Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marcia Chatelain, a Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies, takes a unique approach to history, from the impact of fast food to the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement.
Could ‘cyborg’ transplants replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes?
A new electronic implant system developed by Penn Medicine researchers prompts lab-grown pancreatic cells to mature, and suggests a new way to treat diabetes.
On Saturday at the Palestra, President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. acknowledged Penn student-athletes for their remarkable achievements.
How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses
New research from Penn Nursing finds that most registered nurses who recently left hospital employment are motivated to return to health care work, and safe nurse staffing levels is the top factor that would bring them back.
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research
Amanda Watkins applies her clinical skills as a veterinarian to research new ways to fight biofilm infections as the first graduate of the Penn Veterinary Scientist Training Program.
For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration
Marc Marín Webb, a Ph.D. candidate in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, has researched the images in the Penn Museum archives and brought them back to Yezidi communities.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
A new exhibit at Penn’s Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing documents the long trajectory of nursing in America, going back to the Revolutionary War.
The Penn community is invited to recycle old and unused electronics responsibly. Participants can drop off electronic waste at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. Volunteers will ensure items are properly recycled, preventing harmful materials from ending up in landfills and supporting a more sustainable energy future. Visit the event page for a list of items to recycle.
Part of America 250 at Penn programming, this celebration will mark the opening of The Time to Right All Wrongs: France, Haiti, and Philadelphia in a Revolutionary Age, a new exhibition devoted to the revolutions of the 1790s that stretched from France to the Caribbean and had profound impacts on Philadelphia and the U.S. An exhibition tour will precede remarks by Penn faculty Roger Chartier and Yvonne Fabella, followed by a reception. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.
A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs
In a Q&A with Ezekiel Emanuel and Megan Ryerson, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, the duo discuss the charge of their group, where they are in the process, and leaning into global engagement.
Through Penn First Plus, students unlock potential and purpose
Providing first-generation and limited-income students with a comprehensive array of support, Penn First Plus equips undergraduates for success during and after their time at Penn.
The eighth annual Penn Local Business Exchange brought together entrepreneurs, city officials, and University buyers to swap insights and build relationships.
As Ukraine war enters fifth year, Europe faces hard truth on China
Benjamin Schmitt of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design and of Perry World House comments on efforts to curb China’s support of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
PIK Professor Desmond Patton of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses children’s access to cell phones.
How AI-powered ‘smart homes’ could transform care for people with dementia
PIK Professor George Demiris, of the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine, comments on AI and home patient care. Sense4Safety, developed at Penn Nursing, is cited.
