Campus & Community

Project by Penn linguists documents Philadelphia accent in ASL

Like English or any other language, American Sign Language (ASL) has distinct variants that differ from region to region.

Q&A with Scott Barry Kaufman

Scott Barry Kaufman is a researcher, author, and teacher. He’s a co-founder and a scientific director, as well as a public speaker. He’s an opera singer, a cello player, and a hip-hop dancer. He’s funny, thoughtful, and unpredictable.

Staff Q&A with Ancil George

The Penn Institute for Urban Research Announces New Photo Contest

The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR), in collaboration with the Center for Public Health Initiatives, recently announced a photo contest on the theme of public health and the urban environmental landscape. The contest asks participants to submit images

Lin-Manuel Miranda to Speak at Penn’s 260th Commencement

Lin-Manuel Miranda, a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient and the Tony- and Grammy-award winning composer and lyricist of the Broadway show “In the Heights” and of “Hamilton,” a groundbreaking musical rooted in hip-hop and intertwined with R & B, jazz, and pop, wil

Penn Junior Sophie Beren Has People Singing and Talking

Sophie Beren, a junior communications major at the University of Pennsylvania, is a natural connector.

Penn anthropology series talks extinction

“How do humans perceive extinction?” asks Adriana Petryna, a Penn cultural anthropologist in the School of Arts & Sciences. “And how do we manage or mismanage resources as a result?

Penn study determines breakaway protein is critical in concussions

Even the mildest form of a traumatic brain injury, better known as a concussion, can cause permanent, irreparable damage. Now, an interdisciplinary team of Penn researchers is improving their mathematical model of how this injury happens on the molecular scale.

#BlackLivesMatter co-founders to speak at Penn for MLK symposium

Two co-founders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement will speak at Penn next week as part of the University’s 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change.

Penn alum puts President’s Engagement Prize to good use in Ghana

With the help of a 2015 President’s Engagement Prize (PEP), recent Penn graduate Shadrack Frimpong is working to fill an unmet need in his hometown of Tarkwa Breman, Ghana.

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