It is difficult to imagine Penn today without the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, whose programs encourage student-community engagement. 1,714 Penn students participate in these courses, working with faculty in public schools, local communities of faith, and community organizations to solve issues in areas related to the environment, health, arts, and education. Learn more about Engaging Locally...
Representatives from the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation and the University gathered Oct. 2 to celebrate a partnership that provides Penn with new resources to recruit KIPP students, underwrite their financial aid, and offer them targeted support once they get to campus.The effort is supported by a $2.5 million gift from Martha and Bruce Karsh of Los Angeles. Learn more about Increasing Access...
Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has helped show that baboon personality plays a role in these outcomes, and, like people, some baboons' personalities are better suited to making and keeping friends than others. Learn more about Engaging Globally...
Understanding why some individual cells respond differently to stimuli such as drugs and disease proteins may provide insights into aging and disease. Two Penn professors have received a five year, $10 million grant form the National Institutes of Health to study these variations, by looking at the role of messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules in this process. Learn more about Integrating Knowledge...
The Penn Compact: From Excellence to Eminence
“Since 2004, the principles of the Penn Compact have propelled faculty, students and staff at Penn to achieve worldwide distinction in path-breaking research, interdisciplinary scholarship and collaborative engagement locally and globally.”
