Comments(0) Vice President Joe Biden, father of a 2010 graduate, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice’s Commencement on Monday, May 17, at 7 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.
Comments(0) Veterinary ophthalmology researchers restored retinal cone function and day vision in two canine models of congenital achromatopsia, also called rod monochromacy or total color blindness.
Comments(0) The University of Pennsylvania has been acknowledged as one of the country’s most environmentally responsible schools, according to the Princeton Review, which partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council to create “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.”
Comments(0) Louis Schoenleber Jr., an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, World War II Navy commander and oral surgeon, has left the majority of proceeds from his multi-million-dollar estate to Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Comments(0) The PHENND conference will cover such topics as multiculturalism and diversity, race, class and gender dynamics and equity issues in campus-community partnerships.
Comments(0) Green Fund awards are given to support environmental project ideas from faculty, students and staff.
Comments(0) The Silfen panel will examine the lack of respect and courtesy emerging in American public discourse today.
Comments(0) Dr. Louis Schoenleber, Jr. (C’42, D’43), World War II Navy Commander and oral surgeon, has left the majority of proceeds from his estate to Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The bequest, totaling $17.3 million, is the largest gift in the School’s history and one of the largest gifts ever to a U.S. dental school.
Comments(0) The Weiss Tech House, a student-run hub of technological innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, will announce the winners of its yearlong inventor’s fair, PennVention, on April 9, 2010 at the Wu and Chen Auditorium at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Comments(0) The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has created a blueprint for philanthropic giving to help donors understand how their charitable dollars can make the biggest difference when it comes to improving teaching quality, with a focus on at-risk secondary students across the U.S.