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The Artemis II mission: Reflections on an ever-evolving relationship with space exploration
A new swarm AI project takes on safety at scale
How estrogen in the brain impacts stress and trauma response
Penn fourth-year awarded Davis Projects for Peace grant
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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
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’
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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
Exploring the history of North American pastels
New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Blending empathy and analytics
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
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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
Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America
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The Artemis II mission: Reflections on an ever-evolving relationship with space exploration
Caitlyn Chen’s path to becoming a physician-scientist
Shujie Yang harnesses sound to build the next generation of microrobotic medicine
Building better delivery vehicles for medicine
Topology helps build more robust photonic networks
Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials
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A new swarm AI project takes on safety at scale
Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research
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
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How ‘The Pitt’ lands with a Penn emergency department nurse
How estrogen in the brain impacts stress and trauma response
Preventing the spread of a deadly virus to Pennsylvania’s rabbits and hares
A kidney for her mom, a marathon for herself
Making older homes a safer haven for young families
Amplifying family-centered, culturally respectful nursing care
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Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
Penn fourth-year awarded Davis Projects for Peace grant
Three questions to guide thoughtful, human-centered AI use in the classroom
Penn fourth-year chosen as Gaither Junior Fellow
Four third-years receive Goldwater Scholarships
Awards, accolades and appointments for the Penn community
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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
Understanding Japan’s snap elections
Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India
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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.
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Fireside Chat with Salamishah Tillet
This conversation will explore how cultural criticism can serve as a bridge between scholarship and the public sphere. Drawing from her extensive work as a writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New York Times, Salamishah Tillet will discuss how cultural analysis helps communities make meaning of art, media, and history, and how critics can illuminate the emotional and political stakes embedded in contemporary popular culture, among other related topics. Free and open to Penn students, faculty, and staff. Register to attend.
Penn Climate Seminar: Climate Change & Veterinarians
Andrew Hoffman, Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Penn Vet, will discuss the links between climate change and veterinary medicine while highlighting opportunities to engage across schools through a One Health framework. He will also talk about Penn Climate Insights, a new platform originating from Penn Vet that aims to drive climate education, interdisciplinary collaborations, and knowledge-sharing across Penn. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.
AI Month: The AI Arts & Sciences Showcase
The AI Arts & Sciences Showcase features fast-paced lightning talks from Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students and postdoctoral researchers highlighting how they use AI, and the new directions it is opening-across the sciences and humanities. The showcase offers a snapshot of emerging approaches and collaborations shaping the future of research at Penn, including how AI is changing how knowledge is produced across disciplines. Free and open to the Penn community.
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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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