Campus & Community

In a little less than an hour, listeners learn how to take their companies public—or build their brands—thanks to advice from Amanda Miller Littlejohn.

In a North Philadelphia rowhome, four students from the School of Veterinary Medicine are examining Pebbles, a friendly cocker spaniel. She’s a little overweight but otherwise healthy. “She has a great hairdo,” fourth-year student Hannah MacAyeal tells Billy, Pebbles’ owner.

Ira Harkavy, the associate vice president and founding director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, will be recognized by the Philadelphia City Council on Thursday, May 14. 

In a new urban studies class in the School of Arts & Sciences, professor Kushanava Choudhury and his undergraduate students use the classroom as a lab for doing original social science research. The class of six asked: How are immigrants playing a role in the city’s revitalization?

Though it may not seem like it amidst the urban landscape of Penn’s campus, agriculture is an important industry in the state of Pennsylvania. A crucial component of a productive farm is access to skilled veterinarians to keep food animals healthy.

The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania has received a $10 million gift—the largest donation in the museum’s history—from philanthropist Daniel W. Dietrich II, an emeritus ICA board member and patron of the arts. The gift to support the ICA’s artist-centered mission nearly doubles its endowment.

At the forefront of a field known as “neurocriminology,” Adrian Raine, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences and the

Penn seniors Valentina Raman and Jake Lerner have a big idea to improve literacy in Philadelphia’s middle schools. Now, they just need some funding, connections, and momentum to get their plan off the ground.

The American Council of Learned Societies has awarded 2015 ACLS Fellowships to two University of Pennsylvania faculty members and 2015 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships to three Penn doctoral students.