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A summer of research and teaching with Scribe Video Center
Can AI help cities get a handle on urban heat?
Lessons from the Schuylkill River on community-engaged research
How artists have depicted—and shaped—society’s relationship with the sea
Documenting architecture and memories of a changing neighborhood
The enduring significance of ‘The Odyssey’
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The (nearly) Reverend Doctor Booker
Which state policies are actually working?
Supporting ‘We the People’ for the summer
A ‘breakthrough’ to restore memory
Group projects
Tracing an ancient blue across the ancient world
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How negotiation skills empower girls
Entrepreneurship in the ‘new space era’
America at 250: Innovations that transformed business
Legal advocacy across disciplines
How basic persuasion can bypass AI safeguards
Would you trust AI for ethical advice?
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Geomimicry offers a new framework for engineering sustainable materials
Supersonic whale calls and special relativity
What lies beneath
The hidden waves at the beach
Reto Gieré on energy systems, waste, and sustainability
On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile
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Testing AI against public health’s existing tools
Paving the way for safer roads
How Vanessa Chan is training Ph.D. engineers for real-world impact
Opening AI’s black box
How AI could make autism screening more accessible
Penn Electric Racing’s comeback
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Bioengineering a ‘natural connection’ for rotator cuff repair
The science behind later school start times
Inside Penn Nursing’s adult-gerontology programs
Understanding the animal-human bond
A meeting of the minds drives discovery in the brain
Penn researchers join ARPA-H initiative to develop next-gen fetal monitoring device
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Designing for discovery: The landscape of Penn’s campus
Empowering high school students through speech and debate
First-years start their ‘Penn odyssey’
The Class of 2030 comes to life
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter launches Penn initiative connecting past mayors with future leaders
First-year welcome: ‘Mixing curiosity with creativity’
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One School’s push for hosting and spearheading international fieldwork
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground
Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
Health & Medicine
CAR T cell therapy leads to 10-year remissions in B-cell lymphoma patients
A long-term follow-up from one of the earliest CAR T cell therapy clinical trials shows potential cures in more than one-third of patients treated at Penn Medicine.
Upcoming Events
Special Events
The World Today
Marking Perry World House’s first public event of the academic year, this panel will focus on the most pressing challenges facing the world today. From international conflict to climate change, several experts will unpack the issues and opportunities expected to impact global policy this year, and explore how we might respond. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Special Events
Student Performing Arts Night 2026
This program brings together dozens of student performing arts groups for a series of short, get-to-know-you performances. Organized by the PAC Executive Board with support from Platt Student Performing Arts House and the PAC Shop, this event invites all students to get a taste of the various performing clubs at Penn.
Exhibits
Exhibit: ‘At Liberty’–Life in Revolutionary Philadelphia
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s fall exhibition, “At Liberty: Life in the City of Brotherly Love During the Early Republic,” will explore Philadelphia during the nation’s formative years through paintings, sculptures, and works on paper drawn from major regional and national collections. The exhibition is curated by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery, and will include images of the era made to celebrate important national anniversaries, such as the marking of America’s 150th in 1926, through to the present moment. Free and open to the public.
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Penn's Title IX Resolution with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
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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