Campus & Community

Fresh faces aren’t the only new delights on Penn’s campus this fall. A handful of eateries and shops have opened, and are making a mark in their University City home.

Thin glass films like coatings that cover the surface of smart phone screens are made up of many different kinds of molecules, with numerous properties.

Every year, computer attacks are increasing in both number and sophistication. These attacks target vulnerabilities in applications like Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office, or entice users in the form of phishing schemes. They also focus on networks like Penn’s.

How much does not having advanced notice of your daily or weekly schedule affect your mental and physical health? For those who work in the retail sector, the answer is quite a bit.

Charlotte Matthai found inspiration for her University of Pennsylvania senior thesis project during a research venture that took her to museums in three states.

WHO:           Cynthia Figueroa, newly appointed commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Human Services

Two doctoral students from the University of Pennsylvania were selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as inaugural Health Policy Research Scholars. They are Jasmine L. Blanks Jones and Sondra Calhoun. 

At 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, just three days before the University of Pennsylvania kicked off another school year’s classes, 40 or so students gathered in the green next to Harrison College House for wings, ice cream and sodas. They weren’t simply hanging out but rather there to talk to and learn about more than half a dozen mental-health groups on campus.

Mary Reid Kelley, a senior critic in the Master of Fine Arts program in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has been selected as a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann today welcomed donors, students, faculty, dignitaries and special guests for a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of Perry World House, the University’s new hub for global engagement.