Campus & Community

Penn-designed gel soothes hearts after attack

Surviving a heart attack means coping with the damage it leaves behind. Even if blood flow to muscle tissue in the heart is promptly restored, the injury causes an inflammation response, and the accompanying enzymes can wreak havoc that can persist for months and even years.

Penn symposium brainstorms best practices to serve people with disabilities

The annual Disabilities Symposium, hosted by Penn’s Weingarten Learning Resources Center, attracts a mix of new and veteran attendees who are excited to use their collective brainpower to best serve individuals with disabilities, says Susan Shapiro,

Penn symposium tackles race, science, and society

Is race a biological category? How does race figure into scientific research, clinical practice, and the development and use of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals? And what can we learn from historical investigations into race that will inform today’s scientific and medical inquiries?

Penn Student Makes a Healthy Difference for Neighbors in West Philadelphia

Adina Weissman, a student in the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, always knew that she wanted to help people, she just didn’t know in what capacity.

Penn Graduate Student Named #17 of the Top 100 Most Powerful Arab Women

Students from the University of Pennsylvania really do change the world. Maha Laziri, 24, a student in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, is already making a difference in remote villages of Morocco.

Penn Dental Medicine Students Present 6th Annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk & 5K

WHO: Penn Dental Medicine WHAT: 6th Annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk & 5K

Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Releases Childhood Obesity Guide

In the last 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in adolescents, it has quadrupled. By 2012, more than one-third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.

Penn Students Explore Civil Rights Movement Sites

A unique spring break trip for some University of Pennsylvania students could turn a vacation into a vocation.

Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Will Present Beacon Award to Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano will be honored April 4 for her career in public service as the former governor of Arizona, the first female to serve as the U.S. secretary of homeland security and now as president of the University of California system.

Penn Libraries looking for volunteer librarians at Lea School

One of the many casualties of the ongoing financial crisis facing the School District of Philadelphia has been the layoff of librarians and the closure of libraries in many schools.

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