Campus & Community

When the winners of the 2013 Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting were announced late last month, Nancy Novack, a University of Pennsylvania alum and a lecturer of fine arts in the School of Design, had cause to celebrate. A film series she edited, the PBS TV documentary “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” won a Peabody.

When U.S. District Judge John E. Jones’s May 20 ruling overturned Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage, making it legal for members of the LGBT community to marry in the Commonwealth, some of the loudest cheers came from Penn Law School.

Since 2010, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center has hosted an annual multi-day conference that provides the opportunity to learn from—and network with—leading experts in the working-dog field, including performance dog nutritionists, sports medicine and rehabilitation specialists, emergency specialists, and behaviorists and trainers.

When the population of bacteria in our mouths gets out of whack, inflammation and bone loss can ensue—a disease of the gums called periodontitis. Nearly half of American adults have this condition, which, when severe, can lead to systemic illnesses like heart disease and diabetes.

Who would make an ideal fitness partner? Perhaps someone who is supremely fit and could serve as an inspiration and role model? Or maybe someone with whom you feel equally matched so you could rise to meet challenges together?

In the coming months, Penn Museum patrons can dance, tap their toes, or sing along to an eclectic line-up of musicians under the summer night sky.

It’s smooth sailing ahead for one student-run club at the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania student Courtney Bliler, a rising junior from Horseheads, N.Y., is among 10 students from universities across the United States selected to receive 2014 Cultural Vistas Fellowships to intern abroad in Asia, Europe and South America this summer.

The brain’s so-called “reward” system plays a large role in human behavior. Certain activities can trigger the release of dopamine, one of the chemical messengers involved in this system, which produces positive, reinforcing feedback within the brain.