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The research landscape is changing. Penn Forward’s Research Strategy co-chairs are ready to adapt
Michael Ostap, left, with David Meaney outdoors in front of a limestone building with autumn trees, wearing suits and ties.

Michael Ostap, left, with David Meaney on College Green. Ostap and Meaney are co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Research Strategy and Financing working group.

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    • The research landscape is changing. Penn Forward’s Research Strategy co-chairs are ready to adapt

    As co-chairs of the Penn Forward Research Strategy and Financing working group, David Meaney, vice provost for research, and Michael Ostap, chief scientific officer of the Perelman School of Medicine, are collaborating to expand Penn’s research impact.

    5 min. read

    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward
    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto smiling at fellow panelists.

    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward working group for Graduate and Professional Training. 

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    • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward

    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward Graduate and Professional Training working group, says, ‘I don’t want students to walk uphill both ways in the snow just because I had to.’

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    Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
    Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

    Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

    (Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

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    Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach
    Tom Murphy posing on Locust Walk.

    Tom Murphy, senior vice president and chief transformation officer, is chair of the Operational Transformation working group for Penn Forward, Penn’s strategic initiative to reshape how the University fulfills its missions of education, research, and service in a rapidly changing world.

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    • Tom Murphy is leading Operational Transformation at Penn. Here’s his approach

    In a Q&A, Tom Murphy, who leads the Operational Transformation working group, one of six Penn Forward teams, discusses his approach to leading change in non-academic areas of Penn.

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    What to expect from the next Japanese prime minister
    Sanae Takaichi, wearing a blue suit, stands in a crowd of seated Japanese legislators.

    Sanae Takaichi (center) was chosen as the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party during recent leadership elections.

    (Image: Kyodo News via AP Images)

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    • What to expect from the next Japanese prime minister

    Penn political scientist Daniel Smith discusses this week’s Japanese prime minister election and the possible selection of a staunch conservative as the new premier.

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    Russell Composto talks leading Penn Forward’s Undergraduate Education and Innovation working group
    Russell Composto at a conference table gesticulating with undergraduates.

    Russell Composto, chair of the Penn Forward Undergraduate Education and Innovation working group and vice provost for undergraduate education, seated with undergraduates on Oct. 13, 2025, inside College Hall. 

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    • Russell Composto talks leading Penn Forward’s Undergraduate Education and Innovation working group

    In a Q&A, Russell Composto, vice provost for undergraduate education and chair of Penn Forward’s Undergraduate Education and Innovation working group, talks about the guiding principles of the team and what it means to think boldly about the future of the undergraduate experience at Penn.

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    Michael Weisberg on building community at Penn
    Michael Weisberg.

    Michael Weisberg has been chosen lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the 2024 University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    • Michael Weisberg on building community at Penn

    Michael Weisberg, a distinguished professor of philosophy, has been appointed to lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the Task Force on Antisemitism and the Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    Q&A on the College House system and advice for first-years
    A smiling woman stands in front of her living room with arms folded.

    Carol Muller is faculty director of Riepe College House, which houses first-year students. 

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    • Q&A on the College House system and advice for first-years

    Carol Muller, faculty director of Riepe College House, discusses what makes a first-year house special and how to create community.

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    Staff Q&A with Peter Fixler
    Peter Fixler stands among the trees and greens at the Morris Arboretu.

    Image: Eric Sucar

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    • Staff Q&A with Peter Fixler

    The lead arborist at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens discusses his interest in tree work, how trees benefit the planet, the tallest tree he has climbed, current research at the Morris, and its impact in America and beyond.

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