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Finding light in dark times

What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall

Catherine Seavitt’s transdisciplinary approach to landscape architecture

Over a third of Americans worry about getting the flu, RSV, or COVID-19

Encountering rare texts in the Penn Libraries

Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice
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Giving Tuesday

A space for lifesaving, collaborative work

Thanksgiving meal program provides food, family, friends, and fun

President Magill announces University Task Force on Antisemitism membership

Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

‘Give from the heart’: The final push for Penn’s annual workplace giving campaign
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The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge

Psychology of legal decision-making

2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own

Fair leases in Philadelphia

The economy and you

Tricks, treats, retail feats: Wharton’s Halloween insights
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Three sisters share Penn Dental education

From high school to the hospital

New ‘patch’ uses natural body motion to fix disc herniation

Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery

Wry Not’s triumph over a twisted fate

Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities
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The Singh Center for Nanotechnology turns 10

A peek into the future of visual data interpretation

Who, What, Why: John Donges

Lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to T cells hold promise for autoimmune diseases

A twist on atomic sheets to create new materials

Making better decisions with AI

Health Sciences
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s historic mRNA vaccine research team, win 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine
The highest honor was bestowed for foundational discoveries that gave the world a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Penn and Pencil Club Reading
Members of the Penn and Pencil Club, a creative writing workshop for Penn staff that crosses many University departments, read fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Media and Social Justice
The Center for Media at Risk and the Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication partner to host this symposium that inquires into how media practices, values, infrastructures, or ownership impedes social justice.

Air-Dry Clay Ornaments
The Graduate Student Center invites grad students to participate in stress-free air-dry clay craft activities.
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