Campus & Community

Unleash your creativity in the Morris Arboretum’s 6th Annual Scarecrow Design Contest. This year, in addition to “Fall Favorites” scarecrows, participants can create a scarecrow for the theme: “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

Penn Law School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) are launching an innovative joint-degree program, which aims to graduate lawyers and engineers able to address issues at the intersection of law and technology.

The Green Campus Partnership’s Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps Program is currently accepting applications for the 2013-2014 program year.

With the recent signing of an agricultural conservation easement, the School of Veterinary Medicine has ensured that 145 acres of its New Bolton Center campus in Chester County will be protected from development,  and will continue the area’s agricultural tradition.

In 1913, a massive piece of granite arrived in Philadelphia that forever changed the scope of the Penn Museum’s collection.

In 1973, second-wave feminism was in full force. The Supreme Court struck down most state restrictions on abortion in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, and the Gloria Steinem-founded Ms. magazine had just celebrated its inaugural year on newsstands. At Penn, the atmosphere was no different.

Swirling all around Anita Allen, a child of the ‘60s, were the country’s most divisive social issues: racial conflict and African Americans’ demand for civil and human rights, the feminist movement and women’s fight for gender equality, a War on Poverty, and a deadly and controversial war in Vietnam.

Tom Murphy will tell you straight—he’s not an IT guy. But don’t be swayed by his modest words. As Penn’s new vice president for information technology and chief information officer, he brings years of valuable, hard-earned experience in managing information technology for multibillion-dollar companies.

The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety will hold its annual Open House on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 4040 Chestnut St.

Jessica King, 20, who calls herself  “a child of public school,” is on a path to become the principal of a charter school. King was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an early-decision applicant.