Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods Photo by Annemarie Branco Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods Penn researchers and students help get people enthused about STEM fields at the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival.
Q&A with Barbie Zelizer Q&A Q&A with Barbie Zelizer Members of the media are unable to do their jobs due to creeping authoritarianism or totalitarian rule. The Center for Media at Risk hopes to bring together scholars and journalists to strategize about what can be done to resist it.
Sorenson talks gun violence prevention at March for Science Researcher Susan B. Sorenson spoke about gun violence prevention at the second annual March for Science, which took place in D.C. on Saturday, April 14, 2018. (Photo: Jay Blakesberg/March for Science) Sorenson talks gun violence prevention at March for Science At the second annual March for Science in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 14, Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy and Practice spoke about gun violence prevention.
Empowering workers while reducing waste in Mumbai Winners of a 2018 Penn President's Engagement Prize, Wharton seniors Svanika Balasubramanian and Peter Wang Hjemdahl will launch rePurpose, a digital marketplace that connects individual waste recyclers in India to larger recycling operations, boosting wages and diverting trash from landfills. Empowering workers while reducing waste in Mumbai In Mumbai, waste sorters represent a crucial yet marginalized labor pool, diverting would-be trash from landfills by sorting and selling recyclables. President’s Engagement Prize recipients Svanika Balasubramanian and Peter Wang Hjemdahl will connect these workers to larger recycling operations through a digital marketplace.
Penn announces landmark fundraising and engagement campaign to strengthen world impact Penn announces landmark fundraising and engagement campaign to strengthen world impact The Power of Penn: Advancing Knowledge for Good will support vital University-wide programs and priorities across Penn’s 12 schools and 6 centers, including Penn Medicine.
Musical magic Penn Choral Director William Parberry conducts the University Choir through an intense section of “The Circus Band,” a piece by Charles Ives, performed just before intermission. Musical magic For 45 years, Penn Choral Director William Parberry has conducted thousands of Penn singers through hundreds of music scores, resulting in more than 270 concerts by his three ensembles.
How the Morris Arboretum is working to extend cherry blossom season How the Morris Arboretum is working to extend cherry blossom season The director of horticulture at Morris Arboretum on the beauty, unpredictability, and future for cherry tree season.
Two Penn professors named Guggenheim Fellows Two Penn professors named Guggenheim Fellows The School of Arts and Sciences’ Charles Yang and Charles L. Bosk, also of the Perelman School of Medicine, have been named Guggenheim Fellows.
Two Penn undergraduates receive coveted Goldwater Scholarships Two Penn undergraduates receive coveted Goldwater Scholarships Two juniors at the University of Pennsylvania have been selected as Goldwater Scholars, awarded to undergraduates pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, math, or engineering.
Mark Wolff named dean of Penn Dental Medicine Mark Wolff named dean of Penn Dental Medicine Mark Wolff will become the next Morton Amsterdam Dean of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1.