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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood
Connecting Black culture, music, and community with the built environment
The performing arts at Penn: Process, practice, and purpose
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
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Why young voters tune out
Emmy Keogh is buttering up her post-graduation plans
Sacrifice versus suffering: Examining unheard stories of the past
Equipping students and nonprofits for impact
How population changes are impacting primary education worldwide
Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions
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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
Allison Hoffman: Connecting health care policy to people’s lives
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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city
The science of winemaking
Making ‘light’ work of computing
What happens when an iceberg melts?
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
The Artemis II mission: Reflections on an ever-evolving relationship with space exploration
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What it will take to make AI-enabled robots safer
Innovating computer chips to run more efficiently
A robotic solution for safer tree trimming
Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests
Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts
Lingjie Liu: Where computer graphics, computer vision, and AI meet
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Specialized RNA molecules could counter ALS neurodegeneration
The fight to save a feisty little lamb
Immune linked high risk diabetic kidney disease found
Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care
Biomarkers help crack the code on saving more equine lives
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
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Penn fourth-year and graduate student named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Chapters of Change: Thirty years of life sciences transformation at Penn
Where the Class of 2026 is headed
Forum on the future of higher education launches Penn Speaker Series on America 250
Penn fourth-year named 2026-27 Schwarzman Scholar
Making paper for the Declaration’s anniversary
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One School’s push for hosting and spearheading international fieldwork
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground
Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
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
Boosting Infrastructure Investment for Global Cities
Susan Wachter, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (IUR) and William Glasgall, Volcker Alliance Public Finance Adviser and Penn IUR Fellow, will speak with a panel of global public finance experts about how global cities and other subnational governments could adopt attributes of America’s municipal market structure. The conversation will cover how a credit-driven culture may help meet the demands of population growth and climate change. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Public Trust: ‘Curating Engagement’ Book Launch
This Public Trust program will celebrate the launch of Curating Engagement, a book that brings together the conversations, frameworks, and practices of 50 practitioners working to rethink public engagement as stakes rise and margins narrow. This event will feature a conversation with expert panelists exploring how public engagement practices are transforming curatorial practices in Philadelphia and beyond. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Special Events
2026 Penn Alumni Weekend
Penn alumni are invited to participate in annual Alumni Weekend programming this May amid Commencement festivities. View a comprehensive list of activities on the Alumni Weekend website. Registration required for most events.
Ends May 17, 2026Federal 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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