Campus & Community

Cecil Balmond is the recipient of the 2016 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.  He is professor of practice in architecture and the former Paul Philippe Cret Chair of Architecture in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design.

By Claire Daly Andre Wallace started fighting racism and inequality in high school, working to address the achievement gap between white and minority students.

April is National Oral Cancer Awareness Month and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine students teamed with students from Temple University to bring attention to the disease and the importance of early detection through the annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk and 5K on April 2.

This is the second in a series of features introducing the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 President’s Engagement Prize winners.

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

Inspired by urban river projects that have revitalized the cities of Los Angeles and New York, the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) is collaborating on a project with Bartram’s Garden and

Females are at a disadvantage when it comes to susceptibility to lupus and many other autoimmune conditions. Eighty-five percent of lupus patients are women.

The Arthur Ross Gallery’s (ARG) upcoming exhibit, “Expanding the Audience for Ar

(This is the first in a series of features introducing the 2016 President's Engagement Prize winners.)

The Fels Policy Research Initiative in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania has announced five inaugural collaborative grants for as much as $15,000 each, designed to further interdisciplinary partnerships.