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The 150 most influential people in Philly
Philadelphia Magazine

The 150 most influential people in Philly

Interim President J. Larry Jameson, Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney, Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Olympic discus thrower and alumnus Sam Mattis are noted as some of the most influential people in Philadelphia.

Could teenage voters swing Pennsylvania?
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Could teenage voters swing Pennsylvania?

Matt Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says there’s been a much greater and much more visible investment in get-out-the-vote efforts and registering new voters in Philadelphia this year.

A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries
yellowed historic document with a grid of squares and a hand holding a photo

A map of the stalls at the historic Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. 

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A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

Tens of thousands of items related to public markets acquired by Penn alum David K. O’Neil create a collection unique in size and scope. Spanning four centuries from locations near and far, his collection now has a home at the Penn Libraries.
Keeping a fire under control
Firefighters put out a controlled burn of a dorm room replica on Penn’s campus during DPS’s controlled burn event.

Firefighters from PFD’s Engine 5 were on hand to extinguish the fire on the dorm room replica with no overhead sprinkler system.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn’s Division of Public Safety)

Keeping a fire under control

Penn’s Division of Public Safety’s PennReady: Protecting Communities Through Resilience and Relationships Health and Safety Fair on Sept. 27 featured a controlled burn of a mock residential room, showcasing the efficacy of sprinkler and alarm systems, and the response of first responders and city firefighters.
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships
Sculptor Michelle Lopez sitting and talking in front of her sculpture and musician Tyshawn Sorey standing in front of a grafitti on a wall

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awarded two Penn faculty each a Pew Fellowship in the Arts: artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez (left) in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design; and musician and composer Tyshawn Sorey (right) in the School of Arts & Sciences.

(Images (left) by University of Pennsylvania Communications, and (right) Ogata courtesy of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.)

Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships

Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia.
Update on Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools
Exterior of Roxborough High School in Philadelphia

The funding Penn is providing to Philadelphia Public Schools is being used to remediate environmental hazards in schools throughout the city, including the 100-year-old Roxborough High School in North Philadelphia.

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Update on Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools

Significant progress has been made in the four years since Penn pledged $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia to remediate environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, in hundreds of school buildings.
Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia
Hanzhong Luo has his body heat scanned in a cooling shelter prototype.

Dorit Aviv uses an infrared camera to demonstrate the effects of the Tenopy’s radiant cooling panels on Hanzhong Luo.

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Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.
How food moves around cities
Penn students walking through Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

(On homepage) Students walk through the Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

How food moves around cities

Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine.
Court no-shows: A systemic issue
The courtyard at City Hall in Philadelphia.

Image: iStock/Alexandre Tziripouloff

Court no-shows: A systemic issue

Penn Carey Law professor Sandy Mayson has found that failure-to-appear is a systemic phenomenon that plays a central role in criminal case processing in Philadelphia.

From Penn Carey Law