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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
Five things to know about private credit
The art of retelling ancient stories: A Q&A with Steven Weitzman
Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI
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Weitzman’s Ani Liu on motherhood, microplastics, and her multimedia works on display
The art of retelling ancient stories: A Q&A with Steven Weitzman
Music, friendship, and a podcast on the side
Who, What, Why: Alicia Meyer on the wonders of the Kislak Center
Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
How does medicine come to be?
Analyzing the news with AI
Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion
How markets can help society adapt to climate change
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Five things to know about private credit
Where economic modeling meets real-world legislation
A look inside the political economy of early America
Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics
Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America
Is there an AI bubble and what happens if it bursts?
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Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials
Mapping catalyst failure to advance clean hydrogen fuel production
When bone behaves like a sponge
Mapping the expanding cosmos: Dark Energy Survey unveils clearest picture yet
How ancient attraction shaped the human genome
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
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Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research
Robots that can see around corners using radio signals and AI
Engineers sharpen gene-editing tools to target cystic fibrosis
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80
Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation
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Learning I had Lynch syndrome ‘saved my life’
Stress tested, testing stress: Novel organoid models how the adrenal gland develops
Mikhaidia Miller: First-gen perspectives on nursing, health equity, and what’s next
The big reveal: Penn Medicine’s Match Day 2026
Targeting tumor supporting cells: Advancing CAR T success in pancreatic cancer
A stiff defense: Rethinking gum disease
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Four third-years receive Goldwater Scholarships
Awards, accolades and appointments for the Penn community
Five from Penn named 2025 AAAS Fellows
From WXPN host to WXPN ambassador: Kathy O’Connell announces retirement
Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI
How a postwar research push changed Penn
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Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
Understanding Japan’s snap elections
Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India
Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms
Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
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.
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Special Events
Making Workshop: Korean Kites
In this Making Workshop at the Penn Museum, participants will learn about the history, intentional design, and cultural significance of Korean kites, view examples from the late Joseon Dynasty in the Museum collection, and make their own kites to take home. Dinner and materials will be provided. Free for Penn students; must bring Penn ID.
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Improv for Interviewing
Participants will learn ways to combat these pitfalls using theater-style improv techniques. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.
Homelessness, Housing Insecurity, and Aging
Rebecca Brown, associate professor of medicine (geriatrics) at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Dennis Culhane, a professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice, will discuss the growing issue of homelessness, housing insecurity, and aging populations, including potential solutions and the importance of research at this intersection. Free and open to the Penn community.
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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