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Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 188 fellows chosen in the United States and Canada.

Patricia M. Ruiz joins the Wellness team as executive director of Student Health and Counseling

Ruiz, a certified advanced practice nurse with expertise in college health, will lead the student-facing clinical team and will oversee the medical care and behavioral health services.

A cancer doctor and patient looking at medical forms.

Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy

Penn Medicine researchers have assessed the percentage of patients from minority health populations and reveal inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy.

NBC's Lester Holt and colleague Dan Slepian sit in charis on a stage at Penn Carey Law.

NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless

As part of the Quattrone Center’s spring symposium at Penn Carey Law, the news veterans highlighted their work reporting on issues of mass incarceration, wrongful conviction, and criminal justice reform.

Penn Upward Bound student observes birds.

Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds

Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.

Using sound recordings in psychiatric research

By using linguistics models to analyze game play, fourth-year student Sydney Sun is listening in on the ways environment shapes interaction.

students working with clay slabs at a table

Picturing artistic pursuits

Hundreds of undergraduates take classes in the fine arts each semester, among them painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, printmaking and animation, photography and videography. The courses, through the School of Arts & Sciences and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in an art form in a collaborative way.

Students and staff celebrate National Student-Athlete Day on Locust Walk.

Penn marks National Student-Athlete Day

Staffers from the Pottruck Center for Student-Athlete Success lauded the University’s nearly 1,000 student-athletes on Monday with goodies and giveaways on Locust Walk.

Mostafa Afr standing in front of the Penn shield on Penn Commons.

Muslim Student Association celebrates Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan

The Association’s Mostafa Afr talks about the importance of shared community after 30 days of disciplined fasting and prayer.

A group of dancers with shirts reading Holi perform in front of College Hall

Celebrating Holi 2024

In a celebration of spring, hundreds of students gathered on College Green.

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