Campus & Community

Two doctoral students from the University of Pennsylvania, Nam Woo Cho of the Perelman School of Medicine and Maryam Yousefi of the School of Veterinary Medicine, have received International Student Research Fellowships from the Howar

Camille Z. Charles, professor of sociology and Africana studies in the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named as a 2013-14 Fellow by the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice at New York University.

The newest members of the Penn community have arrived on campus—and sophomores, juniors, and seniors have some sage advice for the freshmen: Find your passion and leave room to explore.

Associate Professor of Psychology Robert Kurzban studies how the mind has adapted over time to the challenges of the social world, such as how to make decisions about cooperation, morality and punishment. Kurzban will talk about one trait we associate with these challenges: willpower.

Artist Auguste Rodin has been called the forefather of modern sculpture. Widely recognized for his innovative work in deconstructing the human body into fragments or partial figures, his works of art touch on emotion, realism, and movement.

This fall, some of Penn’s top scholars will illuminate thought-provoking issues in the “hard” and “soft” sciences in a series of free public forums—the Penn Science Café and its sister lecture series, the Penn Lightbulb Café.

The Penn Bookstore has a new look, and is offering patrons an increased array of consumer options and customer care.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 274th year of the University of Pennsylvania and to share with you a brief update.

On Friday, September 6, more than a thousand students from about 100 universities will descend upon the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science to take part in HACKfest, a series of student-run, weekend-long software and hardware design competitions w