Campus & Community

Timothy Powell’s ethnographic research has taken him to far reaches of the world to uncover what happens when the cultural stories that Native Americans told anthropologists hundreds of years ago are returned to indigenous communities today.

At Penn, we recognize excellence in all areas of the University. In that spirit, the 2017 Models of Excellence Program will honor 59 outstanding staff members who play key roles in Penn’s ongoing success. 

Michael Uram, executive director and campus rabbi of Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania, has won a 2016 National Jewish Book Award for his first book, Next Generation Judaism: How College Students and Hillel Can Help Reinvent Jewish Organizations.

People affected by urban and rural poverty, and the complexities of those issues, were the focus for two groups of University of Pennsylvania students during Winter Break service trips.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price formally charged The Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community today, asking the student, staff, and faculty members to focus attention on, and develop a collective understanding of, how best to promote a respectful and healthy campus environment.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Hill House at 3333 Walnut St. has annually been home to 500 mostly first-year residents. This academic year, however, its iconic “drawbridge” is blocked off, and its halls and rooms are void of student life.

Treatment for HIV has come a long way since the illness emerged as a serious global health problem in the 1980s. With constant monitoring and the right cocktail of medication, patients with HIV can now live long, healthy lives.But unfortunately, many individuals who are diagnosed with HIV don’t have access to the proper diagnostics and treatment.

Over the course of his three-decade-long career as a police K9 officer for Cheltenham Township, Bob Dougherty saw firsthand the benefits of having a well-trained police dog on the force.