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A guide to Climate Week 2025
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A guide to Climate Week 2025

Taking place Oct. 13 to 17, Penn’s sixth Climate Week includes dozens of in-person and virtual events that cross disciplines, from energy policy and history to engineering and medicine

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AI at the eyelid: Glasses that track health through your blinks
Dongyin Hu models BlinkWise glasses at his computer station.

Penn Engineering graduate student Dongyin Hu models BlinkWise, an AI-powered system that uses radio waves to monitor blinks and eye health.

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AI at the eyelid: Glasses that track health through your blinks

Researchers at Penn Engineering have developed BlinkWise, an AI-powered system that uses radio waves to monitor blinks and eye health.

Ian Scheffler

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Students benefit most when teachers share both their background and language skills

Students benefit most when teachers share both their background and language skills

A new study coauthored by Graduate School of Education’s Michael A. Gottfried is the first to show that teachers’ ability to teach in students’ home language, combined with a shared racial or ethnic background, drives greater academic gains.

On collaborating with Jane Goodall
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Jane Goodall, the internationally renowned primate researcher, died at age 91.

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On collaborating with Jane Goodall

Penn virologist Beatrice Hahn recalls her research partnership with Jane Goodall and their work to uncover the origins of HIV.

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2025 Arabella Babb Mansfield Award

2025 Arabella Babb Mansfield Award

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor Kate Shaw is one of this year’s recipients of the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award, given by the National Association of Women Lawyers. The award recognizes lifetime professional achievement, positive influence, and valuable contributions to women in law and in society.

Wharton faculty on the future of retail

Wharton faculty on the future of retail

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” takes a marketing expert view of the world of retail.

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Uncovering new antibiotics with AI 

Uncovering new antibiotics with AI 

César de la Fuente leverages machine learning to accelerate the discovery of lifesaving drugs and help reduce antibiotic resistance, a rising global health problem.

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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