PennVerified account

@Penn

Official page for news, events and interesting updates from the University of Pennsylvania. Account managed by University Communications.

Philadelphia, PA
upenn.edu
Joined March 2009
7,150 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @Penn

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @Penn

  1. 4 hours ago

    Summer nights on College Green.

    5 retweets 32 likes
    Undo
  2. 5 hours ago

    Writing in about libraries & the opioid crisis, researchers from & the Healthy Library Initiative say that it is time for health care institutions to partner with public libraries to alleviate suffering in their communities.

    1 retweet 1 like
    Undo
  3. 7 hours ago

    This spring, 300 trees found new homes with Penn employees as part of the “Creating Canopy” tree giveaway, a joint effort between the University and Parks & Rec that supports the goals of Penn’s Climate Action Plan.

    1 retweet 6 likes
    Undo
  4. 9 hours ago

    A radical, innovative research approach by D. Kacy Cullen, an associate professor of neurosurgery in , could aid patients with neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

    2 replies 4 retweets 17 likes
    Undo
  5. 9 hours ago

    The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the right of a Colorado baker to refuse service to a same-sex couple. Professor Wolff reacts to the ruling here:

    Undo
  6. 11 hours ago

    Change your perspective on art (museums).

    6 likes
    Undo
  7. 12 hours ago

    May grad Joshua Jordan was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant. He will spend nine months as an instructor at an independent bilingual experimental school near the Himalayan foothills.

    2 retweets 11 likes
    Undo
  8. 14 hours ago

    Botanists at are participating in an effort to digitize images & data associated with thousands of plants collected in the Mid-Atlantic region during the past three centuries.

    2 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  9. 16 hours ago

    Fifty years ago today, U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated in LA after winning the California Democratic presidential primary. Weeks earlier, Kennedy had made a whirlwind tour of the Delaware Valley, including a campus speech in the Palestra.

    12 retweets 39 likes
    Undo
  10. Jun 4

    Win a prize at Summerfest, but don’t feed it after midnight.

    1 retweet 8 likes
    Undo
  11. Jun 4

    Adolescents & young adults who engaged with alcohol-related social media were more likely to report underage drinking, according to a study from .

    2 likes
    Undo
  12. Jun 4

    English professor Dagmawi Woubshet of describes himself an “African-Americanist” in his literary pursuits. An immigrant from Ethiopia, he focuses on the 1980s in his research and his courses.

    1 retweet 12 likes
    Undo
  13. Jun 4

    Research from has found that bundling payments for treatments could save U.S. healthcare dollars, in addition to raising overall quality of care. He shared his findings on .

    2 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  14. Jun 4

    As a first step to help children feel welcome, teachers can ask students of all ages what name and pronouns they prefer, according to researchers at , & .

    2 retweets 9 likes
    Undo
  15. Jun 4

    Babies in the NICU benefit from being held. In a new program, volunteers provide calming care through cuddling infant patients, helping to lessen pain and stress & reduce potential developmental delays.

    1 reply 3 retweets 22 likes
    Undo
  16. Jun 4

    In , Jennifer Wilson of looks at how the resurgence of the true crime genre has an antecedent in the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Russian author of numerous novels about murder.

    4 retweets 9 likes
    Undo
  17. Jun 4

    May graduate Keturah Peters of grew up in Mashpee, Mass., and is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Through Natives at Penn, she & others have found a way to celebrate and share their Native cultural heritage on campus.

    7 retweets 18 likes
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    Jun 4

    5 retweets 16 likes
    Undo
  19. Jun 4

    Why do the choices made today affect those we make tomorrow? Research from ’s Computational Perception and Cognition Laboratory reveals people’s subconscious biases impact their thought processes in an effort to create consistency.

    3 retweets 7 likes
    Undo
  20. Jun 4

    Sixteen undergrads visited Israel together as part of ’s inaugural Encompass program. The idea was to “build bridges” & to gain a deeper understanding of the real complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
    Undo

@Penn hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·