University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement
The partnership leverages Penn’s faculty experts and leadership to support AI policy and provide the Commonwealth with expertise related to AI organizational strategy, risk assessment, and governance.
Bringing much-needed dental care to an underserved community
People with disabilities often face barriers to dental care. A collaboration between Penn Dental Medicine and Woods Services is changing that, bringing dental care with compassion to people with disabilities, a vastly underserved population.
Clock changes disrupt sleep, health, and well-being
Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how seasonal time changes affect the body’s internal clock, and offers tips for an easier transition.
Saving a family medicine residency program serving Delaware County
The announcement of the planned closure of Crozer’s Family Medicine department, which serves a large population of low-income patients, prompted residents to fight to keep their patients and practice with a move to a new home at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital.
Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community
Outside of her day job as a nurse manager for Penn Medicine at Home, Sherry ‘Strong Sun Spirit’ Caputo has helped bring mental health education, COVID resources, and nutrition programming to her tribal community, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey.
How has talking about politics changed in the last quarter-century?
Penn researcher Diana Mutz finds that we’re having more political conversations now with like-minded people, and that political intolerance has increased as a result.
Penn urban planner Erick Guerra’s new book, ‘Overbuilt,’ argues that additional spending on building more highways might not be the solution to the country’s transportation issues. In a Q&A, Guerra shares his insights.
Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach
In a Q&A, Tom Murphy, who leads the Operational Transformation working group, one of six Penn Forward teams, discusses his approach to leading change in non-academic areas of Penn.
Philosophy, technology, and pushing beyond human limitations
Gary Purpura’s class Enhancing the Human Mind with Technology introduces students to philosophy through the lens of transhumanism, illustrating the possibilities of technology to enhance the human condition and expand the idea of what it means to be human.
Fireside Chat: Award-Winning Journalist Richard Lui
Renowned journalist, MSNBC/NBC news anchor, and documentary filmmaker Richard Lui will share insights from his 30-year career in journalism, including his historic role as the first Asian American male to anchor a daily national cable news broadcast. Facilitated by Karu Kozuma, Vice Provost for University Life, this conversation will explore the intersections of identity, storytelling, and leadership.
This winter, the Arthur Ross Gallery presents the first American exhibition of work by acclaimed Basque photographer and Penn alumnus Fernando Postigo Silva, who spent over two decades chronicling the Basque separatist movement from the late 1970s through the early 2000s. Participants can take a virtual tour of the exhibition. Register to attend.
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.
Through Penn First Plus, students unlock potential and purpose
Providing first-generation and limited-income students with a comprehensive array of support, Penn First Plus equips undergraduates for success during and after their time at Penn.
The eighth annual Penn Local Business Exchange brought together entrepreneurs, city officials, and University buyers to swap insights and build relationships.
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
Sanctions, drone strikes, and market shifts hit Russia’s energy sector
Benjamin L. Schmitt of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design discusses the significance of energy sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Russian oil revenues.
American civics education should confuse, not comfort
In an opinion essay, Jeffrey Green of the Andrea Mitchell Center in the School of Arts & Sciences argues for civics education that “will inspire the kind of citizens democracy requires to survive.”
Your guide to Philadelphia's $91 million streetlight replacement project
Researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences found all nighttime outdoor crime on blocks with new lighting infrastructure decreased by 15%, including a 21% reduction in gun crimes and a 20% reduction in violent crimes.
