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  • Matt Fallon wins third Ivy title, sets meet record to close championships

    Fourth-year Matt Fallon became a three-time champion in the 200-yard breaststroke, setting the Ivy League meet record and recording the nation’s fastest time in the event this season on Saturday, March 1.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Diabetic eye disease up, but most severe forms down

    Data from a new Penn Medicine study shows that while diabetes-related eye diseases doubled since 2014, the most severe forms of the disease have decreased.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Mengliu Cheng, Graduate Student Paper Prize of the Association for Asian Studies

    Cheng is awarded for her paper “Disenchanting Foreign Knowledge: Revealing Agricultural ‘Pseudoscience’ in China, 1930s-1940s.”

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences

  • Century-old law could result in concerning executive control over mass communications

    New research from Annenberg doctoral candidate Matthew L. Conaty explores how Section 706(a) of the U.S. Communications Act of 1934 could be used to justify presidential overreach.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • How #ChristianTikTok users understand and utilize the platform’s algorithm

    A new study from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication reveals the different ways an online religious community negotiates their place in a digital space.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • New issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2025

    The latest issue includes writing on recent theories of female authorship of the Aramaic incantation bowls, explores early modern Jewish handbooks of magic written by itinerant wonder-workers, and more.

    FULL STORY AT Herbert D. Katz Center

  • Joint award for Penn Carey Law’s Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, David Hoffman, and Emily Campbell

    Wilkinson-Ryan, professor of law and psychology; Hoffman, Golkin Family Professor and William A. Schnader Professor of Law; and Penn Carey Law student Campbell have won the Order of the Coif 2024 Lolly Gasaway Faculty-Student Writing Award for their collaborative work, “Expecting Specific Performance,” published by the NYU Law Review in 2023.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • New Spatial Transcriptomics Core opens at Penn Dental Medicine

    The new research core brings revolutionary advances in genetics research to the School of Dental Medicine. The Spatial Transcriptomics Core features the 10X Genomics Xenium Analyzer, a device that enables researchers to measure which genes are active on a per-cell basis throughout a section of tissue.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Ravi Radhakrishnan named AIChE Fellow

    The American Institute of Chemical Engineers named Radhakrishnan, professor and Herman P. Schwan Department Chair of Bioengineering and Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, an AIChE Fellow, which is awarded on individuals who have made significant contributions to the chemical engineering profession and exemplify the highest standards of leadership, research and service.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • Two decades of YouTube: Annenberg experts break it down

    Experts reflect on YouTube’s 20th anniversary, examining its impact on cross-cultural connections and the rise of social media influencers.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication