Campus & Community

Penn’s new home in Washington

The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement—a place for debate and discussion—opened on Feb. 8 in Washington, D.C.

John Jackson Named Dean of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication

John L. Jackson Jr. has been named dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Democracy and the Russia Investigation Tops Discussion With Congressman Adam Schiff at Perry World House

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House on Thursday about threats to democracy.

A new hope for treating triple-negative breast cancer

Breast cancer mortality rates have steadily declined over the past few decades, thanks to a combination of early detection and improved treatments. But for patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a subtype in which tumor cells lack receptors for estrogen, progesterone, and Her2, no targeted treatments are available.

Renowned choreographer is Annenberg Center’s new artist-in-residence

Reporting on the intersection of gender and water issues

In Philadelphia, intimate partner violence more likely in dating relationships

Not only that, but current boyfriends and girlfriends were more likely than current spouses to injure their victims.

Sigal Ben-Porath, a professor at the Graduate School of Education

The importance of free speech on college campuses

Running Penn’s Committee on Open Expression has given Sigal Ben-Porath an up-close look at free speech on campus—and even inspired her to write a book on the topic.

To stop collective blame of Muslims, reference Christian terrorists

Collective blame—holding an entire group responsible for the actions of one individual—seems to apply to some populations but not others.

Penn Libraries put Marian Anderson back on the world stage

There are 525 boxes that contain the personal diaries, programs, and scrapbooks of the world-renowned singer Marian Anderson, all bequeathed to Penn. Most of the cartons are in a storage facility in New Jersey, but they will soon be on their way back to campus.

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