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Archaeological science, hands on
The Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials, a joint endeavor between Penn Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum, celebrates 10 years of teaching students how to interpret the past in an interdisciplinary context.
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Revolutionizing data centers: Penn Engineers’ breakthrough in photonic switching
Researchers have developed a photonic switch that can redirect signals in trillionths of a second with minimal power consumption.
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New ways to modulate cell activity remotely
Penn researchers use temperature to guide cellular behavior, promising better diagnostics and targeted therapies.
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How will the workplace change in 2025?
The Wharton School’s Peter Cappelli expects incremental changes in the workplace this year, a continuation of bigger trends that began during the pandemic.
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24th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice
The 24th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice featured sociologist Orlando Patterson of Harvard University, known for his work on the history of race and slavery, in conversation with Michael Hanchard of Africana Studies.
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New quantum sensing technology reveals subatomic signals
Penn Engineers have created a novel approach to detect tiny variations in individual atoms, enabling protein research in drug development.
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An online resource for learners across the Italian language community
The Pedagogical Repository for Italian Media Activities, or PRIMA, helps students and faculty explore Italian language and culture by using voices and imagery that better represent the culture.
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Study shows drop in life expectancy in the Gaza Strip
A collaborative team of international researchers estimate that between Oct. 2023 and Sep. 2024 compared to pre-war levels, life expectancy in the Gaza Strip almost halved.
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Nelson Flores looks back on decades of bilingual education
Flores, a professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, uncovers why Latinx students have tested as underperforming in academic language for decades due to education policy and societal constraints.
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A less ‘clumpy,’ more complex universe?
Researchers combined cosmological data from two major surveys of the universe’s evolutionary history and found that it may have become “messier and complicated” than expected in recent years.