Campus & Community

Exactly 100 days from now, the University of Pennsylvania football team will begin another Ivy title defense. On Thursday, the team officially announced game times for each of the five home games in 2013.

Anita L. Allen has been named vice provost for faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1.  She is the Henry R.

At the 2013 APGA National Conference held in Phoenix, AZ in May 2013, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania Executive Director, Paul W. Meyer received the APGA Award of Merit.

Daniel J. Mindiola has been named the fourth Presidential Term Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1.  Mindiola will be Presidential Term Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences.

The University of Pennsylvania will be the site of a three-day conference, “One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare,” that will explore child welfare in the age of reform. 

In many ways, Julie Miller Vick’s job is about making connections. As Senior Associate Director in Penn’s Career Services office, Vick links Ph.D. and postdoctoral students with opportunities beyond Penn, from academic jobs to employment outside of academia—and everything in-between.

Shakespeare in Clark Park returns for an eighth summer with “The Tempest.” Believed to be the last play that William Shakespeare wrote by himself, at its heart, it is the story of a father’s undying love for his daughter.

[flickr]72157633766049015[/flickr] Each spring, Doug Martenson stands eye-to-eye with Benjamin Franklin. He cleans the buckles on Franklin’s shoes, the folds of his robes, and the buttons on his vest. Martenson then covers Franklin in protective wax.

The Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll brings merchants to University City that will offer deals for a dollar.

On Saturday, June 22, International House Philadelphia and Exhumed Films present an exclusive 35mm screening of “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.” This unique print combines “Kill Bill: Volume 1” and “Kill Bill: Volume 2” with new footage, and is on loan from director Quentin Tarantino himself. Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman stars as bride Beatrix Kiddo.