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Music, friendship, and a podcast on the side
Who, What, Why: Alicia Meyer on the wonders of the Kislak Center
Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
Literature and medicine
An inside look at the history of television
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Analyzing the news with AI
Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion
How markets can help society adapt to climate change
Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
Designing opportunities, not solutions, in Northeast Arizona
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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
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
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When bone behaves like a sponge
Mapping the expanding cosmos: Dark Energy Survey unveils clearest picture yet
How ancient attraction shaped the human genome
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
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Robots that can see around corners using radio signals and AI
Engineers sharpen gene-editing tools to target cystic fibrosis
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
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A stiff defense: Rethinking gum disease
Penn experts propose a tobacco playbook for food policy
David Holt is making cancer visible
Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first
She helps patients find their words to cast a spell on cancer
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
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2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?
2025 President’s Innovation Prize recipient: Sync Labs
2025 President’s Engagement Prize recipient: LensBright
Hard work with Simone Sawyer
2025 President’s Prize recipient: Nourish to Flourish
Joshua Beeman named Penn’s VP for IT and University CIO
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Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
Understanding Japan’s snap elections
Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India
Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms
Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
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.
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Penn Museum: CultureFest! Holi
The 2026 CultureFest! for Holi will include traditional storytelling, colorful artmaking, dynamic live music, and captivating dance performances, culminating in a color throw symbolizing harmony and new beginnings. Participants will have opportunities to learn about this festival’s roots in Indian mythology, dance to festive music, and enjoy communal feasts with family and friends. Free with Penn ID. Secure tickets in advance.
Penn Symphony Orchestra: The Euro-Step
Attendees will enjoy a night of music with the Penn Symphony Orchestra, featuring French composer Hector Berlioz’s concert opener “Roman Carnival” overture, the “Love Song” movement of the Symphony No. 5 of Austrian tone poet Gustav Mahler, and the dance music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The ensemble, founded in 1878 and led by Thomas Hong, is comprised of musicians from across the Penn community. Free and open to the public.
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Law, Advocacy & Community in the Fight for Protection
This half-day symposium will explore how legal frameworks, advocacy, and community collaboration can uphold the fundamental human rights of displaced and vulnerable populations. Speakers will highlight diverse pathways into domestic and international human rights advocacy, including litigation, policy reform, grassroots organizing, and cross-border legal work. Open to the public, and free for those not seeking CLE credits. 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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