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For the Record: Penn’s era of campus expansion

    • For the Record: Penn’s era of campus expansion

    When Penn moved from Center City to West Philadelphia in 1872, College Hall, the University’s first building, housed classrooms, the library, labs, and faculty offices.

    Jeanne Leong

    Amtrak merchants donate food

    • Amtrak merchants donate food

    Through a partnership with Amtrak, the SHARE Food Program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, several merchants of Amtrak’s 30th Street Station food court, including Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Wendy’s, Dunkin Donuts, and Au Bon Pain, are now making regular donations to local food cupboards.

    Staff Q&A with Brent Friedman

    • Staff Q&A with Brent Friedman

    Each year, the University spends an astonishing $100 million on information technology, or IT supplies. Separately, Penn spends about $20 million annually on office supplies and support. That’s a lot of computers, pens, paper, and software.
    Penn students promote linguistic and cultural diversity

    • Penn students promote linguistic and cultural diversity

    Ariel Koren, a junior in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, fell in love with the Spanish language and Latin American culture when she was in high school in Jacksonville, Fla. But for her sister, who has learning disabilities, lessons about another language and culture weren’t quite as accessible.

    Maria Zankey

    Penn Researcher Co-Authors Report on Gun Violence and Mass Shootings

    • Penn Researcher Co-Authors Report on Gun Violence and Mass Shootings

    In trying to predict mass shootings, there is no reliable psychological profile or set of warning signs that can help to identify shooters, according to “Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention and Policy,” a comprehensive report issued today by the American Psychological Associ
    Penn Researcher Traces the History of the American Urban Squirrel

    • Penn Researcher Traces the History of the American Urban Squirrel

    Until recently, Etienne Benson, an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History and Sociology of Science, has trained his academic eye on the history of conservation of large, charismatic wildlife, such as tigers, grizzly bears and orc

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Fels Institute at Penn Publishes New Book by Pa. State Rep. Dwight Evans

    • Fels Institute at Penn Publishes New Book by Pa. State Rep. Dwight Evans

    The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania has published a new book by Pennsylvania State Rep. Dwight Evans “Making Ideas Matter: My Life as a Policy Entrepreneur” is described as “a primer for students of policy, political junkies, lovers of history and those who think that public service is a noble calling.”

    Jacquie Posey