News
News
Inauguration Day: History, meaning, and significance
The state of U.S. democracy
Money matters to happiness—perhaps more than previously thought
Delivering the news with humor makes young adults more likely to remember and share
Rogers Smith on the heart and soul of America
Engaging in the election
News
Christopher Woods appointed director of Penn Museum
‘We are thrilled to have you here’
Penn Libraries prepares for a new semester
Joe Biden’s longtime ties to Penn
26th annual MLK symposium goes online
A new way to connect with like-minded students
News
Which companies are winning in China?
Kermit Roosevelt on incitement of insurrection and the 14th Amendment
Are college sports sustainable after the pandemic?
How teachers can talk about violence at the Capitol
A Wharton expert examines $900 billion coronavirus pandemic relief bill
Howard Stevenson on creating change through racial literacy
News
New statistical method exponentially increases ability to discover genetic insights
New treatment target discovered that halts osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration
The backlog in mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Two Penn faculty named Hastings Center Fellows
How researchers scrub Twitter for health data from real humans—not bots
Applying physics expertise to making smiles brighter
News
Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects
Climate change doesn’t spare the smallest
A new regime for analyzing properties of topological materials
Brandon Gonzalez finds creativity in engineering energy efficiency
Seeing clearly through the fog of war
New strategies for designing electroluminescent materials
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Project Quaker testing program key to a safe campus reopening
Developed in partnership with Penn Medicine, the program aims to conduct 40,000 COVID-19 tests each week and will support ongoing plans to bring students back to campus this spring.
FULL STORYUpcoming Events
Talks
The Shot Felt 'Round the World
Perry World House invites world-renowned experts on vaccines to discuss how mRNA vaccines work, how world leaders can promote public trust in the vaccines, and how they can be distributed equitably. Speaking is Paul Offit and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine, plus Katalin Karikó, also of Perelman as an adjunct professor and senior vice president at BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals.
Exhibits
Many Voices, Many Visions
The Arthur Ross Gallery presents this exhibition of historical and contemporary images that reflect on issues of humanity, the environment, governance, justice, resilience, and social change. Forty-three works will be presented. Visitors should register in advance of their visit; 10 visitors will be allowed inside at all times.
Screenings
The Griot
As part of the Mondays with Milford screening series, featuring rare footage from the Milford Graves archives, the ICA and Ars Nova Workshop present a series of recordings that portray his work as a teacher. Graves was, aside from being a musician, researcher, and visual artist, known for hosting backyard sessions where he shared his knowledge of healing arts.
The Power of Penn
The Power of Penn Campaign is about opportunities that transform lives, ideas that spark solutions, and actions that change the world.
The Power of PennPenn Compact 2022
The Penn Compact 2022 motivates community members to innovate, be radically inclusive, and positively impact their local, national, and global communities.
PennCompact 2022Penn Priorities
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
