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    A year in photos and videos

    A year in photos and videos

    Penn Today’s visual review of the 2024-25 academic year highlights the innovation, community outreach, individual milestones, and collective celebration.

    Penn Today Staff

    1 min. read

    Mark Dingfield named executive vice president at Penn
    Mark Dingfield.

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    Mark Dingfield named executive vice president at Penn

    As executive vice president, Dingfield will oversee Penn’s business and administrative operations, including finance, investments, human resources, information technology, facilities and real estate services, audit, public safety, and more.

    2 min. read

    Designing cleaner, greener concrete that absorbs carbon dioxide
    Masoud Akbarzadeh holding up one of the fabricated materials.

    The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory is housed at the Pennovation Center and brings together designers, engineers, and computer scientists to reimagine the built world. Using graphic statics, a method where forces are mapped as lines, they design forms that balance compression and tension. These result in structures that use far fewer materials while remaining strong and efficient.

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    Designing cleaner, greener concrete that absorbs carbon dioxide

    Penn engineers, materials scientists, and designers have developed a 3D-printed concrete solution based on diatomaceous earth that has enhanced carbon capture, is stronger, and uses fewer materials like cement.

    6 min. read

    Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence
    A speaker at the Perry World House AI Governance panel.

    Wharton’s Kevin Werbach described the conference as a “reflection of the incredible work on AI policy and governance happening across the University.”

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    Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence

    Perry World House, the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, the Wharton Accountable AI Lab, the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition at Penn Carey Law recently hosted researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania for an in-depth dis

    From Perry World House

    2 min. read

    Penn Electric Racing’s latest racecar
    Students unveil their latest self-made electric race car on College Green, just in front of Benjamin Franklin statue.

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    Penn Electric Racing’s latest racecar

    Penn Electric Racing, the student-led Formula Society of Automotive Engineers electric team, debuted its latest electric race car, REVX, on College Green on March 28. This marks the team's 10th custom-designed car since its founding in 2013 and its most sophisticated to date.

    3 min. read

    A simple way to boost math progress
    Angela Duckworth lecturing a class with a white board.

    “Our results showed that simple, low-cost nudges can help teachers support student progress in math,” says Penn psychology professor Angela Duckworth.

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    A simple way to boost math progress

    Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative and their collaborators conducted a megastudy to investigate whether low-cost nudges–informed by behavioral science–could help teachers accelerate student progress in math.

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    The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus
    Jessa Lingel stands in front of a black screen, her head cocked to the side. In the foreground (blurred) are a student's head and water bottle.

    “I see my role as a faculty member as helping other people navigate within this structure,” Lingel says. 

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    The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus

    As the new director of the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus.

    Kristina García

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