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Top five election takeaways

Stephanie Perry, exit polling manager for NBC News and executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares insights into what drove voters in Tuesday’s election.

Many Medicare beneficiaries are one hospital visit away from poverty

Harvested coffee beans drying in the sun on tables in coffee fields in Costa Rica.

Is sustainable development an oxymoron?

Celebrating democracy on Election Day at Penn

Art Matters: ‘Self-portrait’ by William Carlos Williams

A series on wellness and well-being

Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile

New class of encrypted peptides offer hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

Who, What, Why: Cice Chen’s first-of-its-kind research conference for undergraduates

Penn IUR, the United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance

EVENTS → NEWS ARCHIVES →

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Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

Penn researchers discovered “wing spreading” in Drosophila santomea, research that hints at a rare, novel finding and offers insights into an underrepresented area in sexual reproduction research: female-initiated behaviors.

Nathi Magubane ・October 31, 2024

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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 ・October 31, 2024

Ramón Méndez Galain at Carnot Prize ceremony.

Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’

Through grants, awards, events, publications, a podcast, and more, the Center provides resources and a central hub for researchers across Penn tackling the energy transition.

Erica Moser ・October 30, 2024

Sign outside an open door reads Lactation Room, opened door reveals a rocking chair, lamp, brightly painted walls and a breast pump.

Wellness and well-being series looks at reproductive and family health

The six-part series from Penn Today focuses on University resources for students, faculty, and staff.

Erica Moser ・October 30, 2024

Timothy Rommen appointed vice provost for the arts at Penn

The Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music and Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, Rommen will begin the new appointment on Jan. 1.

Amanda Mott ・October 29, 2024

In Principle and Practice →

Penn’s principles are the essence of who we are.

Anchored
Engaged
Interwoven
Inventive

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

Tens of thousands of items related to public markets acquired by Penn alum David K. O’Neil create a collection unique in size and scope. Spanning four centuries from locations near and far, his collection now has a home at the Penn Libraries.

HOPE painted colorfully on the exterior of the Hazelton Integration Project.

Campus & Community

Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides

Through the SNF Paideia Program, seven undergraduates and political scientist Lia Howard traveled all over the commonwealth this summer, listening to residents talk about their lives and the issues that matter to them.

Exterior of Roxborough High School in Philadelphia

Campus & Community

Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools is helping to remediate environmental hazards

Significant progress has been made in the four years since Penn pledged $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia to remediate environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, in hundreds of school buildings.

Hanzhong Luo has his body heat scanned in a cooling shelter prototype.

Campus & Community

Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.

A Penn professor leading a seminar to a class of first-year students.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

The impact of small seminars for new college students

Sixty first-year seminars offer complex subjects in a comfortable group setting, as well as close connections to professors and peers. This year, 10 are also taking part in a pilot program focused on teaching students how to have respectful dialogue around difficult topics.

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Campus & Community

Building the Penn community at NSO

New Student Orientation introduced the first-ever “Building the Penn Community” event during Penn Spirit Day on Thursday, Aug. 22.

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Campus & Community

A Q&A with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

Penn Today sat down with Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran about his first six months and the year ahead.

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Campus & Community

Building community, one meal and conversation at a time

The Conversations for Community and Dinners Across Differences programs, launched last fall, foster spaces conducive for difficult conversations while recognizing shared humanity.

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Health Sciences

Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services

Wellness and well-being are woven into the life of Penn’s campus, for students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. In the first part of a new series, Penn Today highlights University resources that support the campus community.

Campus & Community

Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.

Penn’s campus and the city of Philadelphia

Campus & Community

University of Pennsylvania launches Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

The Center will bring together six Schools at Penn with $10 million in support from Knight Foundation and the University.

Science & Technology

The mechanics of collaboration

Penn Ph.D. student Xinlan Emily Hu leads a group of budding engineers and social scientists who study communication across teams. The group has developed a new toolkit aimed at helping researchers analyze and measure teamwork.

Volunteers in waders at the pond at Penn’s BioPond, one holds a frog.

Campus & Community

With dozens of events, Climate Week 2024 will focus on solutions

The fifth Climate Week at Penn, designed to help people find their place in the climate movement, takes place Oct. 14-18.

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Health Sciences

A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

In 2023, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó received Nobel Prize recognition for mRNA vaccines. Today, the work continues apace as successes across the University show how medicine is changing rapidly as a result of the prize-winning discovery.

Science & Technology

Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.

