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Weekly paid professional staff learn resilience through free, online opportunity
Offered through the Online Learning Initiative and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, the course teaches participants resilience, gratitude, authenticity, and more.
Barriers and facilitators in treating opioid addiction in the ER
By the Numbers: The 2018 Penn Sustainability Annual Report
Prepping Philly high schoolers for college
Quakers fall in second round of WNIT
Bacterial population growth rate linked to how individual cells control their size
Women in Physics Group inspires the next generation of physicists and astronomers
U.S. debt: Is it the calm before the storm?
The Latest
Farm to campus, from prep to dining—and more dining
Penn Dining Services cook up delicious, locally sourced, healthy, and abundant meals at nearly all hours of the day, an operation that starts locally and ends on plates licked clean.
Western bias in human genetic studies is ‘both scientifically damaging and unfair’
In a commentary in the journal Cell, PIK Professor Sarah Tishkoff and Giorgio Sirugo shine a light on the lack of ethnic diversity represented in genomic studies, and the consequences for health and medicine.
On the bars with Jordyn Mannino
The sophomore from Manhasset, New York, discusses performing on the uneven bars and floor for the gymnastics team.
Unearthing a botanical legacy, one seed at a time
Painstaking work by Penn Museum archaeobotanist Chantel White and students has verified what the Bartrams sold and exported to Europe in the 1800s, and shed light on the family’s daily dietary habits.
The math behind March Madness
A Q&A with statistician Shane Jensen, who discusses the math behind sports team rankings, why March Madness has so many underdog victories, and how technology might change how analysts study sports teams in the future.
Inside Penn
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How Gen Z can swap burnout for breakthroughs
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Jessica Pugh is pushing for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry
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Penn Medicine surgeon becomes first female president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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Fintech: What’s real, and what’s hype
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SP2 faculty member testifies on positive effects of universal basic income
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Eric Andersen
Folk singer-songwriter Eric Andersen, hosted by Anthony DeCurtis, appears in the Arts Cafe for a discussion. He's best known for songs like “Is It Really Love At All” and “Thirsty Boots.”
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Museum Mindfulness
Shesheena Bray hosts a meditation session for all levels. Breath control and life balance are emphasized.
Multimedia
Physics on display
Hundreds of regional junior high and high school students visited Penn’s campus to beat the winter blues—and reds—by watching physics demonstrations about lights and waves.
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
The language of climate change—and the Anthropocene
Hanna E. Morris, a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication who researches environmental communication, explains the sudden rise of ‘Anthropocene’ as the latest buzzword in the climate dialogue.
