Campus & Community

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the universe is composed of one-dimensional cosmic strings vibrating at different frequencies. To high school students at Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School in Center City, “string theory” is an allusion to the valuable effect of creativity, music, and the arts on developing minds.

A generous gift from Robert and Jane Toll will help increase access for Penn Law students to pursue impactful public service careers.

The “City in the Twenty-First Century” series has published more than three dozen books, aimed at showcasing a breadth of experiences about the urban condition.

Penn senior Jared Fenton on sharing the model for Penn Reflect, the student mental health organization he started on campus, with schools across the country.

Cultured meat is strange and provocative, but also exciting and interesting. It’s inevitable to wonder what kind of potential impact the phenomenon—where a form of animal protein is produced from cell culture in a lab—could have on our world.

​​​When Amy Gutmann was appointed president of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, only one in 20 students at Penn identified as the first in their families to attend college.

Tiffany Yau seems to have a talent for seeing things as they might be, not as they are. Maybe that comes from years of learning magic tricks with her grandfather. Maybe it comes from years of dedication to issues with great social impact.

The celebrated Supreme Court Justice shares her experience from 25 years on the bench.

Each spring and fall, birds take wing on journeys of thousands of miles, seeking prime breeding habitats or safe and comfortable places to ride out the winter.