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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The Rotunda at Penn Listed on Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rotunda has been added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Collette Kinane, a graduate student in historical preservation, prepared the submission as part of PennDesign's 2011 Preservation Studio.
Penn Pilots More Sustainability Projects Through Another Round of Green Fund Grants
PHILADELPHIA – The Penn Green Campus Partnership has awarded five Green Fund grants ranging from a comprehensive recycling center within the
Penn Museum: Exchange of Prisoners With Metropolitan Museum of Art
When Penn Museum agreed to lend objects from its Egyptian collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for their new exhibition, The Dawn of Egyptian Art (April 10 through August 5, 2012), Penn Museum’s Egyptian section curator made one special request—for a temporary “exchange of prisoners.”
Julian Siggers Appointed Williams Director of Penn Museum
PHILADELPHIA — Julian Siggers has been appointed the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
6 Exhibitions for PennDesign’s Terry Adkins
As a teenager growing up in the 1960s, Terry Adkins, a fine arts professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, was influenced by the major cultural, political and social events of the era -- and the music of Jimmy Hendrix.
Hey Day: Penn’s Juniors Will Be Declared Seniors
PHILADELPHIA –- Following a tradition that reaches back to 1916, Penn juniors will celebrate Hey Day 2012 on Wednesday, April 25, by donning red shirts, strutting along Locust Walk carrying canes and biting into straw hats.
At Penn's Wharton, Working in Business and Doing Social Good
Some University of Pennsylvania students who are business majors are learning about ways businesses can work to help society.
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice Promotes Healthy Lifestyles With Community Teamworks Initiative
Health fairs serve a useful purpose, but the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania has figured out a way to make them even more useful to the community, all while allowing students, faculty, staff and alumni to participate in team-building activities.
Penn Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research: “Can America Stop Hurting Its Children?”
PHILADELPHIA – At its April 24 Spring 2012 Community Symposium, the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania poses the question, “Can America Stop Hurting its Children?”
Penn Navy ROTC Battalion Celebrates Pass in Review – and 72 Years on Campus
There was a time, decades ago, when military Reserve Officer Training Corps programs were not welcome at some colleges and universities. While some institutions of higher education are now reinstating their ROTC programs, the University of Pennsylvania never booted its Naval ROTC unit
In the News
After four years with COVID-19, the U.S. is settling into a new approach to respiratory virus season
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the sense of urgency around vaccination has faded as attention on respiratory viruses wanes.
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Report: Latin America’s progress on helping sex abuse victims
Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences points to Chile as an international example of a large sex abuse scandal turning into effective activism.
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U.S. bolstering Philippines amid increasing assertiveness by China
Thomas J. Shattuck of Perry World House says that greater interest in the Philippines by the U.S. and Japan will have a positive impact on Taiwan’s security.
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Gordion: A lost city of legends in central Turkey
Brian Rose of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum has led excavations at the ancient Turkish city of Gordion since 2007.
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Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena
Akira Drake Rodriguez, Rashida Ng, and Dominic Vitiello of the Weitzman School of Design say there should be a more robust and inclusive conversation about the future of Philadelphia’s Market Street East.
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