The fifth cohort of Penn P4P teams will receive up to $100,000 each to support education, health, and urban agriculture, respectively, in Philadelphia.
William Reason, who earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy in December and will complete his master’s in May, teaches ethics to Philadelphia public high school students.
First new subtype of Castleman disease discovered in 45 years
A new study co-authored by Penn Medicine’s David Fajgenbaum expands the spectrum of the rare disorder, which will help diagnose and treat patients caught between existing classification systems.
Move-out: Tips for a cleaner, greener, easier experience
Penn offices and community partners have options for off-campus pickups, on-campus donations, and additional curbside trash pickup days aimed at keeping the neighborhood clean and limiting what ends up in the landfill.
Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.
Participants will kick off Senior Week at the New Alumni Orientation and Senior Carnival, hosted by Alumni Relations and the Office of the President. The event will include games, food, and information about how to stay involved with Penn after graduation.
Juneteenth—commemorating the end of slavery in the United States—is a day to celebrate freedom, heritage, and community. Ahead of June 19, this festival will feature live performances, DJ sets, immersive storytelling, and hands-on activities for all ages. Participants can support Black-owned businesses at a community marketplace and attend the Juneteenth Honors Program. Free and open to the public.
A Juneteenth parade in Philadelphia, 2019. (Pre-pandemic image: Tippman98x/Shutterstock)
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
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.
Supporting a community for learning, research, and thriving
Four months after the launch of the Office of Religious and Ethnic Interests (Title VI), the office is combating discrimination in all forms while leading educational efforts about dialogue and adaptive leadership.
AI Across Disciplines event highlights the power of ‘breadth and connectivity’ at universities
At a cross-disciplinary gathering at Amy Gutmann Hall, the Penn community celebrated the launch of the Penn AI Initiative with a panel discussing AI research at Penn—and writ large.
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.
When ChatGPT broke an entire field: An oral history
Christopher Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science shares his reaction to experimenting with the GPT-3 beta in 2020, the precursor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT generative AI model.
Farmers are using IoT to take the guesswork out of growing
As director of the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture research center, Cherie Kagan of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is uniting university faculty, industry professionals, and farmers to support the development of precision agriculture IoT technologies.
