The University of Pennsylvania dates its founding to 1740, when a prominent evangelist, George Whitefield, and others established an educational trust fund and began construction of a large school building at Fourth and Arch streets in Philadelphia.
More than 250 years after its founding, the University of Pennsylvania continues to achieve excellence in research and education. Among its many more recent “firsts,” Penn developed ENIAC, the world’s first electronic, large-scale, general-purpose digital computer.
The University of Pennsylvania remains an eminent, world-class institution for the creation and dissemination of knowledge, serving as a model for colleges and universities throughout the world.
Setiap otak manusia masih menyimpan naluri primitif yang kita warisi dari nenek moyang monyet. Apakah bagian dari otak kamu yang bertanggung jawab saat kamu memberikan suara kamu?
Would you and this rhesus macaque choose the same candidate?
EcoPic/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Every human brain still holds primitive instincts that we share with our monkey ancestors. Is that part of your brain in charge when you cast your ballot?
People fill out their ballots during the early voting period in Cutler Bay, Fla., on Oct. 27, 2024.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
While the US supports nonpartisan election observers in other countries, the practice has a low profile in this country.
Uma estátua de Jefferson Davis, o segundo a partir da esquerda, está em exibição no Statuary Hall no Capitólio, em Washington. Proprietário de escravos, Davis representou o Mississippi no Senado e na Câmara antes da Guerra Civil Americana. História da desigualdade que persiste no cenário político norte-americano guarda semelhanças com o que ocorre no Brasil.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh (arquivo)
Os pesquisadores mediram a riqueza dos legisladores e descobriram que aqueles cujos ancestrais sulistas possuíam escravos antes da abolição têm um patrimônio líquido mais alto atualmente
A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis represented Mississippi in the Senate and House before the American Civil War.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File
After their initial visit, 69% of patients returned to the van at least four times for follow-ups.
While Donald Trump regularly discusses the risk of the U.S. losing its powerful standing in the world, Kamala Harris has taken a different approach that also hinges on emotion.
altmodern/Getty Images
Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.
When homes lose power, they lose cooling, too.
Edmund Lowe Photography/Moment via Getty Images
One in 4 American households is at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of those disconnections are in summer, when heat gets dangerous.
Misinformation – such as that a person needs a passport to receive medical attention – can make immigrant moms reluctant to interact with doctors and hospitals.
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images
Immigration rhetoric and policies have created a chilling effect for immigrants seeking medical care. Two dozen Latina immigrant mothers share their experiences during pregnancy.
Abortion-rights supporters line up at a busy intersection in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Our findings aren’t only important for Syria. They also hold clues about how we might approach heritage restoration projects in other post-conflict sites.
An interaction with police caused one young man’s heart rate to spike to 130 beats per minute, and it stay elevated for 30 minutes.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.
Billionaire media owners can’t change inhospitable market dynamics.
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
At the turn of the 20th century, Southern sympathizers started building monuments to Confederate leaders. Black newspaper editors saw these emblems clearly for what they stood for – a lost cause.
A hand painted advertisement for Coke in Arusha, Tanzania.
Derek Hudson/Getty Images