Campus & Community

Art in the City Academy at Penn Gives Students Lessons on Art and Life

It was a big day for 10 high school students gathered in Fisher-Bennett Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. The 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds enrolled in Penn’s Art in the City Academy were preparing to give their final presentations.

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop Selected as Penn Reading Project Text

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop by literary scholar Adam Bradley is the selected text for the 2013-14 Penn Reading Project at the University of Pennsylvania and kicks off Penn’s Year of Sound.

Raising working dogs, fostering safer worlds

People welcome puppies into their homes for a host of reasons: to rescue them from a harsh life in a shelter, to teach their children responsibility, or just to bask in their utter cuteness.

Fall 2013 Move-In is just around the corner

Summer is rolling along, and soon, Penn students—new and returning—will be rolling right along with it, pushing their wheeled cardboard boxes filled with bedding, clothes, and other dorm room necessities for the fall semester, which begins on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Keeping Penn's campus cool

Below the campus sidewalks and streets lies a vast network of interconnected pipes that carry chilled water to approximately 180 buildings across campus.

Presidential Bioethics Commission to meet at Penn

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, chaired by University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, will meet publicly on Penn’s campus Aug. 19-20.

Penn picked to repeat as Ivy League football champions

Looking to accomplish the unprecedented, the University of Pennsylvania football team was picked as the preseason favorite to win the Ivy League title on Tuesday at the annual Ivy League Football Media Day teleconference.

Penn's Sprint Football Alumni Weekend set for Sept. 6-7

Mark your calendars for Penn Sprint Football's Annual Alumni Weekend set for Sept. 6-7 on Penn's campus.

Penn Community Gathers School Supplies for West Philadelphia Youngsters

Through Friday, Aug. 16, multiple locations across the University of Pennsylvania campus will serve as drop-off points for the Penn Volunteers in Public Service’s annual back-to-school drive.

Penn Track & Field Announces Class of 2017

Exactly one year after taking the helm of the University of Pennsylvania track & field programs, Steve Dolan announced his first official recruiting class on Friday as he welcomed

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