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What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
Uniting passions for architecture, preservation, and the Near East
Impressionism and the modernization of time
A trio of events welcome world leaders to Penn
Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Experiencing extreme weather predicts support for policies to mitigate effects of climate change
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Class of 2024 President’s Engagement, Innovation Prize winners announced
Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff
Curating a practice with the Whitney-Lauder Fellowship
Making study abroad accessible
Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
Philadelphia School District students are learning through dance
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With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
Penn Carey Law’s Paul H. Robinson’s book explores criminal law and societal values
Women and leadership at Wharton
Investing in future teachers and educational leaders
The West Philadelphia Collaborative History Project chronicles a community’s past
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Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Honoring a life scientist’s life-saving science
Nurses across the U.S. cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy
Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts
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Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Understanding the Northeast earthquake
Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
Sherry Gao pushes the boundaries of genetic engineering
Total solar eclipse
Science & Technology
In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
Over a decade, researchers from Penn studied coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
Upcoming Events
Guided Mindful Meditation
All are welcome to this workshop that instructs present moment awareness, breath, body awareness, and mindful movement. No experience is necessary.
Campus Unrest and the Future of the University
The Faculty Senate of the University of Pennsylvania host this roundtable discussion about academic freedom and open expression. The panel features Risa Lieberwitz of Cornell, Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago, and Keith Whittington of Princeton. Sophia Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair, Department of History, at Penn, will moderate.
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Weitzman School of Design present a lecture with artist and writer Kameelah Janan Rasheed, whose work engages with poetics-pleasures-politics of Black knowledge production.
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