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Using brain imaging to predict success of public health campaigns
Mass media campaigns have proven to influence people’s health-related decision making—for better or for worse. Effective messaging has helped millions quit smoking, exercise more, and eat better, while failed campaigns have backfired, sometimes even causing those with unhealthy habits to dig deeper into their vices.
Penn's Outdoor Adventure program offers break from city life
When they first moved to Philadelphia, Sofia Lisanti and her husband, Michele Tavecchio, admit that it was tough to get accustomed to living in the city. As natives of northern Italy, they were used to its rich mountains and all the accompanying outdoor activities.
'ReThink Your Footprint' back for third year
The “ReThink Your Footprint” campaign is back at Penn for its third year.
PAACH marks 15 ‘empowering’ years
It provides a home base for that much-needed break in a busy school day, Yen-Yen Gao says, when describing the Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH).
A campaign to respect and understand
A diverse community that is engaged is the “heart of the University,” says Will Gipson, associate vice provost for equity and access.
A second chance for surplus produce that grocery stores usually throw away
About one-third of all global food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, research from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has shown. In the United States alone, some estimates indicate the overall food waste level at about 40 percent.
Annenberg Center to celebrate ‘Jon Batiste Day’ with ‘Late Show’ bandleader
Jon Batiste, direct from his role as bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and formerly a star of the HBO series “Treme,” will bring his contagious energy to the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Oct. 17.
‘Freedom is our shared bond’
German President Joachim Gauck made a historic trip to the University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 6. It happened to be German-American Day, a holiday that remembers the 13 families from Krefeld who settled in 1683 in Germanopolis—or Germantown—in hopes for a better life. The arrival of those families was the start of German-American relations.
Penn and CNN partner to keep presidential candidates honest
When Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that Mexico doesn’t have a birthright citizenship policy, the fallacy didn’t get past FactCheck.org.