Campus & Community

From​​​​​​​Amy Gutmann, PresidentVincent Price, ProvostCraig Carnaroli, Executive Vice President​​​​​​​Larry Jameson, Executive Vice President, UPHS and Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine

Two Penn Integrates Knowledge professors at the University of Pennsylvania, Barbara Mellers and

Penn researchers are investigating a new technology that, if proven, could lead to small, chip-size sensors capable of sensing molecules and detecting illnesses, or even possibly the presence of viruses.

NASA wants to send humans to Mars by sometime in the 2030s. But with current technologies, the journey to the red planet would take some eight months, not to mention time spent on Mars once astronauts arrive, subjecting them to unhealthy amounts of radiation that the Earth’s magnetic shield protects against.

Arts and culture enhances society in many ways great and small, but could cultural and creative opportunities contribute to safer and healthier neighborhoods?

David Pottruck wore many hats as an undergraduate student at Penn. He studied psychology, starred on the football team, and also shined as a wrestler. His senior year, Pottruck was captain of the wrestling team, giving him his first real taste of leadership—a tipping point for his storied career in business.

With a suite of programs in the STEM fields being offered for middle and high school students at Penn this summer, including many with scholarships and financial aid to defray costs, Philadelphia students have fewer excuses for experiencing a “summer slide.”

Growing up at 52nd Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia, Glen Casey did not believe he belonged at the nearby University of Pennsylvania.

The Brookings Institution and the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House announced today the establishment of a new joint visiting fellowship program bringing senior policy practitioners leaving United States government service into residence as visiting fellows at Brookings and Perry World House.

Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell announced a membership program in partnership with Penn’s Schools to make the Pennovation Center and its programming available to the broader Penn community.