4/16
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Design review
Dan Garofalo, Penn’s environmental sustainability coordinator and senior facilities planner, has been named to the first Civic Design Review Committee of the City of Philadelphia.
Special exhibit offers ‘9 Perspectives’ on photography
Penn owns an extensive collection of art—6,000 works collected over the past 250 years—that includes paintings, furniture, decorative arts, works on paper, sculpture, and photography. Some of it can be found inside buildings and in the open spaces around the main campus, the New Bolton Center, and the Morris Arboretum. But most of the art gets put on display only now and then.
Penn Partners With Philadelphia Global Water Initiative to Recognize World Toilet Day 2012
PHILADELPHIA — Toilets may not make for a glamorous subject, but they’re critical to global health. On Monday, Nov.
New Financial Aid Director Explains Penn’s No-loan Aid Program for Undergraduates
Joel Carstens, university director of financial aid at the University of Pennsylvania, may be new to campus, but he’s no stranger to the Ivy League and the financial-aid challenges of its schools and students.
Penn World Scholar Student Continues Life of Public Service That Began in Egypt
Applying to colleges is a hard enough task, but it was made even more difficult for Diana Gonimah when the political turmoil of Arab Spring in her home country, Egypt, briefly shut down communication with the outside world. Her high school closed for 20 days and she was barely able to call admissions officers in the U.S. to say, “Sorry, I can’t send my transcript for another month.”
Helping Those Impacted by Hurricane Sandy
As many of our neighbors in New Jersey and New York continue to struggle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the University of Pennsylvania’s faculty, staff and students have undertaken a number of efforts within their respective units to support the victims of this terrible natural disaster.
Penn's Meredith Broussard Measures Philadelphia’s Civic Health
Compared to the rest of the United States, Philadelphia’s civic life is very healthy.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Comcast’s Sports Complex plan for South Philly would make our city less livable
In an Op-Ed, Vukan R. Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that Philadelphia should make transit more accessible rather than striving to accommodate more cars.
FULL STORY →
The New York Times
We don’t see what climate change is doing to us
In an Op-Ed, R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that public discourse around climate change overlooks the buildup of slow, subtle costs and their impact on human systems.
FULL STORY →
Associated Press
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
FULL STORY →
Associated Press
In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
FULL STORY →
The Wall Street Journal
‘Slouch’ review: The panic over posture
In her new book, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America,” Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces society’s posture obsession to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
FULL STORY →