The South Asia Center is proud to launch our collaborative global education online initiative, Kids on Earth: India Edition by Howard Blumenthal. This year the South Asia Center worked with our partners at UPIASI to organize Howard’s travel to South Asia for the development of an India segment for his K-12 educational program Kids on Earth. From […]
The South Asia Center is excited to launch the Anthropology at Home: South Asia Series with the Penn Museum. SAC Teaching Artists in Residence, Krishnapriya CP and Narendran Kumar from Chennai India, created a series of Anthropology at Home lesson plans for remote learning. Check out these fantastic step by step manuals which use arts and crafts to […]
PAACH is partnered with Pan-Asian Faculty & Staff Association (PAFSA), Restorative Practices @ Penn, Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS), Special Services/Division of Public Safety, and Penn Global to develop these spaces for Faculty, Staff, and Post-Docs. https://global.upenn.edu/global-initiatives/stopping-hate-and-starting-heal
Last week, President Gutmann called on our community to join in grieving the deaths of George Floyd and too many others and to commit to being part of a positive change. I am writing today to reaffirm her call to duty and follow up with additional next steps. Over the last week, I’ve looked at […]
The Penn Museum is temporarily closed to the public due to COVID-19. But you can still hear from scholars via the virtual Great Lectures series of videos here: https://www.penn.museum/collections/videos/playlist/
The Annenberg Center team has been working hard to gather and curate a collection of rich content to share with you: masterclasses, performances, videos, music, and conversations by many of the artists who have graced our stages, as well as fun activities for children and families and Penn-centric initiatives. Learn more here: https://annenbergcenter.org/blog/
Penn Staff have access to an array of special discounts on a range of products that include cars, computers, cell phones, fitness clubs, and home mortgages that are available at Deals@Penn. Also, don’t forget to check out YouDecide, the convenient consumer products portal that features hundreds of discounts from local and national providers on goods […]
Penn Home Ownership Services – PHOS – has launched two new webinars for Penn faculty and staff. “Home Buying 101” will be held the first Wednesday of each month while “Exploring the PHOS Program” will be conducted on the third Wednesday every month. Featured lenders will be available for questions at these sessions. The […]
Mindfulness at the Museum is a series of drop-in sessions focused on helping our wider community—inside and outside of the museum—to have access to tools to become more aware. Mindfulness meditation can help us to develop healthier minds and bodies, reduce stress, foster compassion, and increase our memory skills, among many other studied benefits. Participants […]
Penn faculty members, staff members, and students currently enrolled in Penn graduate/professional degree programs are invited to enroll in a selection of online courses from the Master of Health Care Innovation. Complete four of these courses within two years to receive a Certificate in Health Care Innovation. These are online, graduate-level courses that confer academic […]