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Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift
Melissa Jensen standing on a stairway

A 1989 Penn grad, Melissa Jensen has taught literature and writing at Penn for 15 years.

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Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift

In a first-year English seminar taught by Melissa Jensen in the School of Arts & Sciences, students focus on the teenaged writing by now-famous authors, musicians, and artists, including Jane Austen and Taylor Swift.
Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes
Canal middle agricultural dry by drought and heatwave on summer. water crisis and water stress on summer during long term drought on summer.

A collaborative team of researchers led by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences have found the interplay of natural systems and human-induced climate change are setting the stage for more frequent and severe weather events.

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Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes

A collaborative team of researchers led by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences have found the interplay of natural systems and human-induced climate change are setting the stage for more frequent and severe weather events.
Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson
J. Larry Jameson at a podium during the MLK Day of Service.

Named Penn’s interim president this past December, J. Larry Jameson addresses and thanks volunteers gathered for the MLK Day of Service at Houston Hall on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson

Penn’s leader offers a glimpse into his background; his thoughts on academic freedom, shared governance, safety on campus; and his priorities for the semester ahead.

Penn Today Staff

‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater
A cellist performing on stage.

“Bartok’s Monster” is a fusion of lecture, concert, and theater.

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‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater

In “Bartok’s Monster,” an interdisciplinary collaboration, Daedalus Quartet will perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3 and other string pieces mixed with acting, choreography, and an array of striking visuals.
Mark Wolff provides Task Force on Antisemitism update
Mark Wolff

“Penn is a big, complex place, and these are big, complex issues,” says Mark Wolff, chair of the University Task Force on Antisemitism. “It’s essential that we get this right.”

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Mark Wolff provides Task Force on Antisemitism update

Penn Today dives into the group’s progress since receiving its charge, how it connects with the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community, goals for the days ahead, and more.

Penn Today Staff

Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom
Claire Elliot watches her film.

Claire Elliot watches the short film she made on existential dread for Sosena Solomon’s Documentary Ethnography for Museums and Exhibitions class.

(Image: Courtesy of Alissa Jordan)

Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom

Filmmaker Sosena Solomon, who has been filming in Africa for a major Metropolitan Museum of Art redesign, taught Documentary Ethnography for Museums and Exhibitions to graduate students this fall.
A path to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy
Energy storage systems or battery container units with solar and turbine farms in background.

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A path to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy

A new report co-authored by scientists at Penn’s Kleinman Center and Penn Engineering charts a path for the U.S. to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050.

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Penn alum named 2024 Churchill Scholar 
Xander Uyttendaele standing in front of a windowed door with sunlight streaming through

A May graduate of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Xander Uyttendaele is among 16 students or recent graduates selected nationwide as 2024 Churchill Scholars.

(Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn alum named 2024 Churchill Scholar 

Xander Uyttendaele, a 2023 graduate, is among 16 selected nationwide to receive the scholarship.
A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’
Volunteers dance during a kickoff breakfast on MLK Day

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A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’

Penn’s MLK Day of Service featured a robust kickoff with speakers and performances, followed by volunteer initiatives on campus and in the community. 

Lauren Hertzler