A boat glides across the Schuylkill River, rowers working in unison to part the water with red and blue paddles.
To an observer standing on the river banks, this may look effortless, but it’s not. Behind every race won, every elegant pass on the water, are hours of sweat in the gym, practices that begin at daybreak, and intense strategizing designed to best opponents.
We take a look back at Penn Rowing’s last few months on the Schuylkill, with a glimpse inside the only collegiate facility perched along the picturesque Boathouse Row, the weight room, and, of course, the boats skimming along the surface of the water.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
