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Campus & Community
A life of books
Books define the life of Peter Stallybrass, an English professor at Penn for the past 30 years. Starting as a child reading favorites with his family, and throughout his storied career, it is the book that has fascinated him more than anything else.
Three years on: A look at the Penn Wharton China Center
The impact of the Beijing-based center and research fund has been far-reaching on campus and in China.
President Gutmann recognized as a global leader by Fortune Magazine
President Gutmann joins Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders, a list of influential figures who are as innovative as they are successful.
Tackling blindness with nanotechnology
To tackle blindness caused by open angle glaucoma, Brandon Kao, Rui Jing Jiang, and Adarsh Battu came up with Visiplate, a nanoscale ocular implant that shunts away excess fluid.
Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods
Penn researchers and students help get people enthused about STEM fields at the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival
Q&A with Barbie Zelizer
Members of the media are unable to do their jobs due to creeping authoritarianism or totalitarian rule. The Center for Media at Risk hopes to bring together scholars and journalists to strategize about what can be done to resist it.
How to help children at risk for abuse
Resources are available to protect kids from systemic child abuse. The executive director at Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research has insight and advice for everyone to help keep kids and communities safe.
Sorenson talks gun violence prevention at March for Science
At the second annual March for Science in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 14, Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy and Practice spoke about gun violence prevention.
Empowering workers while reducing waste in Mumbai
In Mumbai, waste sorters represent a crucial yet marginalized labor pool, diverting would-be trash from landfills by sorting and selling recyclables. President’s Engagement Prize recipients Svanika Balasubramanian and Peter Wang Hjemdahl will connect these workers to larger recycling operations through a digital marketplace.
Skating PALs: Youth skate with Penn’s Division of Public Safety
Philly kids took to the ice at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink on April 12th, as part of a city and campus police organization that hosts events for kids ages 6-18.
In the News
Fortune
The World's 50 Greatest Leaders
President Amy Gutmann was featured on Fortune’s list of global leaders who have taken on the challenge of unbundling, splitting or delegating an organizations’ functions for improved effectiveness and increased value. She was also cited for, among other things, being a first-generation college-goer who has made it possible for many others to achieve the same goal.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
WXPN's 'Kids Corner' Celebrates 30 Years of Creating a Radio Oasis For Philly's Children
World Café Live will be hosting an anniversary concert for Kids Corner this weekend, in celebration of three decades committed to amplifying young voices.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Launches $4.1 Billion Fundraising Campaign
President Amy Gutmann and Board chairman David Cohen have announced a new fundraising campaign, “The Power of Penn: Advancing Knowledge for Good.” The campaign aims to increase financial aid, support first-gen students, invest in new construction, and strengthen the endowment. John Zeller, senior vice president for development and alumni relations, was interviewed for the story.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Mapping Wheelchair Access in Philly and the Suburbs
Ph.D. candidate Mark Bookman of the School of Arts and Sciences has created an online map to crowdsource accessibility information about Penn’s campus and beyond. The intersectional tool highlights wheelchair accessibility, Braille signage, gender-neutral bathrooms, prayer spaces, lactation rooms, and more.
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CBS Philadelphia
UPenn Students Preparing for ‘Super Bowl of the Mind’
Penn A, a group of students on Penn’s Academic Demolition team, is gearing up to compete against 36 other teams in the 2018 Intercollegiate Quiz Bowl on Saturday in Chicago. (Video)
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