
The welcoming student team behind Penn’s orientation week

Penn-developed AI tools and datasets help tailor treatments for kidney patients
How children learn a foreign language
Leigh N. Whitaker appointed vice president for government and community affairs
A survey of summer construction progress across campus
Curiosity, STEM, and a summer on campus

Could exoplanets locked in eternal day and endless night support life?

Building babyGPTs

Three undergraduates map climate and health education opportunities across campus
Featured Events
Penn Libraries Showcase
Participants will explore the Penn Libraries’ research materials, high-tech equipment, study spaces, and services that help students succeed. Visitors can also explore the Revolution at Penn? exhibit, open through August 29.
Intro to Penn’s Cultural Resource Centers
Cultural Resource Centers at Penn offer a vibrant array of intercultural experiences, transformative learning opportunities, and meaningful leadership development as students learn about themselves, their peers, and the varied communities in which they exist. Attendees will hear from students and staff about how these spaces enrich students’ lives.

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.

Keeping it local: Penn’s partnerships with Philadelphia-based vendors boost local economy, neighborhood impact

Nourish to Flourish

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

Supporting a community for learning, research, and thriving
Penn in the News
Does sleeping on a problem really work?
Alyssa Sinclair of the Annenberg School for Communication says sleeping on a difficult task can help people make more level-headed decisions the next day.
The Internet is turning you into someone you’d hate IRL
A study co-authored by Stefano Puntoni of the Wharton School suggested that chatbots could curb loneliness as good as or more effectively than humans could.
Do concerts have to be so loud that you need earplugs?
Mary Kim of Penn Medicine says the hearing damage resulting from loud noise is permanent.
Apple’s AI ambitions leave big questions over its climate goals
Benjamin Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments about Apple’s AI ambitions.