Daniel Gillion’s course teaches students without a coding background how to apply models to a wide range of problems across political science, economics, and sociology.
A serendipitous find leads to lifesaving discoveries
A Penn-led team has revealed a how hydralazine, one of the world’s oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for preeclampsia, works at the molecular level. In doing so, they made a surprising discovery—it can also halt the growth of aggressive brain tumors.
New members of American Academy of Sciences and Letters
Alan Charles Kors and Philip E. Tetlock have been invested as members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, a nonprofit that promotes scholarship and honors achievement in the arts and sciences.
Government cash transfer programs linked to major health gains for women and children
A Penn study finds that more women receive health care early in their pregnancies, more babies are born in health facilities, and more births are attended by trained health workers when governments give money through cash transfer programs.
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
Researchers at Penn Engineering have discovered how a coral’s skeleton compacts itself to ward off danger, a novel discovery of ‘granular jamming’ in a living organism.
U.S. Army veteran connects service to research on empathy in ancient Greece
Serving in the Army from 2009 to 2012 informed the research of Malcolm Nelson, Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in classical studies, on empathy norms in ancient Greek culture.
Teaching creative Philadelphia youth career and entrepreneurship skills
As a volunteer with the nonprofit after-school program Project 440, Meryl Krieger, a senior learning designer for the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, helps artistically minded high school students with life skills.
Since 1990, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians of Japanese descent and their families have gone to work in Japan. “One Day We Arrived in Japan” follows the stories of three such Brazilian families. This film screening and Q&A with director Aaron Litvin will uncover the gripping personal experiences behind a major transnational phenomenon.
AI tools promise precision learning, adaptive feedback, and new ways to support clinical reasoning, but they also raise concerns about overreliance, bias, and erosion of core skills. This panel will explore these competing visions for the future of medical training and highlight research, policy, and curricular strategies to ensure AI strengthens rather than weakens the education of tomorrow’s physicians. 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.
A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs
In a Q&A with Ezekiel Emanuel and Megan Ryerson, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, the duo discuss the charge of their group, where they are in the process, and leaning into global engagement.
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.
Penn and CHOP will test gene therapy for rare diseases with a new FDA trial protocol
A team led by Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will test the CRISPR framework for treating customized gene therapies for urea cycle disorders related to any one of seven genes.
