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  • Marching with giants, past and present

    The Eternal Soldier initiative uses the power of stories—ancient and modern, alike—to empower veterans.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Exploring life as a new doctoral student through film

    Doctoral student Nya Mbock and a crew of Annenberg School for Communication staff members made a short film about life as a first-year Ph.D. student.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU, Penn Global, and the University of Copenhagen, sign an MOU to create the Heritage Warfare Consortium

    The Heritage Warfare Consortium will bring together multidisciplinary experts in the field of cultural property protection and accountability, by identifying threats to communities, the military and strategic value of cultural heritage as predictor of aggression and genocide, and the changing lens of accountability.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Global →

  • Meet the Penn students who help keep the Libraries running smoothly

    Over 250 student workers help run Penn Libraries. A few share their work life and their favorite resources the Libraries can offer.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →

  • Dennis Sourvanos receives ADA Foundation Crest and Oral-B Promising Researcher Award

    The NIDCR postdoctoral trainee at Penn Dental Medicine is the recipient of the American Dental Association Foundation 2023 Crest and Oral-B Promising Researcher Award in support of his multidisciplinary, translational preclinical research, which has developed new investigative avenues in Photobiomodulation light therapy.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Developing a new type of data system for suicide prevention efforts

    Researchers from Penn Medicine and the Wharton School have collaborated with Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services to develop a new type of data infrastructure for regional suicide prevention efforts.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • New resources for the interdisciplinary study of human rights

    The Penn Libraries now provides online access to two of the most comprehensive databases for human rights research.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →

  • At-home consumer tests raise ethical, health, and privacy questions

    A new study from Penn LDI finds the terms of these tests shift responsibility to the consumer to determine the results’ accuracy and usefulness.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Announcing Living the Hard Promise: A dialogue series

    The series calls upon Penn to become a campus community that engages all members in empathetic dialogues. It will inform our understanding of today’s most pressing issues—from the concerns of Israelis and Palestinians to the rise of organized hate in the United States to the challenges of upholding free speech while ensuring civility and mutual respect.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Featured Books and DVDs: Native American heritage

    For this month’s selections, the Penn Libraries partnered with Penn Native Community Council, which was formed in 2018 to highlight the histories, heritage, and cultures of the Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →