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Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Impressionism and the modernization of time
Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Experiencing extreme weather predicts support for policies to mitigate effects of climate change
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What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East
Impressionism and the modernization of time
A trio of events welcome world leaders to Penn
Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Experiencing extreme weather predicts support for policies to mitigate effects of climate change
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Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
Philadelphia School District students are learning through dance
Patricia M. Ruiz joins the Wellness team as executive director of Student Health and Counseling
Muslim Student Association celebrates Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan
An almost total eclipse of the sun at Penn
Celebrating Holi 2024
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With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
Penn Carey Law’s Paul H. Robinson’s book explores criminal law and societal values
Women and leadership at Wharton
Investing in future teachers and educational leaders
The West Philadelphia Collaborative History Project chronicles a community’s past
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Nurses across the U.S. cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy
Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts
A closer look at the role of health care algorithms in racial and ethnic disparities
Scientists discover a key quality-control mechanism in DNA replication
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Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Understanding the Northeast earthquake
Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
Sherry Gao pushes the boundaries of genetic engineering
Total solar eclipse
Science & Technology
In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
Over a decade, researchers from Penn studied coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
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Open Enrollment Info Session
The Benefits Department hosts a virtual information session about changes during this year's open enrollment season. Open enrollment begins April 29 and ends May 10.
Talks
Investigating Homelessness
The Department of English and Kelly Writers House present a conversation between author Jennifer Egan and Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy and Practice, who studies homelessness and assisted housing policy. They will discuss how social science research and investigative journalism can combine to consider what storytelling can be done to capture the present situation of homelessness.
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In Italy
Practice Professor Emeritus Laurie Olin of the Weitzman School of Design returns for a discussion about his latest book, “In Italy: Sketches & Drawings.” The book documents the environments of Italy he's captured through drawings and sketches in the past 50 years.
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