Campus & Community

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) cares for some of the world’s sickest children and does everything in its power to keep them from getting sicker. It is tasked with stopping viruses and bacteria from moving between patients, as well as with keeping them from entering the hospital in the first place.

Penn music professor Guthrie Ramsey is making his directorial debut with the release of his film “Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell.”

It’s a crash course in business skills, Peter Gebhard says, while summing up his experience so far with Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, an accelerator program supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania may become another element in the Botswana-UPenn Partnership. 

The word-pairing “school and summer” may sound discordant to the ears of many students, but here at Penn, summer activity lends a special harmony to campus—be it birds splashing in a century-old fountain, faculty planning their fall courses, or students mentoring West Philadelphia youth.

This summer, two undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania are examining crimes throughout history and how those events resulted in controversial legislative changes. 

Courtly Treasures: The Collection of Thomas W. Evans at University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery July 18 – November 8, 2015  

Dealing with the difficulties of family illnesses and financial problems inspired Mary Sun to study medicine and business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn’s 2014-15 school year opened with its 105th Convocation and closed with its 259th Commencement: two long-held traditions that bookended a year full of extraordinary firsts.

Penn Dental Medicine is expanding its dental care services in the community with the opening of a new office location for its Penn Dental Family Practice.