Campus & Community

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the University of Pennsylvania’s Nano/Bio Interface Center will host its annual NanoDay@Penn. This public education and outreach event will feature a series of talks, demonstrations and exhibits dealing with nanotechnology, a rapidly expanding scientific discipline that involves the manipulation of matter on the atomic and molecular scale.

“Edgelands,” a program with Knut Åsdam, Mellon Artist in Residence at Penn, features his recent works, a new film and two new site-specific installations. Åsdam will introduce a public artwork at McHarg Plaza just outside of Meyerson Hall on Penn’s campus, 210 South 34th Street at 4 p.m. on Oct. 18. The art will be on display through Nov. 1.

With an early morning six-mile run through the streets of Philadelphia, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Pennsylvania commemorated the Navy’s 238th birthday, Oct. 16.

A new online guide lists all of the courses available at the University of Pennsylvania that focus on making a difference in the lives of others.

The University of Pennsylvania is launching a new, interdisciplinary research effort to study and solve problems using the tools of the digital age: The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences.  

The University of Pennsylvania Water Polo team really knows how to make a splash. One of the most rigorous collegiate sports clubs, water polo consists of six players and one goalkeeper guarding a net in a pool.

Two physicists, Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, received a Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this week, honoring their work on a theory that is now known as the Higgs field, which gives particles mass.

Each year, millions of people enjoy vacations at the shore, dipping their toes in the surf and searching for shells half-buried in the sand. But most of these beach-goers fail to draw a connection between the place where they build sandcastles and the vast ecosystem that exists just beyond, in the ocean deep.

To understand the current state of Africana studies and explore its future, it helps to reflect upon its past, which is rooted in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s. More than 40 years ago, college students around the country staged non-violent rallies, occupied buildings, and met with administrators to bring Africana studies courses to their campuses.

The rich collection of research materials in Penn’s 15 libraries consists of common items such as books, videos, and electronic databases, but Penn Libraries also offers much in nontraditional works, such as Medieval manuscripts, artwork, and even religious ritual items.