Campus & Community

It was 1998 when demographer Hans-Peter Kohler first got involved with a research project in rural Malawi. Nearly two decades later, the project, dubbed Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health, which explores the AIDS epidemic, is still in full swing. So is Kohler’s commitment to it.

Just because tickets to see the musical “Hamilton” on Broadway are sold out through December doesn’t mean the Penn community won’t get to see Lin-Manuel Miranda anytime soon.

Some of the country’s leading epidemiologists, including Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Karen Glanz, have alleged that the latest federal dietary guidelines have been tainted by the political and financial interests of food industry giants: interests that conflict with the public good. Glanz, the George A.

Dear Benny,

When formal medical education began in North America in the 1760s, students were required to purchase tickets to attend a course of faculty lectures. Medical schools were proprietary in nature, with the faculty comprised of independent entrepreneurs who directly collected fees from students, practicing doctors, and apprentices, and then issued admission tickets to lectures.

Launched in 2014, the Penn Medicine Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health is one of only several programs of its kind in the country, and stands out even among this select group in the breadth of its approach.

It’s a hub for the Penn community, and it just got a major facelift.

Richard Berk, a professor of criminology and statistics in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School, and Susan B.

It’s often said that community centers around food, and for Penn students who are also observant Jews, a focal point is Penn Hillel at 39th Street and Locust Walk, and the tables in Falk Dining Commons.