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Reflecting on Jane Austen, 250 years after her birth
Performing Bach and considering his world
Two 2025 project grants and a fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Native North America Gallery opens at the Penn Museum
U.S. Army veteran connects service to research on empathy in ancient Greece
Penn receives naming gift for new Student Performing Arts Center
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One School, many schools of thought
Exploring Philadelphia’s petrochemical past
How climate change affects migration
Breaking down misconceptions on unconditional cash programs
Addressing post-separation abuse
How might AI shape the future of work?
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The path from labs to the marketplace
Does AI limit creativity?
Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era
Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook
The Wharton School launches Master of Science in Quantitative Finance with $60M gift from Bruce I. Jacobs
Ella Vance: Diving into the causes of crime
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Evolution at a molecular level
An ‘illuminating’ design sheds light on cholesterol
Understanding the climate record through objects
Letting the sunshine in and monitoring stormwater runoff
A serendipitous find leads to lifesaving discoveries
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
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Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
Eva Dyer is listening to the brain’s code with a little help from AI
AI at the eyelid: Glasses that track health through your blinks
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
A generative AI model that designs new antibiotics
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Startup recognized for milestones in cancer care
Early immune clues could help detect and prevent type 1 diabetes
Pushing the boundaries of equine neurology in the field and the lab
Identifying genes that keep cancer from spreading
New CAR T strategy targets most common form of heart disease
Processing grief through goats and accessibility
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Two Penn students chosen as 2026 Marshall Scholars
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
Catch him if you can: Jared Richardson’s remarkable career
The greatest cover songs, from Whitney Houston to Metallica
Measurable progress in campus sustainability goals
Reimagining philanthropy and supporting everyday givers
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Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms
Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar
A Lauder Institute intercultural venture in Oman and the UAE
Perry World House: Four perspectives on the Middle East ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
Penn receives $10M to strengthen urban research locally and globally
Natural Sciences
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
Upcoming Events
Talks
Understanding the Conflict in Sudan
This Perry World House panel will seek to explain the background of the conflict in Sudan, who the key players are and their motivations in Sudan, and what experts anticipate seeing in the short- and long-term. Speakers include Ali B. Ali-Dinar, senior lecturer at the Department of Africana Studies, and Mark Malloch-Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
How States & Cities Will Adapt Post-Shutdown
Open to the public, this panel, organized by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Volcker Alliance, features Wharton professor Susan Wachter and Apollo's chief economist, Torsten Slok, on what is likely to be a year of immense adjustment for many U.S. states, counties, and cities amid federal cutbacks. Register to attend.
Coffee & Tea Station
Penn students, faculty, and staff can celebrate the end of finals with free coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and snacks at Holman Biotech Commons. The table will be stationed by the bay window.
Ends December 19, 2025Federal Government Updates
Penn is closely monitoring federal policy changes affecting institutions of higher education and academic health systems.
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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