Campus & Community

Penn Program in Environmental Humanities Competition Winners Presented at Bartram’s Garden

This spring, several art and design installations will extend from Bartram's Garden Community Boathouse. Moored to the banks, and addressing the shoreline, they aim to influence the surrounding area.

Penn Vet Library Exhibit Explores the Human-Animal Connection Through Art

Eleanor Hubbard, an artist and University of Pennsylvania alumna, is a firm believer in the power of serendipity. Without it, her latest exhibition, “Natural Selection: Lost Cat, Found Ox and Other Inspiring Bonds,” would have never come to be.

Four Penn Professors Honored With 2017 Guggenheim Fellowships

University of Pennsylvania professors Robert Aronowitz, Rita Copeland, Daniel J. Mindiola and Daniel K.

University of Pennsylvania Campus Accredited as an Arboretum

The University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia is now officially recognized as an arboretum, the University’s Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES) announced today.

Vice Provost for Research helps fund Pennovation Center memberships for Penn community

Since the Pennovation Center’s grand opening last fall, its three floors have been bustling with energetic thinkers and doers from across the region.

Understanding how the brain recognizes actions in the visual world

Humans can recognize an action like biting regardless of whether they see a man eating a sandwich or a dog gnawing on a bone. But what in the brain helps to explain the innate similarities of the two, and does this reasoning change depending on the visual cues?

Penn Dental research leads to treatment for rare gum disease

[vimeo]212253484[/vimeo]The New England Journal of Medicine ©2017A partnership between a School of Dental Medicine professor and a scientist at the National Institutes of Health, sparked by a chance meeting, has led to a successful new treatment for a rare genetic disorder.

Two at Penn Honored by National Minority Quality Forum

Two members of the University of Pennsylvania community have been named recipients of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Award, recognizing young minority thought leaders who are working to reduce health-c

Climate Change’s Weather Swings Bring Trials for Plants, Penn Experts Say

It was a lovely day on the University of Pennsylvania campus: sunny and 70 degrees. Students sunbathed and tossed Frisbees on College Green, near cherry trees on the verge of blooming. The only incongruity? It was still winter.

Penn study weighs instant gratification vs. more prosperous future

Given the choice between receiving $20 immediately or $40 a month from now, which would you pick?

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