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Senior pictures
Graduating senior and photographer Isabel Zapata captured 57 of her classmates in places of significance to create Torch Magazine. The publication features their reflections as well as her portraits.
Student Spotlight with Connor Sendel
‘What can be done today?’
How do you find a virus that’s completely unknown?
With unprecedented threats to nature at hand, how to turn the tide
From the bench to bedside, boardroom, and beyond
Commencement 2019 primer
Through new eyes: Tours reacquaint alumni with campus
The Latest
The beauty of the two-wheeled commute
On Bike to Work Day, Penn will fete two-wheeled commuters with snacks, showers, and swag. For many at the University, commuting by bike is a way of life. Five Penn staff and faculty share how they make it work and why they keep riding.
A conversation with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Thomas explains the origins of her interest in children’s literature and young adult fiction, as well as what to expect from her new book, “The Dark Fantastic.”
A new way to fly, built up from the nanoscale
Super-thin “nanocardboard” can levitate using only the power of light, opening the door to tiny flying machines with no moving parts.
Serving aces with Iuliia Bryzgalova
The freshman tennis player has been awarded Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.
A sense of place on shifting shores
Roderick Coover, whose work merges cinema, science, and history, is the 2019 Mellon Artist-in-Residence for the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH). His recent film “Toxi-City: A Climate Change Narrative” screened at PPEH’s “Teaching and Learning with Rising Waters” event.
Inside Penn
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Penn Vet and the Wharton School launching new veterinary entrepreneurship program
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Penn IUR and Penn Design launch lab on urban informality and sustainable development
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Penn Law professor argues for centering Indian law in US constitutional framework
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Do most Americans believe in human-caused climate change? It depends on how you ask.
From Annenberg Public Policy Center
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5.18
Covering Tech
Penn Creative Writing Instructor Sam Apple hosts a forum to discuss how journalists are covering technology and also shaped by it in how they're reporting. Alumni journalists Mike Murphy, Arielle Pardes, and Albert Sun join the discussion.
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Commencement 2019
The conferral of degrees takes place, with remarks from University officials and a speech by Bryan Stevenson, public interest lawyer and founder and executive director of The Equal Justice Initiative.
Multimedia
The 104th Hey Day for a future iconic class
The Class of 2020 officially entered their senior year on Thursday, May 2, with a blend of old and new traditions and styles, from boater hats and canes to jean shorts and selfies.
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Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Black feminism 101
Author and alum Feminista Jones joined Tanji Gilliam of Africana Studies in a discussion of her new book “Reclaiming Our Space,” examining how Twitter and modern liberation movements are all borne from black women’s words, struggle, and history.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Pokémon activates a unique part of the brain, offering insights into its structure
In a study of adults who played the game extensively as children, Penn and Stanford researchers discovered that a particular area of the visual cortex lights up when players view characters from the original version.
