Campus & Community

Despite tremendous effort and good intentions, many international agricultural development endeavors efforts fail when the implementing agency leaves and the local farmers go back to their old practices.

By Patrick Ammerman Scientists can seem set apart from other disciplines, interpreting the rules of the natural world without the involvement of the social sciences and the humanities. But a new initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is trying to change that by fostering new collaborations around the lynchpin issue of energy.

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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.