Campus & Community

The PennCHOP Microbiome Program, an initiative between the Perelman School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has launched a pilot/feasibility grant program designed to bring together microbiome investigators and stimulate other researche

Currently in the United States, there are approximately 45 million people who are 65 years of age and older. By 2030, that number is expected to jump to nearly 75 million people.

The PennCard is the official identification card for students, faculty, and staff at the University, and other members of the Penn community.

A tour of the Class of 1957 Geology Garden is a virtual pass through time, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or even a billion years.

With Winter Break almost upon us, out-of-town family and friends beckon. To keep belongings safe and reduce the threat of home burglary while members of the Penn community are away, the Division of Public Safety (DPS) is again offering special property checks.

A mother’s breast milk contains nutrients and immunological benefits important for every newborn, a fact recently confirmed by the U.S. surgeon general and the World Health Organization. For very low birth weight (VLBW) infants—babies born weighing 3.3 pounds or less—in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), not consuming breast milk can have potentially devastating consequences.

Soon after President Amy Gutmann arrived at the University in 2004, she launched the Penn Compact, setting a forward-thinking academic and research agenda for the institution under her leadership.

The world today is very neatly divided into 24 efficient, well-ordered time zones that correspond with the 24 hours in a day. If it’s 2 p.m. in Philadelphia, it’s 11 a.m. in Los Angeles, 7 p.m. in London, 8 p.m. in Paris, 9 p.m. in Tel Aviv, and 4 a.m. tomorrow in Seoul. Time is uniform, but it wasn’t always so. Standardization didn’t begin to emerge until the late 19th century.

If given a choice, it’s a safe bet that most animals would prefer to be in a loving home than in a shelter.

The premier scientists at the University of Pennsylvania rely on next-generation sequencing techniques to elicit new information about the living world. Now, freshmen can do the same thing.