When Malcolm X came to Penn nocred When Malcolm X came to Penn On this Malcolm X Day, his 95th birthday, Penn Today reflects on his visit to the University in January of 1963, and his life and legacy.
Howard and Nancy Marks endow the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing Howard Marks Howard and Nancy Marks endow the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing The Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing at Penn Arts & Sciences is the second gift in support of writing education at Penn by Wharton alum Howard Marks and Nancy Marks.
A new tool for cell biologists A new tool for cell biologists Researchers describe a new approach for creating realistic synthetic cells, providing a new tool that can be used to figure out how certain pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, infect hosts.
Negative financial shock increases loneliness in older adults Negative financial shock increases loneliness in older adults The conclusions hold even after accounting for changes in chronic health conditions and functional limitations, religious service attendance, and relationship strain.
Personal documentaries replace performing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Edinburg Project theatre course is offered only once every two years to about a half-dozen students who prepare a play to perform at the Festival Fringe in Scotland. The “Orlando” actors, from left, Matthias Volker, Whitney Barrett, Susset Tamayo, and Adam Ritter. (Image: Olivia Demberg, stage manager) Personal documentaries replace performing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Theatre arts students created personal documentaries relating their situations during the coronavirus quarantine to the theme of transformation in crisis in the play “Orlando,” which they were supposed to perform at the now-cancelled Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland
Connecting communities impacted by COVID-19 Connecting communities impacted by COVID-19 Three Penn seniors combine their desire to help with their unique skill sets to create Corona Connects, an online platform that connects volunteers with organizations in need of support.
Penn Flow Chinese-Western chamber music ensemble plays from home Flora Feng, a senior mathematics and economics major, plays the traditional Chinese guzheng in a video she made in her California home. She is a member of the new Penn Flow Chinese-Western chamber music ensemble. Penn Flow Chinese-Western chamber music ensemble plays from home The Penn Flow Chinese-Western chamber music ensemble juxtaposes traditional Chinese instruments with Western instruments. Student members are featured playing the traditional Chinese erhu and guzheng at home in videos posted by the Music Department.
The unique subculture of Cuban punk Mohawks, tattoos, and piercings are all familiar aspects of the punk aesthetic, setting "los frikis" apart from mainstream society. Image credit: Samuel Reina Calvo, an audiovisual technician and photographer that accompanied Torre Perez during field work. The unique subculture of Cuban punk Often idealized through images of painstakingly restored Chryslers and romantic, backroom rumbas, Cuba has untold subcultures that one graduate student, Carmen Torre Pérez, is analyzing through a social history of Cuban punk.
PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need Aarogya, a social-enterprise nonprofit created by three President’s Engagement Prize winners and graduating seniors, will bring affordable medicines to low-income people living in India.
At home, but still engaged with STEM classes At home, but still engaged with STEM classes While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects.