Campus & Community

In 1793, people walking around what is now known as Old City in downtown Philadelphia may have been subject to an unpleasant odor permeating the air. A shipment of coffee beans had been dumped on Water Street between Arch and Race streets, along the Delaware River, and left to rot.

Throughout the month of November, Penn is encouraging faculty, staff, and students not just to recycle their coffee cups, but switch to reusable mugs as part of a campus-wide waste minimization awareness campaign.

On Thursday, Nov. 20, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will deliver the 2014 Higginbotham Lecture with a talk titled, “Matters of Race: Brown, Ferguson, and the Unfinished Civil Rights Agenda.”

The rising cost of public pensions threatens the fiscal stability of many American cities, including Philadelphia. As part of local and national efforts to address the problem, the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) has invited experts from across the country to come to Penn on Tuesday, Nov.

Many planners seek to expand major airports in the United States, despite the significant socioeconomic and environmental impacts. In an expansion of the Philadelphia International Airport, for example, city officials must take into account the substantial environmental impact on nearby residents, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, and the Delaware River.

By Madeleine Stone @themadstone

The American Society for Legal History has elected Mary Frances Berry an Honorary Fellow of the Society. Berry is the Geraldine R.

A diagnosis of septic shock was once a near death sentence. At best, survivors suffered a substantially reduced quality of life.

Some University of Pennsylvania freshmen are already following in the Penn tradition of serving the community.

WHO: James SerpellDirector, Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society, andMarie A. Moore Professor of Ethics & Animal Welfare