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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood
Connecting Black culture, music, and community with the built environment
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
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Equipping students and nonprofits for impact
How population changes are impacting primary education worldwide
Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions
Announcing Annenberg’s strategic vision: Connected Futures
Weitzman externships in retrospect: Xindi Lyu
History course brings Philadelphia’s ‘Revolutionary Stories’ to life
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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
Allison Hoffman: Connecting health care policy to people’s lives
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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city
The science of winemaking
Making ‘light’ work of computing
What happens when an iceberg melts?
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
The Artemis II mission: Reflections on an ever-evolving relationship with space exploration
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Innovating computer chips to run more efficiently
A robotic solution for safer tree trimming
Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests
Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts
Lingjie Liu: Where computer graphics, computer vision, and AI meet
A new swarm AI project takes on safety at scale
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The fight to save a feisty little lamb
Immune linked high risk diabetic kidney disease found
Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care
Biomarkers help crack the code on saving more equine lives
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
News
Three from Penn elected to the American Philosophical Society
Penn Reading Days in photos
Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students
Class of 2027 sparks traditional spirit on Hey Day
How the Quaker Commitment empowered one student to create her path at Penn
Penn’s community engagement progress at the turn of the century
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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
Special Events
(Co)nnect: Philly AI Ecosystem Summit
Hosted by Pennovation Works, this Philly Tech Week gathering is designed to bring together the people building, supporting, and growing AI and tech across Philadelphia. Free and open to the public, this summit—featuring a full day of keynotes, fireside chats, lightning sessions, demos, and networking at the Pennovation Center—is beneficial for researchers, investors, operators, educators, company founders, and community leaders. Register to attend.
Woodlands Walk with Nurses Tour
The Penn community is invited to join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Penn Libraries, and The Woodlands for their third annual cemetery tour and reception in honor of Nurses’ Week. Located less than a mile from the Bates Center and Fagin Hall, The Woodlands Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Philadelphia’s most influential nurses. During this free program, participants will learn about some of the city’s most prominent figures in the history of nursing and public health. Register to attend.
Youth Writing Festival
Philadelphia Writing Project’s annual Youth Writing Festival showcases the creative work of Philadelphia’s talented youth writers and creators. Attendees can visit tables run by local writing organizations and youth creators, join workshops to learn about opportunities to write and publish their work, create zines, and more. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
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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