News
Horizons" podcast looks to the future of arts and science education
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (245+ words) Horizons," the latest podcast series from Omnia, features School of Arts & Sciences dean Mark Trodden talking with faculty experts about the big issues shaping our world and higher education. Together they discuss how their work explores new ideas, inspires students,…...
Juneteenth at the Penn Museum: Community, culture, and freedom
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (123+ words) In partnership with Wharton Community Engagement, the Penn Museum will host Penn & Philly 250: A Celebration of Community, Culture, and Freedom on Saturday, June 13, with free admission. This festive community celebration offers a vast range of live cultural performances and activities,…...
Penn to create a united Center for Civil Rights
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (300+ words) The Center for Civil Rights will bring together three existing offices into a single team designed to strengthen Penn's reporting, prevention, education, and response efforts related to civil rights." The Center reflects Penn's commitment to ensuring that all members of…...
America 250: Penn's mark on history (video)
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (101+ words) America 250 (video) Penn Today Denise Henhoeffer, David Lowe-Bianco Image: Jessica Kourkounis / Stringer via Getty Images When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters Image: shih-wei via…...
Weitzman externships in retrospect: Aidan Williams
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (221+ words) Coming into graduate school, I wasn't quite decided on what "specialization' the architecture path would take me down." For Master of Architecture student Aidan Williams, the externship program offered at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design provided him with the…...
AI education for kids
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (280+ words) A new course in Penn's Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) titled AI for Children and Youth Learning and Creating in K-12 Education reviews how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) approaches have been adopted for children, youth, and families. Taught…...
Consulting for a more sustainable future in Philadelphia and beyond
1+ week, 1+ day ago (437+ words) Founded in 2020, PSC is an undergraduate and graduate student group that provides clients with services such as life cycle assessment, exploration of alternative materials, identification of grant funding opportunities, policy and legal review, and assistance with B Corp certification, a…...
Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and Centers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (161+ words) In the School of Arts & Sciences, associate professor of music Mary Channen Caldwell has been selected as a Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for the 20262027 academic year. Nancy P. Blumenthal, an advanced senior lecturer in…...
From clinic to classroom: How two physicians are rethinking healthcare through business
1+ week, 4+ day ago (283+ words) What drives a practicing physician to step away from medicine and pursue an MBA? For Samuel Nathan, a doctor from Ghana, and Dan Men'ndez, a U. K. -trained physician, the answer lies in a shared realization: Improving healthcare often requires more than…...
A moment of reflection 15 years in the making
1+ week, 5+ day ago (375+ words) When Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and Paul Garr founded the Natives at Penn powwow in 2009, they hoped'but couldn't know for sure'that the rich cultural celebrations would still continue 15 years later. In April, that's precisely what happened at the annual event: A…...