Penn professor predicts six trends that will influence higher education decisions in 2021

A Penn Graduate School of Education professor released a set of prediction trends, including transforming typical college curriculum and the addition of three-year undergraduate degrees, that will influence higher education decision making in 2021. 

Surf’s up: Penn’s newest club hopes to hit the Jersey waves

The Penn Surf Club will provide opportunities for members to participate in both competitive and non-competitive surfing.

Penn Med study finds police disproportionately injure and kill Black and Indigenous people

51% of victims of fatal police shootings were white, 27% were Black, 19% were Hispanic, 2% were Asian, and nearly 2% were Indigenous, Penn Medicine News reported.

Distrito opens marketplace to sell ingredients and ready-to-cook meals

The new marketplace offers nearly 100 items of prepared and packaged foods, including cheeses, raw and cooked meats, and sauces.

Penn Medicine researchers create app to locate toxic water caused by fracking

The WellExplorer app and its website instruct users to input their zip codes to discover well sites near their locations that might be leaking toxic chemicals into their water systems. 

Penn prof. Amy Offner wins Hunt Prize for research in welfare and developmental states

Offner won the prize for her book, "Sorting out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas."