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Open magazine with a photo of Shirley Chisholm on the left and an article titled The Ticket That Might Have Been: Shirley Chisholm on the right.

Design faculty and Art for Philadelphia raise money against police brutality

Weitzman faculty members David Hartt and Sharon Hayes are among a group of Philadelphia-based artists participating in Art for Philadelphia, a fundraising initiative to support those protesting against police brutality.

Fixing the health care system: lessons from the pandemic

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel spoke about his work at Penn and in politics as well as the path to universal health care.

Marci Hamilton sits at a table beside large windows overlooking campus.

Child abuse is Marci Hamilton’s Goliath

Marci Hamilton, Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice, has faced down institutional child abuse for decades—and she is just getting started.

Professor of English and Africana studies Herman Beavers seated in a chair in a university hallway.

Herman Beavers named faculty director of Civic House and the Civic Scholars Program

Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989 and is a professor of English and Africana studies, a distinguished poet, and a widely published scholar of 20th-century, and is a leader in the Penn community.

Doctor with rare disease and no answers decides to find his own cure

David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about his experience pursuing a treatment for his own rare disease. “The problem isn't that every doctor doesn't know everything about every disease,” he said. “The problem is that for some diseases, no doctors know anything about those diseases”

Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships

The program supports high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.

Penn athletic director Grace Calhoun is busier than ever, as chair of NCAA Division I council

In addition to being athletic director, overseeing 33 varsity sports, Calhoun is chair of the NCAA Division I council, part of the NCAA board of directors, and the NCAA board of governors. But that’s not all—Calhoun is also chair of the Ivy League’s committee on administration, essentially the working committee of Ivy athletic directors.

Two people side by side in different images. In the one on the left, the person stands in an office and a blue suit, hands crossed low in front. In the one on the right is a person in a tie and white coat that reads, "Carl H. June, M.D. Abramson Cancer Center"

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Carl June elected to National Academy of Sciences

The researchers, from the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Perelman School of Medicine, join a class of honored scholars recognized for their unique and ongoing contributions to original research.

portraits of Eve M. Troutt Powell, Barbie Zelizer, Kathleen Stebe, and Guthrie Ramsey

Four Penn faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Guthrie Ramsey, Kathleen Stebe, Eve M. Troutt Powell, and Barbie Zelizer join a group recognized for their world-class leadership and expertise.

Finding meaning amid misfortune

In an audio message, President Amy Gutmann urges the Penn community—from Camden to California, Canada to Kuala Lumpur—to make the very best of this new way of life.

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