History course brings Philadelphia’s ‘Revolutionary Stories’ to life
Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars
Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts
Penn student awarded Truman Scholarship
One School’s push for hosting and spearheading international fieldwork
Making ‘light’ work of computing
Improving science and care for early pregnancy loss
Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Voting is linked to living longer
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
Featured Events
Charting the Cosmos
This symposium will celebrate breakthroughs in observational cosmology—charting the Universe’s expansion, contents, and structure from current measurements to next-generation surveys. The Center for Particle Cosmology will honor Wendy Freedman, recipient of the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics. Free and open to the Penn community.
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Opening Celebration: Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Exhibition
This program marks the opening celebration of the 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, presenting new work by eight graduating MFA candidates at Penn. The celebration will span two venues, the Arthur Ross Gallery (in the Fisher Fine Arts Library) and the Gordon Gallery (in Stuart Weitzman Hall), offering a first look at the culminating work of these talented artists. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
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.
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
Four ways Penn Arts & Sciences is looking to the future
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
Penn in the News
Nike’s marketing problem is somehow getting worse
"This shows the broader confusion with the brand. That's the more disturbing part," Americus Reed of the Wharton School says about Nike's Boston marketing misstep.
Uncommon knowledge: The font of power
A recent paper from the School of Arts & Sciences found that all-lowercase messaging and punctuation alter the social judgment readers make about a sender.
Sneaky gingivitis symptoms you shouldn’t ignore—plus why women over 50 are at higher risk
"At times, gingivitis can be ‘silent’ or subtle—surprisingly, it’s often painless until it progresses to an advanced state," warns Joseph P. Fiorellini of the School of Dental Medicine.
AI and the future of work
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School discusses AI’s potential to replace workers and explores how past technological upheavals can help us navigate the transition.