Camille Z. Charles believes that where you live influences everything that happens to you and sets you up for the rest of your life. Before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1998, Charles, a scholar of racial inequality, was conducting research on minority students at elite universities. She found that those who came from segregated neighborhoods weren’t faring as well academically as their white peers.

Jacquie Posey February 29, 2016

This spring, University of Pennsylvania students are getting an insider’s view of the political process as they examine election results and polling data to monitor voting patterns in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. 

Jill DiSanto ・February 26, 2016

A nearly six-year-old alliance between the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and

Jeanne Leong ・February 23, 2016

Five University of Pennsylvania seniors and three alumni have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Jacquie Posey February 18, 2016

Three University of Pennsylvania deans have joined forces to improve the lives of Philadelphia youth and families through the Penn Futures Project (PFP).

Kat Stein, Ed Federico ・February 17, 2016

A senior at the University of Pennsylvania and a Penn alumna have won 2016 Gates Cambridge Scholarships to pursue graduate degrees at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Jacquie Posey February 16, 2016

The use of drones has had significant consequences for how governments conduct counter-terrorism operations.

Jill DiSanto ・February 8, 2016

Michael C.

Jill DiSanto ・February 5, 2016

With the 2016 United States presidential election race ramping up, experts from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice, or SP2, are analyzing 10 of the nation’s key social justice and policy issues ­­in a project called SP2 Penn Top 10 Social Justice & Policy Issues for the 2016 Presidential Election.

Jacquie Posey, Jessica Bautista ・February 1, 2016