Campus & Community

A workweek’s refocus on lasting sustainable change

Starting Monday, Oct. 16, and running through the end of the week, Penn’s Office of Sustainability will host its fifth “ReThink Your Footprint” campaign.

The history of Penn’s green, tree-filled campus

Walking around Penn’s verdant campus today, it’s easy to take the abundant tree canopy for granted. But at various points in history, the University was not as bucolic.

A yearlong campaign to promote healthy choices

For the sixth year, Penn’s Division of Human Resources (HR) is encouraging faculty and staff to get healthy, and stay healthy, with its “Be in the Know” wellness campaign, running now through August 2018.

These robot teams will be intelligent, adaptive, and resilient

The United States Army Research Laboratory awarded the School of Engineering and Applied Science a five-year, $27 million grant to develop new methods of creating autonomous, intelligent, and resilient teams of robots.

A Journey of Discovery in Kenya

Nearly 200 children sit shoulder-to-shoulder in neat rows on the floor of a refugee settlement classroom, their sunlit faces looking up and toward the front. It’s a familiar scene, a primary school in Kenya with too many students, too few resources, too uncertain a future.

Amid Devastation of Hurricane Maria, Penn Researchers with Puerto Rico Connections Focus on Helping Colleagues

As Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic, then turned into a powerful storm barreling toward Puerto Rico, Arjun Yodh watched the news closely.

Penn and KIST Researchers Offer Insights Into Lightweight Material That Expands With Heat

When it comes to taking up room without adding too much weight, the bubble can’t be beat. Because they are mostly air, they’re ultra-lightweight and can expand to fill any given space.

Poetry in symphonic motion

“I can’t stop thinking about corn.”The line had been in his head for years.Its meaning was a mystery for Herman Beavers, a professor of English and Africana Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Center at the cutting-edge of materials science wins $22.6 million grant

Penn’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) has been awarded a six-year, $22.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the center’s work in cutting-edge materials science.