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Our faculty and students put Penn-generated knowledge into practice every day. Discover the many ways their pathbreaking work is making a profound impact on the lives of individuals and the well-being of communities around the world.
This summer, the Penn Museum’s 3,300-year-old Sphinx, the iconic statue that has presided over its Egyptian galleries, witnessed something unprecedented: the deinstallation and removal of much of the Museum’s acclaimed Egyptian collection....
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Penn juniors Daniel Gonzalez, C’20, and Lisa He-Wu, Nu’20, know all too well the challenges that can come with being a first-generation college student. Daniel, who lives with his parents and younger sister in Cleveland, initially didn’t think college was for him....
"One in five children in the United States today doesn’t have access to dental care. To call this a crisis is putting it mildly,” says Joan Gluch, Chief of the Division of Community Oral Health and Professor of Clinical Community Oral Health...
From form to function, innovation informs every step in the construction of the Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Groundbreaking medicine requires expertly designed hospitals equipped with the latest technology, endowed with well-organized clinical care facilities, and capable of...
A $1.25 million gift from Barbara Wilks, GLA’93, and the Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation will help ensure that PennDesign will be a formidable force in addressing the impacts of climate change. The gift will establish the Wilks Family McHarg Center Directorship...
What does learning look like? In recent years, education has expanded beyond the traditional image of an instructor imparting knowledge to an audience of learners. Innovative practices across K–12 and higher education ask students to spend class time brainstorming problems in the...
Sometimes, in order to move forward, you need the help of people who understand where you’ve been. For decades, Penn’s multicultural students have been building campus organizations that reflect their unique needs and elevate the issues that they care most about. And...
Since the day Alexie Maria Smith, GRN’19, first set foot in an operating room, she knew she wanted to be a nurse anesthetist. But like many students, she feared that the cost of graduate school would prevent her from fulfilling her dream....
On the campus where modern veterinary medicine was born, Penn Vet continues to lead and innovate. Penn Vet’s power depends on our ability to deliver the best care to animals, as well as to translate veterinary advances to human health. This Campaign...
The Venture Lab is set to become the center of a Penn-wide drive to support entrepreneurship, responding to growing student demand for hands-on opportunities to work toward developing transformative and scalable startups. Spearheaded by Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship, Venture Lab will serve as...
For more than 100 years, the Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum has provided an inspiring setting for lectures, readings, and special events. Nearly every Penn alumnus has a Harrison memory, whether it be their graduation, Hillel High Holy Day services, Penn...
Penn has a long tradition of athletic excellence that has unified Quakers and inspired Penn pride for centuries. For the athletes themselves, participation in sports has always been an essential part of the collegiate experience, fostering confidence, perseverance, leadership and teamwork....
When the Penn Vet Cancer Center (PVCC) launched a year ago, it hit the ground running. Today, the Center’s continued expansion is one of Penn Vet’s highest priorities and a focus of its Power of Penn Vet Campaign. Founded with the mission...
Founded through a transformative gift from Penn alumni Mindy and Jon Gray in 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is the first comprehensive center for the research, treatment, and prevention of BRCA-related cancers. Men and women...
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