Campus & Community

“Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women,” a new book co-edited by Barbara D. Savage, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at Penn, grew out of her shared scholarly interests and friendships with other black women academics.

Many neurological diseases impair the blood-brain barrier, a highly regulated blockade that, when functioning normally, keeps all but select molecules from traveling from the circulatory system into the brain. In individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), for example, this barrier springs leaks that lead to inflammation and neuronal damage.

Beauty, it has been said, is in the eye of the beholder. People’s opinions on what constitutes an attractive face changes over time and from place to place.

Sally Willig vividly recalls the intensity of her first experience competing at the Penn Relays, back in 1980.

(This is the fourth in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.)   One in five patients discharged from the hospital experience an adverse event at home within three weeks. They may fall or mix up their medications, placing an extreme burden on their caregivers. Ultimately they’re readmitted to the hospital.

(This is the third in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.) Through strong support and encouragement from her family, Katlyn Grasso always knew she’d become a leader.

Sophia Hu is as fearless on the rugby field as she is in the classroom. “I love rugby because it’s a great way to de-stress from school,” says Hu. “Whatever frustrations I get from school, when I get on the field, I tackle people, I scream at the top of my lungs.”

In Owen Josephus Roberts’ long and distinguished legal career that spanned nearly 50 years, he was a prominent Philadelphia attorney, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and dean of Penn Law School.

Residents and guests entering Rodin College House are greeted with pleasant professionalism and enthusiastic support exuded by Residential Services Manager Michelle Majeski, who leads the Rodin Information Center.

The Philadelphia International Children’s Festival returns to the Annenberg Center for the 2015 season, held May 7-9.