Campus & Community

A new white paper just released by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, or Penn IUR, finds that after decades of urban decline, U.S. cities are growing again thanks in large part to their transition from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

At the heart of Penn’s campus on the popular College Green sits a massive 135-year-old American elm.

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Smartphones and other high-tech gadgets let people of all ages shoot and edit videos and post them online. But, to tell a story well, more thought has to go into the process.

Impact Network’s eSchool 360 program provides access to education to more than 2,200 students in rural Zambia. But the project might not have been possible had it not been for lessons learned in a classroom in Philadelphia. 

By Patrick Ammerman

Switching to reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarettes may not necessarily reduce harm to smokers, according to new research conducted by Penn’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA). Smokers also tend to ignore cautions contained in warning box labels, the authors found in a separate study.

As it has done for 25 years, Penn Volunteers in Public Service has provided as much as $1,000 in non-tuition scholarships to college-bound students from West Philadelphia high schools who were chosen based on community service and academic excellence.

Every person who cherishes freedom is heartbroken by the senseless and tragic violence that occurred in Orlando. On behalf of the entire Penn community I extend my deepest condolences and sympathies to the families who lost loved ones, and to all those in the LGBT and Hispanic communities who have been so personally devastated by this horrific act of terror.

Donita C.