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Joe Biden, Amy Gutmann join for a conversation on March 29
Open to all in the Penn community, the conversation, which will touch on global affairs and other topical subjects, will conclude with an audience Q&A.
Field hockey star looks back on record-breaking career, forward to Olympics
Field hockey star looks back on record-breaking career, forward to Olympics
Soon after she concluded her record-breaking field hockey career at Penn, senior forward Alexa Hoover took a moment to reflect upon her extraordinary athletic achievements.
Creating atomic water filters
Creating atomic water filters
A vast majority of the earth’s water is salty, making it unfit for people to drink. Researchers are working on a technology that could potentially offer a new method of desalinating water that would be both fast and scalable.
Grave Gardeners program reconnects the Woodlands and Penn
Grave Gardeners program reconnects the Woodlands and Penn
The Woodlands Grave Gardeners program, now in its third season, pairs volunteer gardeners with the park’s cradle graves—tombstones with a bathtub-like extension—to plant them with lush flowers, as the makers had intended.
Penn takes on Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic
Penn takes on Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic
The University is leveraging its expertise to fight the city’s opioid crisis on multiple fronts.
Hurrah, Hurrah! Penn defeats Harvard for Ivy League title, advances to NCAA tourney
Hurrah, Hurrah! Penn defeats Harvard for Ivy League title, advances to NCAA tourney
With the win, Penn advances to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Art historian finds meaning in mid-century model kitchens
Homes and the objects that fill them fascinate Juliana Rowan Barton, a doctoral student in the History of Art Department at Penn.
Talking immigration, at home and abroad
Talking immigration, at home and abroad
This year’s David and Lyn Silfen University Forum focused on “People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Immigration Policy.”
Penn’s new home in Washington
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.
The importance of free speech on college campuses
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.