Keeping you up to date with the most recent news from the University of Pennsylvania
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 | | 65 workdays | | Although Penn’s new hospital, the Pavilion, is the biggest and most expensive construction project (above) on campus this summer, it’s just one of a flurry of happenings. In fact, not including the Pavilion, about $75 million is going into 390 active projects. | | | | | |
 | | Jumpstart | | For juniors who want to gain experience in academic research, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) provides a summer’s worth of research funding to give them a running start toward their professional careers. Participant Donissa Edmonds (right) of the College of Arts and Sciences, a senior from Gambier, Ohio, is conducting research in the lab of Rebecca Waller (not pictured) of the School of Arts and Sciences this summer. | | | | | |
 | | Looking ahead | | On Knowledge@Wharton, David Zaring joins a discussion about the Equifax settlement in response to the company’s 2017 massive data breach. Zaring wants U.S. agencies to draft consistent legislation and regulations to prevent and manage breaches rather than just respond to each individual hack: “Regulators don’t always care as much about privacy until something truly terrible has happened.” (Audio) | | | | | |
 | | Stargazer | | Marvin Morgan, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences from Neptune, New Jersey, shares his dual passions for astrophysics and athletics in Omnia. “In astrophysics, there’s always something new just because of the vast size of the universe and how much we don’t know,” he says. (Video) | | | | | |
 | | Cultural curiosity | | Dean John L. Jackson Jr. of the Annenberg School for Communication discusses the importance of curiosity on Arlington Independent Media’s “Choose to be Curious” podcast. “What we need to cultivate more of is a sense of everyone’s intrinsic and vernacular ethnographic sensibilities,” he says. “Every single human being is a powerful ambassador for their social world.” (Audio) | | | | | |
| Penn in the News | | The biggest source of salmonella outbreaks? It's clucking in U.S. backyards | | CBS News | July 30, 2019 | | Salmonella outbreaks are possible when people keep chickens in their back yards. “There are very simple steps to take to reduce the risk,” says Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine. “What I do is talk about how to house the birds—the key is to keep things clean and dry—and after you work in the conveyer area, wash up so you don't bring anything inside the house.” | | | |
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| Events |  | | | As part of the BlackStar Film Festival, this film tells the story of 19-year-old Tiffany, who, after her mother falls ill and she finds herself living with family in Las Vegas, is immersed in the world of online sex work. The screening starts at 8 p.m. at Lightbox Film Center. | | | | | | |
 "The noblest question in the world is: What good may I do in it?" — Ben Franklin | | | | |
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