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Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
Kara Butler talks at podium.

Kara Butler spoke at an event for Makuu: The Black Cultural Center about her experience growing up in Philadelphia.

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Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education

Butler, a fourth-year anthropology and communication double-major from Philadelphia, is starting a master’s program at the Graduate School of Education in the fall, with the goal of becoming a museum educator.
Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first
Katelyn Candido sitting on a staircase, smiling and facing forward, wearing a white coat and blue scrubs in the Perelman School of Medicine

Katelyn Candido, a second-year medical student at PSOM and aspiring neurosurgeon, researches a novel tool’s utility for improving surgical precision.

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    • Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first

    Second-year medical student Katelyn Candido shares insight into her research project on a promising tool for improving surgical precision and efficiency, and why she aims to drive equitable patient care through a career in neurosurgery.

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    Who, What, Why: Alicia Meyer on the wonders of the Kislak Center
    Alicia Meyer talks to students in Technology and Society course.

    In February 2025, Alicia Meyer showed students in Elly Truitt’s Technology & Society course a rare 19th-century book of hours woven from silk on a Jacquard loom, an Egyptian clay tablet from 400 BCE, an astronomical rotula used to predict the movement of heavenly bodies, posters from Central America made on sugarcane paper, and more.

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    • Who, What, Why: Alicia Meyer on the wonders of the Kislak Center

    As curator of research services, Meyer wants students from every discipline to visit the Kislak Center and to find new insights from old materials.

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    Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative
    Sarah Rottenberg.

    Sarah Rottenberg is assisting three Penn Forward working groups to generate big ideas that will carry Penn into the next decade and beyond.

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    • Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative

    Rottenberg, executive director of the Integrated Product Design Program and an adjunct associate professor in the Weitzman School, collaborated with three Penn Forward working groups to optimize idea development.

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    Who, What, Why: Lauren Nelson Hyppolite on leading Wharton AI and research initiatives
    Lauren Hyppolite standing in a bright hallway. She's grinning and looking slightly to the side.

    Lauren Nelson Hyppolite is the managing director of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives at the Wharton School.

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    • Who, What, Why: Lauren Nelson Hyppolite on leading Wharton AI and research initiatives

    As managing director of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives at the Wharton School, Lauren Nelson Hyppolite oversees numerous AI- and analytics-related initiatives that prepare future business leaders for a rapidly evolving workforce and bridge the connection between academia and industry.

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    Who, What, Why: Medical student Bayan Galal aims to tackle global health challenges
    A smiling woman stands facing the camera with her arms crossed. She is standing in front of a glass-fronted row of offices with a glass railing in front of her. She is wearing a white coat and maroon head covering.

    Bayan Galal, a first-year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine and a graduate associate at Perry World House, is looking to blend a medical career with a concentration in global health.

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    • Who, What, Why: Medical student Bayan Galal aims to tackle global health challenges

    The first-year Penn Medicine student and graduate associate at Perry World House draws her inspiration from her family’s lived experience.
    Who, What, Why: Serene Safvi on strengthening dialogue
    A woman in a brown jacket and brown shirt stands in a stairwell smiling at the camera.

    Serene Safvi, a philosophy, politics, and economics major, says the SNF Paideia Program’s fellowship has helped her understand the importance of dialogue and bridging differences.

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    • Who, What, Why: Serene Safvi on strengthening dialogue

    The third-year Paideia Program fellow shares her work educating others about issues and the importance of constructive conversations.
    Who, What, Why: Alexander Schrier on Uzbekistan’s role in a new world order
    Alexander Schrier looks down from an upper floor of a building, standing behind waist-high glass panels.

    Fourth-year Alexander Schrier has been studying Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy for his senior thesis in international relations.

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    • Who, What, Why: Alexander Schrier on Uzbekistan’s role in a new world order

    The fourth-year international relations student is researching Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy, with a summer spent talking with taxi drivers and U.S. ambassadors on the ground in Tashkent.