Campus & Community

Claim your holiday passport and embark on an expedition for world peace at the Penn Museum’s 18th annual “Peace around the World” family holiday celebration.

A planned redevelopment project for the area surrounding 30th Street Station could dramatically transform the neighborhood, bringing additional commercial space and improved vehicle and pedestrian access to Center City. The leaders of the project—Amtrak, Drexel University, and Brandywine Realty Trust—are currently in the process of considering master plan proposals.

A bitter taste may elicit a grimace, and indeed many bitter substances are toxic and should be avoided. Yet some foods and drugs taste bitter but promote or protect health—think broccoli or quinine.

This spring, undergraduate and graduate students from divergent academic backgrounds—biology, architecture, engineering, business, and more—will have an opportunity to contribute their specialized expertise and learn from one another in a unique pair of courses offered through PennDesign’s Fine Arts Depa

As part of their senior design project in May, a team of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics undergrads—Elizabeth Beattie, Nick McGill, Nick Parrotta, and Niko Vladimirov—made Titan Arm, a device that looks like it was ripped from a science fiction movie and augments a user's strength by up to 40 pounds.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price today announced that Director of Athletics Steve Bilsky will retire on June 30. He has made an indelible impact on the University across an extraordinary six decades, since his student days as a captain of a historic men's basketball team through his nearly 20 years of distinguished leadership of Penn Athletics.

WHO:             Dwight Evans

A new awareness campaign is highlighting the University’s efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle, and also encouraging students, faculty, and staff to think beyond recycling.

Dear Benny:I noticed a geometric sculpture situated in front of the recently opened Singh Center for Nanotechnology. Can you tell me more about this work of art? Is it a new addition to Penn?—Art Appreciator

The 2014 Penn’s Way campaign, the University’s workplace charitable giving initiative, officially culminates on Friday, Nov. 15. But the clock hasn’t run out yet. There’s still time to pledge to Penn’s Way and make an immediate impact on some of the region’s most vulnerable populations.