Campus & Community

Cigarette smoking among adults may have dropped in recent decades—from 42 percent in 1965 to 17 percent in 2014, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS)—but tobacco use remains the leading cause of death and disease in the world. On campus, while few students smoke daily, around 20 percent report smoking socially.

A global movement that started as a trending topic on Twitter several years ago has returned. #GivingTuesday falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year on Nov. 29. It is a day when individuals are encouraged via social media to make online charitable donations to organizations.

GARDEN STATE: Randolph, N.J.’s Clare Mullaney, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English in the School of Arts & Sciences, was recently awarded a 2016 Irving K. Zola Prize for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies from the Society for Disability Studies.

For more than two decades, Susan B. Sorenson of the University of Pennsylvania has taught courses about and conducted research on two controversial, hot-button issues: violence against women and gun violence.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann joined the Division of Public Safety for the Fall Commendation Ceremony to celebrate the work and dedication of 35 public-safety and law-enforcement professionals, along with Penn’s partners serving the community. 

Latest Update on Racist Messages Directed to Penn Students

Three master’s students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice are among 40 recipients of the Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program Youth Master’s Student award.Alexandria Okeke, Pablo David Rodriguez and Kira White have been selected to join the third cohort of CSWE “Now is the Time” students.

On Friday, Nov. 11, a group Black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania received racist text messages via a GroupMe account based in Oklahoma, to which they had been added without their knowledge.

The University of Pennsylvania has received a $20,000 grant under the American Cancer Society and CVS Health Foundation’s Tobacco-Free Generation Campus Initiative. The award, timed to coincide with the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17, recognizes the University’s ongoing efforts to create a tobacco-free campus culture.