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Arthur Ross Gallery to launch America 250 exhibition this fall
A historic ode to the Fourth of July—in the Penn Libraries
‘Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals’
Reading manuscripts in the digital space with handwritten text recognition
Weitzman externships in retrospect: Aidan Williams
The museum as object of design
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How American English has evolved since the country’s founding
Exploring revolutions through writing
America 250 at Penn
How same-sex parents divide work and childcare
Q&A: Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation
A ‘second sight’ on American history
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Does your insurance protect you from climate risk?
From clinic to classroom: How two physicians are rethinking healthcare through business
The inner workings of the American legal system
Why you shouldn’t ask chatbots to act like an expert
The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters
Tracing the evolving law and business of TV
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At the intersection of energy and agriculture
Getting to the root of it: Why soil matters
Turf war: Artificial versus real grass
Why is everything gambling now?
Proving climate science right
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city
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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
An AI tool to speed antibiotic discovery
SmartDJ lets users reshape audio experiences with simple words
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The history of Pennsylvania Hospital’s Pine Building
AI framework aids target discovery for CAR T cell therapy
CAR T cell therapy leads to 10-year remissions in B-cell lymphoma patients
What a ‘silenced’ chromosome can tell us about autoimmunity
Transforming healthcare logistics with low-cost AI
The public health impacts of floods
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France, Haiti, and Philadelphia in a Revolutionary Age
Recreating the Declaration using 250-year-old techniques
Our favorite photos of 2025-26
Dean Mark Trodden on what’s next for Penn Arts & Sciences
Governance changes at Penn: A conversation with Ramanan Raghavendran
A celebration of freedom, wellness, and community
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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
Technology
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
Upcoming Events
Talks
Native Futurism: Public Dedication & Artist Talk
As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, multidisciplinary artist Holly Wilson, Delaware Nation Lenape and descendent of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, was commissioned to transform the Penn Museum’s East Entrance lobby with a large-scale mixed-media installation themed “Native Futurism.” During this public dedication, attendees will learn how the new installation centers an Indigenous-led perspective, offering a layered and thought-provoking addition to the nation’s evolving story. Free with Penn ID.
Special Events
Effective Research Poster Design & Communication
Participants in this workshop will learn how to create a visually compelling poster, communicate their research more effectively, and practice their “elevator pitch” skills. This program, free and open to the public, is primarily geared toward undergraduate and graduate students. Register to attend.
Special Events
Information Literacy: How Penn Libraries Can Help
Participants in this workshop, led by student engagement librarian Alexandrea Glenn, will learn best practices for finding and selecting appropriate sources through the Penn Libraries web portal. Attendees will learn key strategies for identifying and organizing information. This program, free and open to the public, is primarily geared toward undergraduate and graduate students. Register to attend.
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Title IX Compliance in Athletics
Penn's Title IX Resolution with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
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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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