Campus & Community

LabTV Showcases Penn Researchers and Student Filmmakers

A series of videos produced by student filmmakers at the University of Pennsylvania has put young biomedical researchers around campus in the spotlight.

Helping Families Living With Cancer Has Personal Meaning for Penn Student Guy Viner

When Guy Viner learned in 2011 that the University of Pennsylvania was starting a chapter of Camp Kesem, he quickly joined the group. Camp Kesem, with 54 chapters in 27 states, provides a free one-week overnight summer camp for children affected by a parent’s cancer.

Penn Alum George Karandinos Awarded Soros Fellowship

University of Pennsylvania alumnus George Karandinos has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He is among 30 students from across the United States chosen in the annual competition that attracted more than 1,200 applicants this year.

Penn’s Mary Frances Berry Receives 2014 Organization of American Historians Award

For a lifetime effort to bring her training as a historian to public service, Mary Frances Berry, professor of history in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2014 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award.

NROTC Welcomes New Student Leader During Pass-In-Review Ceremony at Penn

As part of a long-standing military tradition, 64 future officers in the United States Navy and Marine Corps marched at The Palestra during the annual Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Pass-in-Review ceremo

Penn Vet study reveals how salmonella evades immune system

The immune system is primed to sense invading pathogens and knock them dead. Yet bacteria have to make a living, too. They’ve evolved to evade the immune system as best as they can.

Writers House makes room for state-of-the-art recording studio

The day after Commencement marks a winding-down period for much of campus, and this year it will also be the day Penn breaks ground on the Kelly Writers House (KWH) expansion.

MBA students help streamline Penn departments

As far back as the 1990s, Penn has actively sourced supplies from local businesses, spurring economic activity within the neighborhood community and minimizing the University’s ecological footprint.

A cyborg sensor that could unlock anesthesia’s secrets

Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence of a certain chemical. Finely tuned over millions of years of evolution, the body’s different receptors are shaped to accept certain target chemicals.