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Penn’s NROTC Trains Tomorrow’s Military Leaders to Be Ethical Ones
Early each morning this semester, Marine Corps Col. Andrew Wilcox awakes to the call of reveille in the silent darkness. By 07:30 hours, he’s conducting a mandatory leadership and ethics class for seniors in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Pennsylvania.
John Legend to Speak at Penn’s 258th Commencement
John Legend, a nine-time Grammy Award-winning soul artist, philanthropist and Penn alumnus will deliver the address at the University of Pennsylvania’s Commencement on Monday, May 19, Leslie Laird Kruhly, Vice President and University Secretary announced.
Penn Geophysicist Teams With Mathematicians to Describe How River Rocks Round
For centuries, geologists have recognized that the rocks that line riverbeds tend to be smaller and rounder further downstream. But these experts have not agreed on the reason these patterns exist. Abrasion causes rocks to grind down and become rounder as they are transported down the river.
Expanding Horizons Through Arab Music at Penn
After hearing Arab music for the first time at a wedding a couple of years ago, University of Pennsylvania senior Idrees Syed was so enthralled with the sounds that he soon began taking drumming lessons in the Arab Music Ensemble percussion class at Penn.“The sounds were just mesmerizing,” Syed says.
Penn Libraries Symposium, Exhibition Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Beatles’ U.S. TV Performance
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles television performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 with an exhibit of a variety of printed materials of the group and a two-day symposium about the band’s influence on pop culture and rock music.
Penn Performers Celebrate Culture Through South Asian Dancing With a Twist
Penn Dhamaka’s energetic, arm-pumping, feet-shuffling, body-twisting dance routines are inspired by traditional South Asian dance, but the all-male troupe’s flair is all their own.
Penn Researchers ‘Design for Failure’ With Model Material
When deciding what materials to use in building something, determining how those materials respond to stress and strain is often the first task. A material’s macroscopic, or bulk, properties in this area — whether it can spring back into shape, for example — is generally the product of what is happening on a microscopic scale.
Penn Sori Brings Korean Music, Culture And A Little K-Pop to Campus
When Penn Sori performs at the University of Pennsylvania, there’s a surprising element: K-Pop.The student group, which sings in both English and Korean, enjoys adding the popular musical genre from South Korea to its renditions of familiar American songs.
Penn Dental Medicine’s Tina Chou Learns There’s More to Dentistry Than Teeth
By Marjorie FerroneWith a craving to “see dentistry beyond the domestic boundaries,” Tina Chou, a second-year student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, seized the opportunity to advance dentistry in The Gambia in a unique internship opportunity this past summer.
Frederick Ding: Penn Ambassador, Leader and Mentor
Frederick Ding’s interest in making an impact by improving the lives of others begins with his work on campus assisting fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania.