Campus & Community

Children of Abraham: Abbas at University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery November 21, 2015 – March 20, 2016

By Claire Daly Harry Glicklich first set foot on the Appalachian Trail at summer camp almost 10 years ago. Although he only hiked a small section, the trip has been in the back of his mind ever since.

The University of Pennsylvania will honor seven alumni at the 81st annual Alumni Award of Merit Gala hosted by David L. Cohen, chairman of Penn’s Board of Trustees; Penn President Amy Gutmann; and Penn Alumni President Julie Platt on Friday, Nov. 6.

Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Wednesday, Oct.

The child mortality rate compares the number of deaths of children under the age of 5 in a country per 1,000 births in a year. In the United States, the number is 7. In the United Kingdom and Israel, the number is 4. In China, the number is 11. In Iceland and Finland, the number is 2. In Iraq, it is 32, while it is 48 in India, 69 in Haiti, 91 in Afghanistan, and 157 in Angola.

The “ReThink Your Footprint” campaign is back at Penn for its third year.

Students in Mike McGraw’s course spend time learning cold, hard facts in the classroom. But they also spend time in less traditional settings.

The difference in mental maturity between an 8-year-old and a 22-year-old is typically easy to identify in terms of emotions and behavior. The changes in the brain at the root of this difference, however, are much more difficult to see.

World leaders’ predisposition towards aggressive military action or peacemaking can be measured by early indicators in their life-experiences.That’s the conclusion drawn in Why Leaders Fight, a new book co-authored by Michael Horowitz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.