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Q&A: The first American pope
Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media
Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures
Sean Burkholder and Eva Del Soldato awarded the 2025-26 Rome Prize
Reframing historical narratives of Jewish sorrow
Penn Arts & Sciences receives $8M commitment from The Robert K. Johnson Foundation
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Exploring inflation and economics through the lens of history
Philosopher in residence
Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
Penn 2025 graduate awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Graduating student veteran makes use of a Yellow Ribbon award
A novel and hands-on approach to teaching about technology and society
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Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café
Aiming for a ‘holistic representation’ career as dual-degree Law and SP2 grad
Teaching crisis negotiation
Wharton podcast series tackles taxation
Wharton’s Dinan Hall restoration celebrated
The Wharton School introduces new undergraduate concentration and MBA major in artificial intelligence for business
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Armoring CAR T cells to take on cancer
Penn ATLAS shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
For a better cup of coffee, look to physics
Baseball’s ‘magic mud’
A simple way to boost math progress
New high-definition pictures of the early universe
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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
Improving AI and machine learning
How Penn engineers are restoring historic Springfield Mills
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Promising inhibitor combination for hard-to-treat leukemia subtypes
Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities
Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma
First new subtype of Castleman disease discovered in 45 years
New AI technique can uncover antiviral compounds using limited data
National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn
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2025 Projects for Progress recipients announced
Move-out: Tips for a cleaner, greener, easier experience
Penn’s Class of 2027 marks the midway at U-Night
Penn breaks ground on Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education
Class of 2026 prepares for ‘iconic’ year during annual Hey Day
Empowering high school youth through immersive art mentorship
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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
Innovation in climate education
Natural Sciences
Can surface fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa predict habitability on other planets?
Geophysicist Douglas Jerolmack has used the mathematical framework developed for understanding fracture patterns on Earth to survey two-dimensional fracture networks across the solar system, which could offer insights into detecting potentially habitable environments on other planets.
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Penn’s American Revolution(s): A Virtual Tour
This exploration of the Revolution at Penn? exhibit will examine the formation of the University, the debates that divided the school during the American Revolution, and the compromises that reorganized it as the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. Free and open to the Penn community, this Alumni Weekend session will offer an insider’s look at rare documents and new insights on Penn’s history.
Special Events
Spring Symposium: Criminal Justice Reform
The 2025 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium will span two days of solution-focused discussions on the future of criminal justice reform. Sessions will be led by policymakers, academics, and legal practitioners, offering a unique opportunity to learn, engage, and build connections that drive tangible change for a fairer future.
Ends May 14, 2025
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New Alumni Orientation and Senior Carnival
Participants will kick off Senior Week at the New Alumni Orientation and Senior Carnival, hosted by Alumni Relations and the Office of the President. The event will include games, food, and information about how to stay involved with Penn after graduation.
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