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Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto smiling at fellow panelists.

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward working group for Graduate and Professional Training. 

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    • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward

    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward Graduate and Professional Training working group, says, ‘I don’t want students to walk uphill both ways in the snow just because I had to.’

    7 min. read

    Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

    Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

    A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
    Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

    Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

    (Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

    4 min. read

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

    A Penn Medicine analysis shows that surveillance of dog rabies in Arequipa, Peru, is lacking in areas with lower socioeconomic status and could spell problems for infectious disease worldwide.

    Frank Otto

    2 min. read

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia
    Candace Adams holds cat.

    Candace Adams with Black Pearl, one of her foster cats.

    (Image: Courtesy of Candace Adams)

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia

    Outside of her day job at Penn’s Institutional Review Board, Candace Adams works with different organizations in Philadelphia to give temporary shelter and care to cats and dogs.

    2 min. read

    Letting the sunshine in and monitoring stormwater runoff
    Tree saplings next to the solar panels.

    Trees planted next to the solar panels are enhancing stormwater runoff infiltration.

    (Image: The Water Center at Penn)

    Letting the sunshine in and monitoring stormwater runoff

    As the buzz around renewable energy grows louder, a research endeavor led by the Water Center at Penn exemplifies of how addressing energy demands goes hand-in-hand with tackling water challenges.

    From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

    2 min. read

    Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

    Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

    Penn guard guard Michael Zanoni has been named the city series Player of the Week, his first Big 5 weekly honor as a member of the Quakers.

    Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar
    Florence Onyiuke.

    Fourth-year Florence Onyiuke is a 2026 Rhodes Scholar.

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    Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar

    Onyiuke has been awarded a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars and an expected 100 worldwide.

    2 min. read

    Women’s squash wins Pennsylvania State Championship

    Women’s squash wins Pennsylvania State Championship

    Penn’s women's squash team finished the opening weekend of the season with two wins against Chatham and Drexel, winning the Pennsylvania State Championship.