Campus & Community

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.

For those in need of holiday gifts for friends and family, there are plenty of places on campus to get into the swing of the season.

Free and enslaved Africans shaped and built Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

Nanotechnology research aims to unlock the secrets of matter on the atomic scale, where materials can behave much differently than they do in everyday life, becoming stronger despite weighing next to nothing.  The trick is enabling these small wonders to interact with macro-scale objects while maintaining those special traits.

Driverless cars aren’t just the stuff of science fiction anymore; some manufacturers say autonomous vehicles are less than five years away.

As nations across the globe negotiate how to reduce their contributions to climate change, researchers at Penn are investigating just how the coming changes will impact the planet. What’s clear is that the effect extends beyond simple warming. Indeed, the very physics and chemistry of the oceans are also shifting, and are forecast to change even more in the coming decades.

WHO:           James McGann, director of the University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program; representatives from more than 40 think tanks from around the world; Ri

By Claire Daly For Benjamin Oh, there wasn’t a single moment when he realized that speed skating was something he wanted to pursue seriously. But, as he started improving, he loved the adrenaline rush that came with achieving faster and faster speeds.