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Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom
At the Venice Biennale, a convergence of innovations in materials, structures, and landscapes
‘Scattered Earth, Sounded Depth’
For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body
Q&A: The first American pope
Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media
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Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives
Professor of practice Leslie Richards on innovative transit and city planning
Penn, Neubauer Family Foundation, and Philadelphia Police Department partner to support police leadership education
How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small
What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?
Collaborating with southern Black grandmothers to reimagine scholarship
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Guardrails versus leashes: Finding a better way to regulate AI technology
Wharton’s deep dive into wellness at work
Wharton graduates first Global Executive MBA cohort
Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café
Aiming for a ‘holistic representation’ career as dual-degree Law and SP2 grad
Teaching crisis negotiation
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New class of materials passively harvest water from air
Unlocking the mechanics of protein misfolding
Delivering a one-two punch to superbugs to fight infections
Paris Perdikaris led research on lifesaving and more cost-effective weather predictions
Lillian Miller: May grad turned Penn Ph.D.
Armoring CAR T cells to take on cancer
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Penn students innovate in the time of AI
AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows
The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician
New 3D-printing enables color-changing, stress-responsive materials for smart sensing, displays, and robotics
Penn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed
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Trials aim to make cancer relapse a thing of the past
Brothers follow similar paths in music and medicine
Determining the cause of cryopreservation fertility failures
Dual-target CAR T-cell therapy slows growth of aggressive brain cancer
A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy
New tools to treat retinal degenerations at advanced stages of disease
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Tee time with Julie Shin
What’s That? The Pyramid at HUP
Keeping it local: Penn’s partnerships with Philadelphia-based vendors boost local economy, neighborhood impact
Penn salutes graduates at University’s 269th Commencement
President Jameson provides a ‘snapshot of Penn’s momentum’
Class of 2025 Ivy Day Ceremony
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Penn Washington names Celeste Wallander as inaugural executive director
Penn leaders-turned-diplomats reflect on American statecraft and foreign policy
Turning bicycles into an engineering study tool
Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions
How climate change impacts food security
Innovation in climate education
Natural Sciences
Can surface fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa predict habitability on other planets?
Geophysicist Douglas Jerolmack has used the mathematical framework developed for understanding fracture patterns on Earth to survey two-dimensional fracture networks across the solar system, which could offer insights into detecting potentially habitable environments on other planets.
Upcoming Events
Special Events
Toll the Bell: A Cry for Peace
Toll the Bell is a city-wide sound installation bringing greater awareness to the gun violence epidemic affecting our city and the nation. At 1 p.m. on June 6, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, a prolonged period of bell ringing and other sound-making will take place at 30-plus locations across the city and beyond.
Ruth Naomi Floyd
Continuing the city-wide Toll the Bell event that calls attention to gun violence, this free program will feature an encore of Philadelphia-based jazz vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd’s “Echoes: Shattered Flesh and Breathless Souls,” as well as several speakers and a two-part showcase by the Omar’s Hat music collective. Omar’s Hat will perform a commissioned work exploring loss, community, and hope.
Talks
Reducing Maternal Mortality in Remote Nepal
Mingmar Sherpa, a rural physician and former Head of the Department of Health, Nepal, will discuss his training program in Nepal, which teaches midwives and nurses how to spot high-risk pregnancies with ultrasound.
Federal Government Updates
Penn is closely monitoring federal policy changes affecting institutions of higher education and academic health systems.
Supporting Our Community
During these challenging times, Penn remains committed to supporting students, faculty, and staff and to sharing information with our larger community of alumni, parents, and friends.
Penn Priorities
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
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