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A new paradigm for cooling on New York’s Governors Island
A heat scan being taken on a human under a cooling cover structure

Image: Chris Perez

A new paradigm for cooling on New York’s Governors Island

The KlimaKover team includes architects, researchers, and builders from Penn, Henning Larsen, AIL Research, SKANSKA who are addressing urban cooling by adapting a radiant cooling system to an architectural-scale application that uses far less energy than traditional AC.

From the Weitzman School of Design

New research seeks an mRNA therapy for heavy menstrual bleeding
Kathleen O’Neil speaking with someone at her desk with a medical scan on her computer screen.

Kathleen O’Neill, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and the program director of the Uterine Transplant Program.

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New research seeks an mRNA therapy for heavy menstrual bleeding

A new research program at Penn Medicine is working to explore the underlying causes of abnormal uterine bleeding alongside a new mRNA treatment.

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Three things to know: Postdoc Shana Scogin on Nepal’s youth uprising
Gen Z protesters gathered at a parliament house in Nepal.

Gen Z protesters gathered at a parliament house as clashes erupted with police at the Federal Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 8, 2025.

(Image: Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP Images)

Three things to know: Postdoc Shana Scogin on Nepal’s youth uprising

In the aftermath of the deadly anti-government uprising that led to the fall of the country’s government, Penn Today spoke with the Perry World House fellow for insights.

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$21M legacy gift supports Penn Arts & Sciences’ Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, the Penn Libraries, and Morris Arboretum & Gardens
rare book room at the Katz Center.

Ione Apfelbaum Strauss & Hilary Strauss Rare Book Room at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

(Image: Kathryn Maxwell)

$21M legacy gift supports Penn Arts & Sciences’ Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, the Penn Libraries, and Morris Arboretum & Gardens

The donor, alumna Louise Strauss, was a member of the Katz Center’s board of advisors and was dedicated to volunteer work and philanthropy.
A deficit in Pennsylvania’s pretrial data
Leo Solga

Leo Solga is a fourth-year political science major in the School of Arts & Sciences.

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A deficit in Pennsylvania’s pretrial data

Arts & Sciences undergraduate Leo Solga has been studying what happens in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania before someone goes to trial. What he’s learned reveals just how little is understood.

From Omnia

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What are the best ways to debunk COVID vaccine misinformation?

What are the best ways to debunk COVID vaccine misinformation?

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have tested types of messages that debunked vaccine misinformation with people considering getting vaccinated or boosted.

Eric Horvath

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Penn Medicine joins national effort to digitally map the human body

Penn Medicine joins national effort to digitally map the human body

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine are joining a national collaboration to launch the Whole Person Physiome Research and Coordination Center, an initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health to create AI-ready models of physiology for research and clinical care.

Americans’ knowledge of civics increases
A stack of pocket constitutions.

Image: Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP Images

Americans’ knowledge of civics increases

The 2025 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually to celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17, finds that Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

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