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The performing arts at Penn: process, practice, and purpose
Ani Liu: 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
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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
Exploring the history of North American pastels
New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Blending empathy and analytics
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
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Tracing the evolving law and business of TV
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
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Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
The Artemis II mission: Reflections on an ever-evolving relationship with space exploration
Caitlyn Chen’s path to becoming a physician-scientist
Shujie Yang harnesses sound to build the next generation of microrobotic medicine
Building better delivery vehicles for medicine
Topology helps build more robust photonic networks
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A new swarm AI project takes on safety at scale
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
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How ‘The Pitt’ lands with a Penn emergency department nurse
How estrogen in the brain impacts stress and trauma response
Preventing the spread of a deadly virus to Pennsylvania’s rabbits and hares
A kidney for her mom, a marathon for herself
Making older homes a safer haven for young families
Amplifying family-centered, culturally respectful nursing care
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Penn Medicine student awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Class of 2026 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced
A new hub for AI-driven RNA research
Penn’s Open Enrollment 2026-2027
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
Penn fourth-year awarded Davis Projects for Peace grant
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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
Understanding Japan’s snap elections
Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India
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.
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Empowering emergency response teams with effective decision-making capabilities requires the use of geospatial monitoring and advanced AI toolkits for identifying vulnerable communities, developing mitigation plans, and preparing for future events. Participants will learn how AI is used to sift through satellite data, extract insights, and improve relief outcomes. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
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This virtual workshop introduces the use of AI as a thinking partner and learning system, not just a tool for producing answers. Participants will experience how AI can help them extract clarity from their own thinking, ask better questions, and stop starting from scratch. They will also build a simple “second brain” structure they can continue using across coursework, research, and projects. No prior technical experience is required. Free and open to the Penn community.
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