At Dorit Aviv’s Thermal Architecture Lab, she and her team are rethinking some of the basic assumptions about how our built environment can alleviate the effects of extreme heat. At the Penn Center for Climate Resilience, led by R. Jisung P…
Research has long been at the heart of Penn’s academic mission. Today, the stakes and opportunities have never been greater. As funding models evolve and artificial intelligence reshapes discovery, David Meaney, Vice Provost for Research an…
Financial aid is central to Penn’s identity and reflects a clear, enduring promise: Every student with the talent to be admitted should be able to attend and thrive without the burden of insurmountable debt. For years, Penn has made that pr…
During her final semester of high school, Shreya Krishnan, W’26, visited campus for Quaker Days. Penn was already among her top-choice schools, offering a rigorous academic environment, a vibrant extracurricular community, and opportunities…
“Explorer” isn’t one of Duncan Watts’s many titles, but perhaps it should be. As the Stevens University Professor and the twenty-third Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Watts holds appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication,
On a warm mid-August afternoon, faculty and staff in Penn Nursing’s Helene Fuld Pavilion for Innovative Learning and Simulation are gearing up for a busy start of the semester. An intense level of activity is emblematic of the Simulation Ce…
Climate change encompasses more than catastrophic events like severe wildfires, melting polar ice, or rising sea levels. It also affects health, productivity, economic stability, and personal well-being. The devastating wildfires in Los Ang…
In September 2024, the University announced $10 million in funding dedicated to the new Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy. The Center will benefit from a five-year, $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight F…
Bill Braham came to the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 to pursue a very specific goal: to study environmental architecture, a virtually unheard-of specialization at the time. With a background in civil and mechanical engineering, he was…
In Pennsylvania, native plants, trees, and shrubs range from the Mountain Laurel—the state flower—to the American Chestnut, the Black-Eyed Susan, the Early Goldenrod, and many other species both common and rare. These native plants are esse…
Penn Athletics news channels have been exploding recently—and for a good reason. Just over a month into the 2024 indoor track & field season, both the men’s and women’s teams have been shattering records: in particular, for the women, Isabe…
The future of our nation and our world depends on education. Today’s most pressing challenges and most exciting opportunities demand that broadly accessible, high-quality education impart the skills, knowledge, and values that are the found…