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Harnessing technology to help farmers assess crop health earlier

As the fall harvest arrives, Cherie Kagan and Akhila Mallavarapu of the Penn-led Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture center explain how 1-cent biodegradable sensors could tell farmers how their crops are doing long before the yield comes in.

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The Many Dimensions of AI Risk

Penn AI will convene a panel to examine the many dimensions of AI risk, their broader social implications, and the options for mitigating them, including what forms of accountability and oversight are needed, who bears the risks, and the balance between technical interventions and policy solutions. The discussion will also consider AI’s changing role in research, taking recent advances in mathematics as a starting point. Alongside new opportunities for discovery, the panel will explore what is at stake for the human dimensions of scholarship: judgment, creativity, the training of the next generation of scholars, and the pursuit of understanding. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

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Careers in the Water Industry

The Water Center at Penn will host its annual Careers in the Water Industry Event featuring a keynote speaker, alumni panel, and presentations from Student Water Innovation Award finalists. Attendees can network with more than 20 water sector organizations who will be sharing career advice and job and internship opportunities. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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Sexual Violence & Higher Education: A Global Glance

The Center for Global Women’s Health will host a fireside chat examining sexual violence among higher education students as a women’s health and well-being issue shaped by social, structural, and institutional factors. Faculty contributors will explore how campus environments, power dynamics, cultural norms, and policy contexts influence risk, disclosure, healing, and prevention. Attendees will consider research, teaching, and practice-based approaches that promote safety, dignity, autonomy, and holistic well-being for students. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

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Title IX Compliance in Athletics

Penn's Title IX Resolution with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

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Penn's Way: Going the Distance for Our Community

Penn's Way, our annual workplace giving campaign (October 1 - November 20) is making strides in supporting critical programs that beneft people in need. Give from the heart and max your match. *100% match for every dollar up to $2,500 and a 50% match on gifts of $2,501, up to $20,000.

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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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