Campus & Community

Modern-Day Ben Franklin Conducts Electrifying Science Demonstrations at Penn

As the founder of the University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin’s legacy and spirit of innovation continues each day in the College of Arts and Sciences. In fact, there’s a modern-day “Ben Franklin” at Penn.

University of Pennsylvania Announces 2014 Thouron Award Winners

Four University of Pennsylvania students have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The scholarship recipients are:

Frederick Ding: Penn Ambassador, Leader and Mentor

Frederick Ding’s interest in making an impact by improving the lives of others begins with his work on campus assisting fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn researchers help unearth forgotten Egyptian pharaoh

Working in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos over the winter break, a team of Penn archaeologists knew they had found something special.

Targeting individual cells in their natural tissue environments

The instructions for making all the proteins the body needs are encoded in DNA and found in every cell. But every cell is different and the proteins they need to produce at a given time change based on environmental cues.

Audubon ‘Birds’ exhibit takes flight at Van Pelt

Patrons of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center can catch a glimpse of one of the most rare books and nuanced depictions of scientific documentation in the world.

Ice Hockey at Penn Welcomes Winning Streak

Ice hockey is hardly something new at the University of Pennsylvania. It dates back to the century before last – 1898, to be precise.

Penn to Release Annual Report Ranking the World’s Top Think Tanks Jan. 22

WHO: Presenter: Dr. James McGann, director, University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program

Q&A with Deborah Driscoll

In 1989, an international group of scientists had discovered the cystic fibrosis gene, a breakthrough that marked not only an incredible milestone in the study of reproductive genetics, but catapulted the field into an era of rapid growth.

Student Spotlight with Jasmin Smoots

BUSY BEE: Jasmin Smoots has a lot on her plate—the sophomore is involved in everything from Penn Spectrum and the campus branch of NAACP, to her jobs at the Rodin College House information de

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