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Why independent cultures think alike when it comes to categories

Mutations commonly linked to breast cancer found to pose no increased risk

Wharton School Press launches new virtual Meet the Authors series

Joe Biden’s longtime ties to Penn
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What to expect from the Democrats’ new Senate majority

Why independent cultures think alike when it comes to categories

The influence and importance of language

Inauguration Day: History, meaning, and significance

The state of U.S. democracy

Money matters to happiness—perhaps more than previously thought
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2020 Green Purchasing Awards announced

Christopher Woods appointed director of Penn Museum

Penn Libraries prepares for a new semester

‘We are thrilled to have you here’

Joe Biden’s longtime ties to Penn

26th annual MLK symposium goes online
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Wharton School Press launches new virtual Meet the Authors series

Getting financially fit in 2021

Which companies are winning in China?

Kermit Roosevelt on incitement of insurrection and the 14th Amendment

Are college sports sustainable after the pandemic?

How teachers can talk about violence at the Capitol
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Outcomes of critically ill COVID patients improved consistently during the pandemic

Opiate overdoses spike in Black Philadelphians, but drop in white residents since COVID-19

When words aren’t enough, medical students go back to the drawing board

Mutations commonly linked to breast cancer found to pose no increased risk

New statistical method exponentially increases ability to discover genetic insights

New treatment target discovered that halts osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration
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America’s first fossil fuel state

Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering

Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects

A new regime for analyzing properties of topological materials

Climate change doesn’t spare the smallest

Brandon Gonzalez finds creativity in engineering energy efficiency

RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Project Quaker testing program key to a safe campus reopening
Developed in partnership with Penn Medicine, the program aims to conduct 40,000 COVID-19 tests each week and will support ongoing plans to bring students back to campus this spring.
FULL STORYUpcoming Events

MLK Interfaith Commemoration
A spiritual conversation in social justice, this interfaith commemoration honors Martin Luther King Jr. Appearing in the pre-recorded event is The Shabbatones, The Inspiration, and student leaders. Remarks will also be made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.

A Conversation with Cornel West
The 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice will feature a conversation with Cornel West, a professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard and professor emeritus at Princeton. He will speak with Margo Crawford, a professor of English in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Mind of Winter 2021
Kelly Writers House Faculty Director Al Filreis leads an annual discussion of the 1921 poem by Wallace Stevens, “The Snow Man.”
The Power of Penn
The Power of Penn Campaign is about opportunities that transform lives, ideas that spark solutions, and actions that change the world.
The Power of PennPenn Compact 2022
The Penn Compact 2022 motivates community members to innovate, be radically inclusive, and positively impact their local, national, and global communities.
PennCompact 2022Penn Priorities
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.