Campus & Community

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design will award the third annual Carnot Prize to the Honorable Gina McCarthy, former Administrator for the United States Environmental P

Just over a decade ago, when a proposal for universal administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was unveiled in the U.S., the plan was met with controversy, anger, and ridicule.

Looking at a leaf through a magnifying glass, a complex web comes into focus. Thick, dark lines shoot off shorter, lighter lines, which give way to those even more transparent and diminutive. This is called the vascular system and it allows plants to distribute water and perform photosynthesis.

On Monday, Aug. 21, the United States will experience the first total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. since 1979, and the first total solar eclipse that can be seen coast to coast since 1918. Hereafter, there won’t be another total solar eclipse in the U.S. for seven years.

Crossing a single street in a busy city, a guide dog might encounter a dense crowd, a pulsing jackhammer, and an impatient driver. To safely lead his human partner through the commotion, the dog must be calm, alert, and responsive without becoming panicky or overwhelmed.

When Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG) Director Lynn Marsden-Atlass was an affiliated fellow for a month at the American Academy in Rome last year, a series of images in its impressive photo archive caught her eye.

Julia Bache, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, is working on a long-term research project that’s focused on the financial sustainability of historic house museums.

The racism, anti-Semitism, and other bigotry expressed by the neo-Nazi, KKK and other white supremacist groups that demonstrated in Charlottesville are deeply abhorrent and call for universal condemnation. The hatred espoused is inimical to any decent society and anathema to the most fundamental ideals of our University.  Amy GutmannPresident

Community health workers can help patients in ways others can’t—but these programs haven’t always been successful. One program reversed that trend and is a national model.

90 years after its construction, the Palestra is still beloved and renowned for its classic look and feel.