Campus & Community

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a list of the top tips for donors, providing up-to-date information about smart philanthropic ways to help the people in the Philippines.

Burgeoning India is facing historic macroeconomic instability, and 2014 is shaping up to be a contentious election year there. Add a rapidly growing population and an overtaxed infrastructure, and it’s clear India is a case study in the urgent need for innovation.

At the University of Pennsylvania the United Minorities Council was created in 1978 as an organization to advocate on behalf of students who felt their voices weren’t being heard on campus.

As news emerges of the devastation in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan, our hearts and thoughts are with all of those who have been impacted by this terrible tragedy.

The Morris Arboretum’s popular Garden Railway returns November 22, the Friday before Thanksgiving, as the Holiday Garden Railway display. 

From 1095-1291 C.E., Christians from Europe launched a series of campaigns against Muslims in the Middle East known as the Crusades, a succession of holy wars to remove Christian religious sites from Islamic rule. 

On Friday, Nov. 8, the entire Penn community is invited to celebrate a new center of student living and learning.

Recent revelations about the frequency and long-term impact of concussions have shaken professional football to its core. The NFL has embarked on awareness campaigns and a series of rule changes to deal with the crisis, but questions remain about whether the game is fundamentally unsafe to play at any speed—or any age.  

The planning process is underway for Penn’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change, which celebrates the life and legacy of the revered preacher and civil rights activist.

After Evelyn Galban, a neurosurgeon and lecturer in the Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia in the School of Veterinary Medicine, examined a recent patient—a dog nam