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Empowering high school youth through immersive art mentorship
Fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney were awarded a 2025 President's Engagement Prize to pursue their PIXEL project. The pair will collaborate to bring art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities to under-resourced high school students in the greater Philadelphia area.

Empowering high school youth through immersive art mentorship

Penn fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney will use a President’s Engagement Prize to expand their existing initiative dedicated to connecting under-resourced high school students in Philadelphia with art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities.

6 min. read

National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn

National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn

The newly elected members, recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, are Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó, Virginia Lee, and E. John Wherry III of the Perelman School of Medicine.

3 min. read

Nourish to Flourish
Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio.

Nourish to Flourish

Using behavioral economics-based interventions, a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize-winning project will address health and nutrition inequities in a West Philadelphia elementary school.

7 min. read

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    • The Future of American Education Policy
    May 08

    The Future of American Education Policy

    This timely conversation between Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education and current director of Chicago CRED, and Katharine O. Strunk, dean of Penn GSE, will focus on the evolving role of the federal government in education. The purpose will be to foster productive dialogue about innovative approaches to education policy.

    Virtual

    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
    Shakespeare at Penn: Uncovering Relics
    May 08

    Shakespeare at Penn: Uncovering Relics

    Experts at the Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory have uncovered new insights into several artifacts, including the ashes of a burned Shakespeare folio. As part of the Global Discovery Lecture Series and co-sponsored by The Penn Libraries, this panel will feature English professors Whitney Trettien and Zachary Lesser, and Head of Conservation Sarah Reidell, for a talk about these mysterious relics and what this means for the present and future of libraries and conservation. Register to attend.

    Virtual

    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

    A Shakespeare First Folio dated 1623 open to the title page

    Four Shakespeare folios printed in the 17th century were on view during the Penn Libraries First Folio Day, including a first edition printed in London in 1623. 

    https://in-principle-and-practice.upenn.edu/
    Students walk beneath The Covenant on Locust Walk at dusk

    In Principle and Practice

    Penn’s strategic framework

    Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission. 

    At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.

    Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days
    Volunteers smiling and carrying tools and supplies during the block build event.

    Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days

    Marking a milestone block build, 70 Penn volunteers combined forces with Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, a nonprofit with roots at the University, to revitalize owner-occupied houses in the West Philadelphia community. The momentous two-day event involved a block build and speaking program—with a local homeowner sharing a heartfelt message.

    2 min. read

    Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior
    A portrait of Helen Jin at Amy Gutmann Hall.

    Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior

    In the Brachio Lab, doctoral students at Penn Engineering probe AI models for signs of cyberbullying capabilities. This emerging problem with the rise of AI may pose challenges in areas like business, education, and public health.

    5 min. read

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    • How nearly a century of happiness research led to one big finding
    New York Times Magazine

    How nearly a century of happiness research led to one big finding

    Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for his work encouraging psychologists “to make the lives of all people more fulfilling and productive.”