen Kreeger , Michele W. Berger

    Four Pennsylvania Higher-ed Institutions to Launch ‘Foster Care to College’ Programs Backed by Field Center at Penn

    • Four Pennsylvania Higher-ed Institutions to Launch ‘Foster Care to College’ Programs Backed by Field Center at Penn

    To help college-bound youth who have lived in foster care Cabrini University, Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University and West Chester University have partnered with the Field Center for Children

    Jill DiSanto , Lori Iannella, Cabrini University , Rhonda Lipschutz, Community College of Philadelphia , Brandon Lausch , Nancy Santos Gainer, West Chester University

    In New Role at Penn, a GSE Alum and Formerly Homeless Teen, Finds a Way to Support Vulnerable Youth Across Pennsylvania

    • In New Role at Penn, a GSE Alum and Formerly Homeless Teen, Finds a Way to Support Vulnerable Youth Across Pennsylvania

    Seth Morones-Ramírez, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, grew up in and out of the foster-care system. At times, he was homeless: staying in a motel, car, group home or shelter or sleeping on the couches of kind-hearted friends.
    2017 Beitler Lecture Crisis in Criminal Justice Mass Incarceration and the Impact of DNA Science on the Phenomenon of Wrongful Convictions

    • 2017 Beitler Lecture Crisis in Criminal Justice Mass Incarceration and the Impact of DNA Science on the Phenomenon of Wrongful Convictions

    The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce that Penn Law’s David Rudovsky, one of the nation's leading civil rights and criminal defense attorneys will deliver the 2017 Beitler Distinguished Lecture, “Crisis in Criminal Justice: Mass Incarceration and the Impact of DNA Science on the Phenomenon

    Sara Leavens