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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’
Literature and medicine
The professor who moonlights as a songwriter
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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
Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
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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?
Using data to drive criminal justice reform
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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
Green Lab’s Freezer Inventory Project: Turning a ripple of change into a wave
Raindrop-formed ‘sandballs’ that erode hillsides tenfold
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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
An AI tool to help better understand medical visits
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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
Penn experts propose a tobacco playbook for food policy
David Holt is making cancer visible
Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first
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How a postwar research push changed Penn
2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?
2025 President’s Innovation Prize recipient: Sync Labs
2025 President’s Engagement Prize recipient: LensBright
2025 President’s Prize recipient: Nourish to Flourish
Joshua Beeman named Penn’s VP for IT and University CIO
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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.
Upcoming Events
Chinese Global Environmentalism
Alex Wang, a professor of law at the UCLA Law School, will discuss his new book “Chinese Global Environmentalism,” which examines how China came to embrace green development and the ways in which China promotes a developmental form of environmentalism through green ideology, diplomacy, economic statecraft, and international development cooperation. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Why Plato Matters Now
The Philomathean Society invites the Penn community to the Bicentennial Annual Oration, marking the 200th consecutive address hosted by the oldest literary society in the U.S. Angie Hobbs, professor of the public understanding of philosophy emerita at the University of Sheffield, will discuss how Plato’s insights remain crucial in today’s most pressing challenges, from AI and fake news to political polarization, and share her experience using classical philosophy to advise the U.K. government and health system. Register to attend.
Online Enrichment: Oscars Debrief 2026
Film buffs and Oscar enthusiasts are invited to join Penn professor of cinema & media studies Peter Decherney and industry experts for a 2026 Oscar debrief. Decherney will give a short talk to open the session before facilitating a discussion of the winners, losers, and controversies of the 98th Academy Awards, followed by a Q&A session. 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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