Study sheds light on why for-profit hospitals have worse nursing and patient outcomes
Lillian Miller: May grad turned Penn Ph.D.
Neurobowl reimagines how the next generation of neurologists is trained
President Jameson provides a ‘snapshot of Penn’s momentum’
Class of 2025 Ivy Day Ceremony
Graduates are ready to serve and engage at home and abroad
‘Scattered Earth, Sounded Depth’
American Dental Association and Penn Dental Medicine announce first Living Guideline Program in oral health
Featured Events
Bees, Butterflies, and Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise
Morris Arboretum staff will kick off the “Bees, Butterflies, and Blooms” summer-long exhibition at the Hummingbird Hut. Participants will learn about the connections between plants and pollinators, including the hummingbird, as well as how they pollinate and how to attract them to homes. Free with Penn ID.
An adult monarch butterfly resting on a flossflower plant. Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to the continental United States, stopping along the way for nectar and to lay eggs.
Shrubs For All Seasons
This tour will focus on evergreen and deciduous shrubs for home gardeners. Shrubs provide showy foliage, vibrant blooms to attract pollinators, and structures to be used as natural screens. Participants can discover new and old-time favorite shrubs. Free with Penn ID.
The Ellipse Garden with Edgeworthia shrub (foliage in bottom mid-left), Hibiscus (bottom, mid-right), and Baptisia (bottom left corner). (Image: Rachel Browne)
In Principle and Practice
Penn’s strategic framework
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.
Nourish to Flourish
Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days
Supporting a community for learning, research, and thriving
AI Across Disciplines event highlights the power of ‘breadth and connectivity’ at universities
Penn in the News
Boycotting Target, part two: Is its business paying a price?
Americus Reed of the Wharton School says that Target was always going to irritate everyone by trying to split the difference with its approach to environmental, social, and governance policies.
What caregivers should know about end-of-life rallies
Lucid episodes are part of dementia, says Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine.
Florida’s housing market softens as climate-related costs mount
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School compares the approach of insurers in Florida’s housing market to “shrinkflation” by consumer brands.
‘Marie Antoinette,’ ‘private jet’: Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft trade barbs as Boston mayor’s race gets off to a fiery start
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that substantive engagement is a good starting place for an election, since candidates can’t differentiate themselves without attacking their opponents.