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Composto, Jordan-Sciutto named vice provosts at Penn
Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits
Who, What, Why: Lauren Nelson Hyppolite on leading Wharton AI and research initiatives
Decoding ancient immunity networks
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Creating a classroom democracy
Exhibition as conversation
Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom
At the Venice Biennale, a convergence of innovations in materials, structures, and landscapes
‘Scattered Earth, Sounded Depth’
For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body
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Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools
‘Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That’
Who, What, Why: Xiao Schutte Ke on Tibetan pastoralists and citizen science
How cable news has diverged from broadcast news
The 500-year legacy of a political thinker
Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives
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Who, What, Why: Lauren Nelson Hyppolite on leading Wharton AI and research initiatives
‘Where AI Works’
Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history
Guardrails versus leashes: Finding a better way to regulate AI technology
Wharton’s deep dive into wellness at work
Wharton graduates first Global Executive MBA cohort
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Penn engineers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug
Heat domes and flooding have nearly tripled since the ’50s
Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits
Decoding ancient immunity networks
What can ants and naked-mole rats teach about societal roles?
Native plants from afar
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Penn students innovate in the time of AI
AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
Penn fourth-year and recent alum named 2025 Hertz Fellows
The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician
New 3D-printing enables color-changing, stress-responsive materials for smart sensing, displays, and robotics
Penn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed
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Keeping food safe and animals healthy
Penn Medicine outreach addresses health-related social needs
New chair of Orthopaedics starts a new chapter in a lifetime of service
‘The most human gesture’ brings the gift of a hand transplant at Penn Medicine
Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed
The perils and promise of GLP-1 medications
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Composto, Jordan-Sciutto named vice provosts at Penn
Impact of research
What to read, watch, and cook for Juneteenth
Kam earns First Team All-American Honors at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Tee time with Julie Shin
What’s That? The Pyramid at HUP
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Penn Glee Club performs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing
Penn Washington names Celeste Wallander as inaugural executive director
Penn leaders-turned-diplomats reflect on American statecraft and foreign policy
Turning bicycles into an engineering study tool
Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions
How climate change impacts food security
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Trials aim to make cancer relapse a thing of the past
At Penn Medicine, clinical trials are testing methods that may stop cancer from recurring.
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