Campus & Community

The University of Pennsylvania has completed a $24.5 million renovation of its Arts, Research and Culture House, transforming the historic building into a center for campus life that builds on the cultural diversity of Penn students and offers an intellectual and social experience for the entire University community. 

By Marjorie FerroneFor eight weeks last summer, University of Pennsylvania junior Doug Roman had the opportunity to share his sustainability philosophy at schools in Buenos Aires.

The results are in and the Brookings Institution has been named “Think Tank of the Year” in the “Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings,” an annual report issued by Penn’s Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) in the School of Arts

Starting in late April, Penn will once again take part in the Philadelphia Science Festival, a celebration of the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and math. The popular program is entering its fourth year and continues to expand.

Finding a place to grab a bite to eat on campus is a piece of cake with the addition of a variety of cafes in University buildings where students, faculty, and staff work and study. 

When disaster strikes, people often want to help, but don’t know how. When the victims in a catastrophe include animals, which often can’t help themselves, the approaches to intervention are unique.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that a group of Penn researchers is one of five teams to be awarded funds to study green infrastructure practices in urban areas.

The University of Pennsylvania will host a regional meeting of African think tanks February 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Thomas J. Sugrue, professor of history and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Social Science and Policy Forum, has been elected president of the Social Science History Association.

Penn is an academic powerhouse, with vast potential to create knowledge, connect it across all divides, and use it for the progress of humankind.