Campus & Community

Teenagers are notoriously reckless. They engage in risky sexual behaviors, binge drink alcohol, and abuse tobacco and other drugs. Behind the wheel of a car, teenagers are most dangerous, to themselves and others. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, and the risk of crashing is higher among 16 to 19 year olds than any other age group.

As the world prepares for another global conversation about climate change at the annual Conference of Parties (COP21) conference in Paris in December, a court decision in the Netherlands has added a new twist.

Professional musician Joseph Conyers and academic Martin Ihrig share a passion for music. Conyers is the assistant principal bass at the Philadelphia Orchestra and the newly named music director of the All-City Orchestra.

Wilson Chang came to Penn in 1996 as an undergraduate mechanical engineering major. After about two years, he switched into psychology. Then he dropped out of school.

Much of modern architecture in the 1950s consisted of glass and steel buildings that appeared lighter than air, prismatic structures ready to serve any function—as an apartment building, a school, or hospital —nearly any place on Earth.

Wharton professor Americus Reed is a man of many identities. He is a father, academic, and musician. A consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher. A free spirit, anti-authority, and a fitness enthusiast. A Panther, a Gator, and a Quaker.

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Nathan Mossell, a pioneer in medicine and the first African American to earn a medical degree from Penn, is one of many accomplished family members who graduated from the University.

Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, will receive the 2015 Doer Award from the Urban Affairs Coalition Friday morning in Philadelphia.

The Organization of World Heritage Cities has voted to name Philadelphia as a World Heritage City. With the announcement, Philadelphia became the first American city to join an elite group that includes Paris, Cairo and Jerusalem.