Eczema is a chronic, inflammatory disease common in both children and adults that causes dry, red, and itchy skin, typically in skin folds, such as the crook of the elbow or behind the knees. An allergic type of ailment, it often coincides with having asthma or seasonal allergies.

Greg Johnson ・October 19, 2017

The University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House has been awarded a two-year $498,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York for research and programming to impact critical emerging global policy issues. 

Amanda Mott ・October 16, 2017

Seven University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s highest honors in biomedicine. They are among 70 new U.S. and 10 international members of the globally renowned organization.

Karen Kreeger, Michele W. Berger ・October 16, 2017

Since its founding in 1992 as the first academic research center in the United States focused on modern India, the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) has connected academics, policymakers, and business leaders from America and India while nurturing a new generation of young scholars of contemporary

Jacquie Posey October 13, 2017

Walking around Penn’s verdant campus today, it’s easy to take the abundant tree canopy for granted. But at various points in history, the University was not as bucolic.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 12, 2017

A new exhibition on campus explores public disengagement through the famous faces of celebrities illustrated by cartoonist, commentator, and Annenberg School lecturer Dwayne Booth—who goes by the pen name “Mr. Fish.”  

‘Mr. Fish’ and the art of public disengagement October 12, 2017

Starting Monday, Oct. 16, and running through the end of the week, Penn’s Office of Sustainability will host its fifth “ReThink Your Footprint” campaign.

Lauren Hertzler ・October 12, 2017

For the sixth year, Penn’s Division of Human Resources (HR) is encouraging faculty and staff to get healthy, and stay healthy, with its “Be in the Know” wellness campaign, running now through August 2018.

Lauren Hertzler ・October 12, 2017

Much is known about family systems in high-income countries like Sweden and the United States, such as how decades of sweeping demographic, economic, and social change have radically transformed family structures, gender roles, and intergenerational bonds. But Hans-Peter Kohler, the Frederick J.

Michele W. Berger ・October 12, 2017

The United States Army Research Laboratory awarded the School of Engineering and Applied Science a five-year, $27 million grant to develop new methods of creating autonomous, intelligent, and resilient teams of robots.

Evan Lerner, Ali Sundermier ・October 11, 2017