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Three questions to guide thoughtful, human-centered AI use in the classroom
Making older homes a safer haven for young families
Amplifying family-centered, culturally respectful nursing care
A kidney for her mom, a marathon for herself
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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
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
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Blending empathy and analytics
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
How does medicine come to be?
Analyzing the news with AI
Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
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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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Building better delivery vehicles for medicine
Topology helps build more robust photonic networks
Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials
Mapping catalyst failure to advance clean hydrogen fuel production
When bone behaves like a sponge
Mapping the expanding cosmos: Dark Energy Survey unveils clearest picture yet
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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
Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation
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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
How Penn Medicine is transforming pharmacy through innovation and patient-centered care
Learning I had Lynch syndrome ‘saved my life’
Stress tested, testing stress: Novel organoid models how the adrenal gland develops
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Three questions to guide thoughtful, human-centered AI use in the classroom
Penn fourth-year chosen as Gaither Junior Fellow
Four third-years receive Goldwater Scholarships
Awards, accolades and appointments for the Penn community
Five from Penn named 2025 AAAS Fellows
From WXPN host to WXPN ambassador: Kathy O’Connell announces retirement
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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
Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms
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
Talks
AI in Action: Insights from PASS Practitioners
Penn GSE will host a conversation with education leaders who are pioneering the use of AI in their school districts and will share practical strategies, lessons learned, and visions for the future. Participants will discover how AI is transforming teaching, learning, and district operations, and what it means for educators and students alike. This program is open to Penn students, faculty, and staff, as well as K-12 teachers, industry partners, and education researchers. Register to attend.
Special Events
PAACH Mural Unveiling 2026
The Penn community is invited to join the annual Pan-Asian American Community House Mural Unveiling in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and America250. Participants can enjoy a catered lunch and view the mandalas created during PAACH’s mandala coloring events. Register to attend.
‘4 Little Girls’ Documentary
The Center for Africana Studies at Penn presents a free screening of “4 Little Girls,” a film by Spike Lee that documents the notorious 1963 racial terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement, which took the lives of four young African American girls. This event will feature a panel discussion with Africana Studies professors Vaughn A. Booker and Marcia Chatelain, as well as Associate Professor of History William Sturkey, moderated by Brian Peterson, director of the Makuu Black Cultural Center. 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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