Campus & Community

Where can you learn about injury prevention and nutrition for your children, receive dental and blood pressure screenings, plus enter to win a year’s supply of diapers?

The recent public health crisis in Flint, Mich., has refocused attention on an issue that likewise plagues Philadelphia: lead contamination. While the main concern in Flint is toxic lead in the water, in Philadelphia, paint from the city’s older buildings is thought to be the primary contributor to lead exposure, which can cause serious health problems, particularly in young children.

Students participate in the Holi Festival of Colors on College Green. The festival has ancient origins and celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

Dear Benny,

The Republican and Democratic Pennsylvania primaries will be held on Tuesday, April 26, and the Keystone State is a key stone in the 2016 presidential election. The Republican primary will award 71 delegates: 17 to the statewide winner and 54 unbound delegates. The Democratic contest will proportionately award 210 delegates.

Talk of concussions has blanketed the news in recent years, most frequently concerning items about sports, especially football. Barely a week goes by, it seems, without a story of an athlete retiring early or in his or her prime due to fear of concussions or because of multiple concussions, or of an athlete donating his or her brain to research after passing away.

A decade ago, faculty from the departments of Biology and Psychology put together a vision statement describing their wishes to consolidate expertise and students from disparate locations oncampus in one facility, replete with functional, inviting spaces for collaboration and learning.

PERCH, the Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub, a new research facility, is beginning to take shape.

One day, while practicing as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Justin McDaniel was tasked with hand-painting an incantation on the side of a young water buffalo. It’s believed the ritual would protect the beloved animal, even after the writing washed off.

 Named in honor of William Fontaine, who in 1963 became Penn’s first tenured African-American faculty member, the Fontaine Society, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is one of a portfolio of activities at the University designed to enha