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No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Where peak performance meets progressive disease
Safe driving habits boosted by insurance plans that reward safe driving
Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
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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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Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
Designing opportunities, not solutions, in Northeast Arizona
For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration
Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
100 years of television
Why students leave community college
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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?
Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook
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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
How to incentivize problem solving in groups
Why are icy surfaces slippery?
Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training
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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
The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots
Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
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Could ‘cyborg’ transplants replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes?
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research
A 24/7 virtual care service means freedom from on-call hours
Where peak performance meets progressive disease
Methadone treatment for opioid use rising, but better access needed to reach more
Distinct frontal brain signal tied to compulsive behaviors in people with OCD
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Hurrah for the Red and the Blue
Energy Week to explore solutions for transition to clean energy
A look at Revolutionary War nursing
Awards and accolades for Penn faculty
Penn fourth-year awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Weitzman Hall, renewed and expanded, celebrated at opening ceremony
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Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
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
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
Oney Judge Day Printing
Ona Judge Staines, also known as Oney Judge, was born into slavery in George Washington’s Mt. Vernon plantation in 1773, and escaped slavery from Washington’s Philadelphia household in 1796. Despite a massive effort on the part of Washington, she was never recaptured. Her story reminds us to question whose stories should be centered as inspirational examples of the early American fight for liberty and freedom. All are invited to stop by the Common Press to print a commemorative piece on this important day in Philadelphia history. Register to attend.
Well-Being Pop-Up: Positive Emotions
Penn staff are invited to join this 15-minute conversation focused on ways to strengthen positive emotions. Attendees will practice savoring strategies to enhance well-being. Register to attend.
Penn Climate Seminar: Building a Clean, Equitable Economy
Heather Boushey, Professor of Practice at the Kleinman Energy Forum and former chief economist of Investing in America Cabinet, will discuss possibilities and future directions for building a clean, equitable economy amid a rapidly warming climate. Free and open to the Penn community. 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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