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Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America
Low-dose radiation therapy helps relieve osteoarthritic pain
The small, high-tech beanie protecting premature babies
Raindrop-formed ‘sandballs’ that erode hillsides tenfold
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Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
Literature and medicine
The professor who moonlights as a songwriter
An inside look at the history of television
Connecting Latin American fiction through infrastructure and transit
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Why students leave community college
New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions
Early modern literature in the Black Atlantic world
Seven things to know about ‘Common Sense’
Planning ahead in an age of longevity
Preserving the past
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Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America
Is there an AI bubble and what happens if it bursts?
Using data to drive criminal justice reform
The path from labs to the marketplace
Does AI limit creativity?
Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Protecting identity in the AI era
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Green Lab’s Freezer Inventory Project: Turning a ripple of change into a wave
Raindrop-formed ‘sandballs’ that erode hillsides tenfold
How to incentivize problem solving in groups
Why are icy surfaces slippery?
Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training
How plants ‘hedge their bets’ for better reproductive outcomes
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Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80
Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation
An AI tool to help better understand medical visits
The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots
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
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Leveraging AI to help stroke survivors recover speech abilities
Low-dose radiation therapy helps relieve osteoarthritic pain
The small, high-tech beanie protecting premature babies
1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations
Rewriting the rules of lung repair
Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality
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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty
Penn fourth-year awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Weitzman Hall, renewed and expanded, celebrated at opening ceremony
Exploring the Declaration through ink and type
Penn named top producer of 2025-26 Fulbright students
The Office of Ethnic and Religious Interests (Title VI), one year in
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Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India
Understanding Japan’s snap elections
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
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
Sculpture Tour
Public art complements the Morris Arboretum & Garden’s landscape and plant collection, including sculptures that have become featured in prominent places or tucked in the shade of certain trees. This tour will highlight the sculptures that connect human art with the beauty of nature. Participants will meet at the Welcome Center. Free with general admission.
Theater
Penn Live Arts: Cirque Mechanics
This performance will mark the Philadelphia premiere of Tilt!, a behind-the-scenes adventure exploring the roller coaster, Ferris wheel, and similar popular rides at theme parks. Cirque Mechanics’ new show offers a unique set of acrobatics. Students can receive a discount with Penn ID.
Mardi Gras Printing for All
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is a day of absolution during which residents enjoy the luxuries of life—often with people celebrating in the streets, sometimes in costume, sometimes by parading. Annually, Common Press director Jessica Peterson celebrates her adopted New Orleans roots in Philadelphia by inviting the public to pull a commemorative Mardi Gras print. 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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