Campus & Community

Maureen Rush, vice president for public safety and superintendent of the Penn Police Department, was recently honored by Security Magazine as one of the “Most Influential People in Security.” Rush was only one of three people honored in

During October and November, Penn faculty and staff can get a free flu vaccine on campus. The October Flu Vaccine clinics are sponsored by Student Health Services and will be held on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

A diverse community that is engaged is the “heart of the University,” says Will Gipson, associate vice provost for equity and access.

About one-third of all global food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, research from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has shown. In the United States alone, some estimates indicate the overall food waste level at about 40 percent.

Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professors Philip Tetlock and Barbara Mellers have spent decades researching the myriad complexities inherent in forecasting future events.

In a city that was once home to famed poet Edgar Allen Poe and Gothic novelist Charles Brockden Brown, Halloween can take on a particularly literary flavor. “Misdeeds and Little Bones,” a Halloween-themed poetry reading taking place just outside the city at West Laurel Hill Cemetery on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. is no exception.

Every minute, nearly 20 people in the United States face physical abuse by an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Every nine seconds a woman gets assaulted or is beaten. One in 3 women will become the victim of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. For men, that number is 1 in 4.

When disaster strikes and people are displaced, something as simple as a tarp can mean the difference between life and death. Setting up temporary shelters is often among the first priorities of relief agencies, and what the shelters are made of is of great importance.