Campus & Community

Soil holds the largest terrestrial pool of carbon on the planet, with tropical soils containing the most carbon of any type. Activities that cause soil to release its hold on this carbon can thus increase levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and augment the effects of climate change.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center has been awarded LEED Gold status for new construction by the U.S.

Yuejun Niu, a soon-to-be graduate of the TESOL program in the Graduate School of Education, has her portrait taken by classmates at Penn Commons.

Provost Vincent Price today announced that the appointment of Dr. M. Grace Calhoun, Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Pennsylvania, has been extended to 2022. 

The Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Richard Pepino and the School District of Philadelphia are the recipients of the second annual Netter Center Faculty-Community

Penn President Amy Gutmann celebrated the University graduates of the Class of 2017, along with family, friends, the academic community, alumni, and Commencement speaker Cory Booker, Democratic U.S. Senator for New Jersey.

Diane Spatz, the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, discusses the benefits of human milk and breastfeeding, a few of her research projects, the CHOP Mother’s Milk Bank, her recent Lifetime Achievement Award, and much more.

Penn kicks off its 261st Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 15, at 10:15 a.m. at the historic Franklin Field.