Students can now access 60,000 historical materials after new Penn Libraries partnership

The partnership has allowed access to unique primary sources including original photographs, architectural drawings, and historical maps from Philadelphia.

Penn doctors honored as 'Patient Care Heroes' for treating rare case of leprosy disease

Leprosy is an infectious disease that starts out as bacterial infection and affects the skin and the nerves. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 150 to 250 cases are reported in the United States each year.

Penn will not reclassify economics as a STEM major, despite past considerations

Students are currently able to major in mathematical economics, which has a significantly heavier mathematics course load and is four course units more than the traditional major. 

Beloved Penn prof. Charles Bernstein, winner of highest award in poetry, set to retire

The influential poet recently won the Bollingen Prize, one of the highest awards for an American poet, for his book of "Near/Miss."

Penn video series compares medieval manuscripts to Star Wars

There are currently three videos in the series, all about five minutes long, which feature Hawk and Porter analyzing the Penn manuscripts in front of a green screen with Star Wars backgrounds.

Meet the Penn prof. who wrote 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism'

“When there are larger social safety nets in place … like health care, education childcare, and job protected maternity leaves, women do not have to marry for money,” Ghodsee said. “They can actually choose their partners based on who they like rather than who will pay their rent.”

Penn Vet study finds increase in pet opioid prescriptions over past decade

Experts say the more opioids that are prescribed, whether for animals or humans, the greater the risk of abuse.

Three Penn students awarded full scholarships to study in China for a year

Wharton senior Dotun Adejare, Wharton and Engineering senior Johnathan Chen, and Zhongyuan "Echo" Zeng, a candidate for a master's in city planning, received the scholarship last month.

Penn researchers join forces with Phila. mayor's office to tackle city problems

Professors from Penn and other local institutions help devise experiments to solve Philadelphia-specific problems such as littering and voting turnout.   

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia opens $75 million gene-therapy research lab

The lab opened in the basement of the Colket Translational Research Building on Oct. 31 and will serve as a cell and gene-therapy testing and production facility.  

From one generation to the next: Quaker families at Homecoming

For some Penn students, Homecoming weekend is a family affair. Meet some of the multi-generational Quakers who braced the cold on Saturday to attend the festivities. 

Denuclearization experts stop by Penn's PWH en route to UN forum on disarmament

The event, called the Penn Peace Project, was hosted by the International Affairs Association.

Harvard Medical School internal investigation uncovers fraudulent research

Harvard Medical School has found through an internal investigation that there is fraudulent data in 31 scientific publications from the laboratory of a prominent cardiologist.

Active Minds and ASAP discuss how to cope with the endless cycle of news around sexual assault

Student organizations Active Minds Penn and Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention hosted an event to talk about sexual assault and mental health in light of current events such as the Kavanaugh hearing.

Penn joins program to train teachers in STEM and employ them in Pa. public schools

The program is also being implemented by universities in a total of five states. In Pennsylvania, Penn is joined by two other schools: West Chester University and Duquesne University.

Penn's first Millennium Fellows work on films, maps and apps in service of UN goals

Twenty-eight Penn students are taking part in a global fellowship is designed to help student projects that attain one or more of the UN's sustainable development goals.