In honor of National Public Health Week (April 3-7 this year), we invite you to visit our Public Health library guide, a curated collection of all things public health. Start with the […]
Dr. Helen Davies: The Singing Professor
For Women’s History Month, Holman Biotech Commons highlights the singing professor of Penn: Dr. Helen Conrad Davies (1925-2022), the first woman to receive a faculty appointment in the department of Microbiology. Davies […]
Introduction to BioCyc workshop (ONLINE)
Learn to work with BioCyc: a collection of Pathway Genome Databases (PGDBs) that provides information on genomes and metabolic pathways for thousands of organisms! This 60-minute workshop will provide an introduction to […]
Women’s History Month: Dr. Arlene Bennett

For Women’s History Month, Holman Biotech Commons will highlight Perelman School of Medicine’s first African American woman graduate, Dr. Arlene Bennett. Born in West Philadelphia Hospital of Women, Arlene Bennett assumed that […]
International Women’s Day: Frances Roberts Houston
For International Women’s Day, Holman Biotech Commons would like to recognize the University’s first medical librarian, Frances Roberts Houston. Frances Roberts Houston (1892-1970) was the University’s first medical librarian for Perelman’s School […]
Help the Penn Libraries help you!
We’re collecting feedback regarding the Penn Libraries services. There are only two questions on the short, anonymous survey, and you may answer one or both as you wish. If you’d like a […]
Announcing the new addition to our fleet: the BMF S240 3D printer!

Our new micro-scale 3D printer is online and available as part of our 3D printing services. The BMF S240 is a specialized 3D printer, capable of printing at an incredible 10-micron layer […]
Black History Month: Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell

Holman Biotech Commons highlights the life and accomplishments of Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell, M.D. (1856-1946), the first African American to earn a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.Nathan Mossell was born […]
Black History Month: Dr. Virginia Alexander

For Black History Month, we will highlight Dr. Virginia Alexander, an African American public health pioneer who addressed how segregation and discrimination affected African Americans’ health. Dr. Virginia Alexander was born […]
Black History Month: Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens

For Black History Month, Holman Biotech Commons will highlight some prominent African American health professionals who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and associates with Philadelphia. Today, we will highlight, Dr. Helen […]