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Could ‘cyborg’ transplants replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes?
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research
Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies
Safe driving habits boosted by insurance plans that reward safe driving
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Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
Literature and medicine
The professor who moonlights as a songwriter
An inside look at the history of television
Connecting Latin American fiction through infrastructure and transit
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Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
Designing opportunities, not solutions, in Northeast Arizona
For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration
Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
100 years of television
Why students leave community college
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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
The path from labs to the marketplace
Does AI limit creativity?
The Wharton School launches Master of Science in Quantitative Finance with $60M gift from Bruce I. Jacobs
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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
How to incentivize problem solving in groups
Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training
Why are icy surfaces slippery?
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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
The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots
Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
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Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies
Could ‘cyborg’ transplants replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes?
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research
A 24/7 virtual care service means freedom from on-call hours
Where peak performance meets progressive disease
Methadone treatment for opioid use rising, but better access needed to reach more
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Hoop dreams with Ethan Roberts
Chapters of Change: The blossom of Penn’s professional schools in the 19th century
Hurrah for the Red and the Blue
Energy Week to explore solutions for transition to clean energy
A look at Revolutionary War nursing
Awards and accolades for Penn faculty
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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
Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar
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.
Upcoming Events
Advancing Climate Action at Penn
Hosted by the Vagelos Institute and Penn Sustainability (VLEST), the Penn community is invited to take a behind-the-scenes tour of Penn’s energy systems and the VLEST building. Participants will learn about how Penn is leading in building energy design and have opportunities for hands-on engagement with sunshades and lab spaces designed for energy efficiency. Part of Energy Week at Penn programming. Space is limited. Register to attend.
Samuel P. Martin Memorial Lecture
Penn LDI and the Division of Internal Medicine invite the Penn community to a fireside chat with Marcella Nunez-Smith, professor of internal medicine and associate dean for health equity research at Yale. Nunez-Smith will share insights from her current work on the effects of social and structural drivers of health, systemic influences contributing to health disparities, health equity improvement, and community-academic partnered scholarship. Register to attend.
An Architect’s Journey Through the Indian Landscape
Architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya, in conversation with CEO of World Monuments Fund Bénédicte de Montlaur and Penn Museum director Christopher Woods, will explore the idea that architecture is not just about buildings and aesthetics, but also about people, politics, heritage conservation, and social responsibility. Free and open to the public. 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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