Campus & Community

A Message to Penn Faculty, Students and StaffFromPresident Amy GutmannProvost Vincent PriceExecutive Vice President Craig CarnaroliExecutive Vice President J. Larry JamesonVice President Joann MitchellVice Provost Anita AllenVice Provost Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullumVice Provost Beth Winkelstein

Slated to open in the spring, the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House will be a hub for Penn’s growing international activities, anchoring its global resources on an interdisciplinary campus while creating cutting-edge strategic partnerships abroad.

What is sustainable global urbanization? Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) and the Lawrence C.

Dennis Foy falls asleep every night reciting his script for “Bury the Dead,” this year’s fall production for Penn’s Theatre Arts Program. The rookie actor is nervous, to say the least.

Every year, Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC) sponsors NanoDay@Penn, a day of education and outreach programs highlighting the University’s interdisciplinary nanotechnology research.

The Arthur Ross Gallery’s (ARG) upcoming exhibit, “Abbas: Children of Abraham,” provides a window into the culture and religious practices of the monotheistic religions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

Though the latest outbreak of Ebola appears to be nearing an end, the virus may pose a threat again in the future. Thus a drug to help individuals survive this dangerous infection, which has mortality rates up to 90 percent, is in intense demand.

The University of Pennsylvania was ranked #1 in safety and security in the higher education sector for the ninth consecutive year, according to Security Magazine’s “Security 500” list. 

By Niharika Gupta