


Perry World House: Four perspectives on the Middle East ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society Fellows

A breast cancer survivor at 28, she’s now a voice of hope

Taylor Swift, storytelling, and climate communication

A guide to Climate Week 2025

Over 20,000 educators share insights on school cell phone policies

Craig Roncace puts his green thumb to work
Featured Events
Technology and Well-Being
Part of SP2’s series The Politics of Well-Being, this program will examine both the promises and perils of data-driven systems, from predictive analytics in social services to the role of social media in youth mental health. Experts in AI, homelessness policy, and digital sociology will discuss how technology is reshaping care, community, and democracy. Open to the public. Register to attend.
Bee the Change: Climate Action for Bees
Part of the 2025 Climate Week at Penn, this workshop invites participants to build native bee hotels that support native bee populations while learning from Penn Vet faculty about bees’ responses to climate change. Free and open to the Penn community.

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.

Fueling growth locally, together

Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia

From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward

‘A moment when Penn can lead in higher education’: President J. Larry Jameson introduces Penn Forward
Penn in the News
Have you hugged your job today?
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says most people do not give up a job unless they have another one to go to.
China’s industrial largesse may cost it $370bn a year in lost output
According to a study by Hanming Fang of the School of Arts & Sciences, more than a fifth of China’s 100,000 annual policy documents relate to industrial policy in some way.
What NIH’s $50 million for autism research could mean for the future
Scientists from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital Philadelphia are seeking to identify factors that may be driving the increase in autism diagnoses.
A man in China lived more than 170 days after transplant with pig liver, doctors report
Last year, doctors at Penn Medicine did the world’s first known successful external liver perfusion using a gene-edited pig organ.