On Nov. 30th, PennDesign concluded its first successful year of Social Impact Projects, a program organized by PennPraxis to support student proposals with grants to create a social impact in the Philadelphia community.

The program is not only a philanthropic endeavor that provides treatment for animals that otherwise may have to face amputation or euthanasia, but is also a learning opportunity for residents, interns, and students.

With $7,500 in seed funding on the line, the stakes were high.

Penn Professor Mike McGraw’s new course, “Ornithology,” the study of birds, is combining Master of Environmental Studies students’ love for nature with a more acute set of knowledge to use in the great outdoors.

Among freshmen traversing the Engineering Quad and hustling to introductory math classes, roughly four out of ten are women.

he new course, Theater Arts 215, will focus on everything from dance theory to practice, and will involve a substantial amount of in-class experiential learning through movement and sensory experience.

Just as there are unique Californian, Jersey and Philadelphia accents, there are regional differences in the way people use sign language across regions of the United States.

Bianca’s Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to caring for children going through difficult times in their lives.

Before becoming residential faculty masters of Yale’s Silliman College, professor Nicholas Christakis and his wife Erika were educated at Penn.

A second Penn student will go to the U.K. on a Rhodes Scholarship next year.

Wharton assistant professor Lynn Wu found that a person’s engagement in social communication, and not the financial value generated by their work, was the most indicative factor of job retention and promotion.

23 Penn scientists were presented the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their work on neutrinos.

In the episode, which was filmed in the David Rittenhouse Laboratory, Johnson and Rees used high-speed video to discuss the physics behind what makes a ball bounce.

For some, taking six classes a semester is a necessity. For others, it’s a satisfying choice.

The Department of Defense awarded Penn's GRASP Lab $5.5 million to develop autonomous flying robots.

During the middle of this semester, students in PHIL 247 welcomed a new instructor for the class centered on the theory of Karl Marx.

The Turner Social Impact Executive Speaker Series emphasizes using business acumen for good.