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Penn to Mark Constitution Day

Penn to Mark Constitution Day

PHILADELPHIA – Events on the University of Pennsylvania campus on Sept. 17 and 19 will honor the nation’s constitution.  Sept. 17 is Constitution Day.

Gina Bryan

Serena Mayeri’s 'Reasoning from Race' Wins Organization of American Historians 2012 Hine Book Award

Serena Mayeri’s 'Reasoning from Race' Wins Organization of American Historians 2012 Hine Book Award

PHILADELPHIA – Serena Mayeri, professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the Organization of American Historians 2012 Darlene Clark Hine Award for her book Reasoning from Race: Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2011).

Jacquie Posey

Penn Law Students Assist Philadelphia Mobile Food Vendors

Penn Law Students Assist Philadelphia Mobile Food Vendors

 With help from some University of Pennsylvania Law School students, Philadelphia food vendors are now organized formally as an association, bringing together vendors from across the city to support each other and to share resources.

Jeanne Leong

Penn to Offer Online Classes via Coursera

Penn to Offer Online Classes via Coursera

PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will join Princeton University, the University of Michigan, the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University in partnering with Coursera, an online education platform, to make Web-based courses available free and to improve teaching on campuses. 

Evan Lerner

Dorothy Roberts Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor

Dorothy Roberts Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor

PHILADELPHIA -- Dorothy Roberts has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.