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Lessons from the Schuylkill River on community-engaged research
How artists have depicted—and shaped—society’s relationship with the sea
The enduring significance of ‘The Odyssey’
Documenting architecture and memories of a changing neighborhood
Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street
The concept, popularity, and dismissal of the ‘beach read’
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Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Cooperation has a downside
When partnership becomes practice
How extreme heat affects the economy
Barbie Zelizer: A career built on asking the right question
How social networks reshaped society and politics
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Legal advocacy across disciplines
America at 250: Innovations that transformed business
How basic persuasion can bypass AI safeguards
Would you trust AI for ethical advice?
Can hedging make you a better communicator?
How mortgage lock-in is quietly pushing up house prices
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Greenland’s fragile ice: Three new takeaways
Getting into the nitty gritty of sand
Summer storms
Buildings that cool like African elephants
Soaking up the sun
Meet foxes, coyotes, deer and other wildlife neighbors
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When design meets engineering, students solve the right problems
Speed and precision for medical imaging
Examining asthma with human lung-on-a-chip technology
Tiny, knotted robots jump, fly, and plant seeds
Helping robotic arms solve problems using tools
Enabling robots to chart a better course
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Turning fermented food into precision-nutrition for oral and gut health
Dog days
Transplant care at Penn Nursing
A new role for dental providers? Rethinking where vaccines are given
Semaglutide sustains lower calorie intake for more than a year
Penn health economist on shaping Medicare’s future
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Awards and honors for Penn faculty
Penn partners in new National Science Foundation AI Institute for Human-AI Cooperation
Awards for Penn faculty
Staying up late
100 years of the Ben Franklin Bridge
Philly Anthems: WXPN commemorates America 250 through local music
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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
SENSE-sational Friday: Sight
This SENSE-sational Friday event at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens will focus on sight, inviting participants of all ages to visually explore native plants and savor their bright colors. This program will include take-home crafts. Attendees will meet at the Morris Cottage. Free with Penn ID.
Special Events
2026 SUMR Research Symposium
This symposium—the culmination of the 2026 Penn LDI Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program (SUMR)—will spotlight the participating SUMR scholars and their faculty mentors, featuring presentations about their mentor-directed research work. Free and open to the public.
Ends August 15, 2026
Talks
Penn Libraries: From Exhibition to Embedded
This presentation will chart the pathway from the February 2025 National Library of Medicine’s Yellow Fever Panel Exhibit and Discussion to an evolving partnership in support of Department of History and Sociology of Science associate professor Rana Hogarth’s undergraduate interdisciplinary scholars within Holman Biotech Commons and Penn Libraries. The session will explore how this collaboration has flourished, and how experiences with students surfaced critical questions about AI and historical research. Free and open to the public. Register to attend either virtually or in person.
Supporting our Community
Building Community, Combatting Antisemitism, Countering Hate, and Supporting Every Member of the Penn Community
Title IX Compliance in Athletics
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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