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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
New Katz Center fellowship amplifies study of antisemitism through classes, events, and community
Who, What, Why: Brian Vivier leads Global Collections at Penn Libraries
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Addressing post-separation abuse
How might AI shape the future of work?
Reading young adult literature with young adults
Medieval medicine and magic
2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored
Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
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The path from labs to the marketplace
Does AI limit creativity?
The Wharton School launches Master of Science in Quantitative Finance with $60M gift from Bruce I. Jacobs
Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era
Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook
Ella Vance: Diving into the causes of crime
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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
How a coral stiffens its skeleton on demand
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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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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
GLP-1 medications may only temporarily suppress brain activity involved in ‘food noise’
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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
A quarter-century of supporting Asian Pacific Islander students
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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
Governing AI for Social Good
This talk, featuring Penn experts at the forefront of technology and social impact, will cover how major tech platforms are approaching AI governance. Panelists will discuss best practices for ensuring AI technologies serve the public and promote social good. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.
The Past, Present & Future of Ethics in Clinical Research
Christine Grady, former chair in the Department of Bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center and widely published senior investigator, will discuss a framework developed 25 years ago to help investigators, reviewers, and others interested in the design, implementation, and evaluation of ethical clinical research. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Rec & Relax
Penn students are invited to destress during final exam season by participating in various recreational activities, including Penn Prize Bingo, massage chairs, board games, coloring books, and rock climbing. This event will also feature the wildly popular Quaker Closet, where participants can sort through hundreds of unclaimed (and newly washed) lost and found items.
Federal 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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