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The Wharton School introduces new undergraduate concentration and MBA major in artificial intelligence for business
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The Wharton School introduces new undergraduate concentration and MBA major in artificial intelligence for business

The degree is designed to address the world’s growing demand for AI-related skills and expertise, and “represents a bold step forward in our mission to prepare the next generation to responsibly lead in an AI-driven world,” says Wharton dean Erika James. The curriculum includes courses on applied machine learning, data science, neuroscience, data engineering, statistics, and ethics.

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Reframing historical narratives of Jewish sorrow
Panelists at a conference.

Ishay Rozen-Zvi; Ross Shepard Kraemer of Brown, emerita; and Seth Schwartz, of Columbia.

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Reframing historical narratives of Jewish sorrow

Between colleagues in Penn’s Jewish Studies Program, conversations began to surface about two years ago concerning an age-old question of any society: How do we write history?

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Exploring the history of making choices, small and large
Sophia Rosenfeld leans against a bookshelf smiling.

Sophia Rosenfeld’s new book traces the history of the idea of choice. She likes to work on ideas that are “ubiquitous,” or so prevalent in society that we rarely talk about or even notice them.

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Exploring the history of making choices, small and large

In a new book, Sophia Rosenfeld of the Department of History chronicles the past and present of an elusive idea—choice—and what it has meant and still means for people and society.

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Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Jackson, an associate professor at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication will begin a one-year fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s foremost centers for intellectual inquiry. Jackson studies the ways media, journalism, and technology represent and are used by marginalized publics. Her research focuses on how communication arising from Black, feminist, and activist spaces contributes to U.S. progress.

Scientists unlock frogs’ antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs
A tree frog in Thailand.

The researchers theorized that frogs must have developed antibiotics to survive in their challenging environment.

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Scientists unlock frogs’ antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs

The lab of César de la Fuente has created synthetic peptides, a class of antibiotics, derived from the secretions of a frog commonly found in South Asia.

Ian Scheffler

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest racecar
Students unveil their latest self-made electric race car on College Green, just in front of Benjamin Franklin statue.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest racecar

Penn Electric Racing, the student-led Formula Society of Automotive Engineers electric team, debuted its latest electric race car, REVX, on College Green on March 28. This marks the team's 10th custom-designed car since its founding in 2013 and its most sophisticated to date.

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‘Hacking’ data for insights and innovation
Jackie Balanovsky, Glynn Boltman, Ki Joon Lee, and Geddy Lucier sit around a table working on their laptops.

(From left) Jackie Balanovsky, Glynn Boltman, Ki Joon Lee, and Geddy Lucier, all third-year students in the College of Arts and Sciences, work on their analysis of student loan complaint data during the 2025 PORES Hackathon.

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‘Hacking’ data for insights and innovation

Penn student data science teams tackle large volumes of information as they compete for honors with the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies.

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Doylestown Health joins University of Pennsylvania Health System
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The Penn Medicine Doylestown Health campus.

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Doylestown Health joins University of Pennsylvania Health System

The Bucks County system’s integration into UPHS will expand access to advanced health care for patients and families in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

From Penn Medicine News

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How climate change impacts food security
A panel of speakers seated at Perry World House.

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How climate change impacts food security

Perry World House’s “Feeding a Climate-Changed World” conference brought together climate experts to discuss democracy, human rights, and the geopolitics of food security.

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