A young person pouring water over their head.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

As the world warms, how are young people feeling?

Climate scientist Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences and Annenberg School for Communication leads a research community that aims to understand climate anxiety and improve climate communication.

11/5

Election Day

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The general election takes place. Polls open at 7 a.m. in Pennsylvania and close at 8 p.m. Please see your state’s Secretary of State website for up-to-date information on voter registration and polling locations.

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Various locations

10/8

Biometric Screenings 2024

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The Division of Human Resources invites Penn faculty and staff to participate in free biometric screening for blood pressure, glucose, and lipids. Upon completion, participants can earn $75 in Pulse Cash rewards.

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Various locations

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A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

Alum David K. O’Neil’s collection spans four centuries and locations around the globe, with a concentration on Philadelphia.
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A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

Alum David K. O’Neil’s collection spans four centuries and locations around the globe, with a concentration on Philadelphia.
SEE MORE →
01/07

Campus & Community

Celebrating the dedication of Amy Gutmann Hall

Drew Weissman drawing on a clear glass wall.

Health Sciences

A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

Campus & Community

An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden

Penn students walking through Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

How food moves around cities

Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine.

The Washington Post

Everyone’s ignoring these investors’ warnings on climate risk. You shouldn’t

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School forecasts a more gradual decline in regional housing markets due to climate risk rather than an imminent severe downturn.

FULL STORY →

Fortune

Post-election, CFOs should ‘focus on what they can control,’ advises economist

Jeremy Siegel and Kent Smetters of the Wharton School assess the feasibility of campaign promises made by Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

FULL STORY →

Time

The gap between open and closed AI models might be shrinking. Here’s why that matters

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that even if there was no further progress in AI, it would likely take years before open systems are fully integrated with the world.

FULL STORY →

CNBC

10-year Treasury yield posts huge leap to 4.46% on Trump win, possible GOP Congress sweep

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that a Republican sweep of the House, Senate, and presidency would cause the bond market to be wobbly.

FULL STORY →

NBC News

Special mud rubbed on all MLB baseballs has unique, ‘magical’ properties, study finds

A study by Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues has uncovered the mechanical properties of the mud used to coat Major League baseballs.

FULL STORY →

Baltimore Sun

Baltimore gave $61M — 10% — of its COVID funds to public safety. Where did it go?

A study from the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the School of Arts & Sciences estimates that Baltimore’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy reduced homicides and shootings in the city’s western police district by about a quarter and reduced carjackings by about a third.

FULL STORY →

Indianapolis Star

Expert: A return this season for James Wiseman is possible, but not likely

Lou J. Soslowsky of the Perelman School of Medicine says that extensive physical therapy after surgery is the most important thing to heal a ruptured Achilles tendon.

FULL STORY →

Philadelphia Inquirer

How a rave with Bill Nye and Quavo turned out droves of early voters at City Hall

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that some celebrities aren’t helpful to political candidates because their followers are already engaged and have already made up their minds.

FULL STORY →

ARTnews

Previously unknown Chopin waltz identified at New York’s Morgan Library

Jeffrey Kallberg of the School of Arts & Sciences helped authenticate the score for a newly uncovered waltz by Romantic era composer Frédéric Chopin.

FULL STORY →

The New York Times

Climate change should make you rethink homeownership

In an opinion essay, Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School writes that renting beachfront property might be better than owning due to reduced exposure for climate risk and for greater flexibility.

FULL STORY →

Election Day

Biometric Screenings 2024

Mind and Mood Recharge

Paint the Dance Floor: Wonderland

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Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

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Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides

Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools is helping to remediate environmental hazards

Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

The impact of small seminars for new college students

Building the Penn community at NSO

A Q&A with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

Building community, one meal and conversation at a time

Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services

Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania launches Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

The mechanics of collaboration

With dozens of events, Climate Week 2024 will focus on solutions

A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

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As the world warms, how are young people feeling?

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How food moves around cities

Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine.

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Everyone’s ignoring these investors’ warnings on climate risk. You shouldn’t

Post-election, CFOs should ‘focus on what they can control,’ advises economist

The gap between open and closed AI models might be shrinking. Here’s why that matters

10-year Treasury yield posts huge leap to 4.46% on Trump win, possible GOP Congress sweep

Special mud rubbed on all MLB baseballs has unique, ‘magical’ properties, study finds

Baltimore gave $61M — 10% — of its COVID funds to public safety. Where did it go?

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Previously unknown Chopin waltz identified at New York’s Morgan Library

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