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The story of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ
A tall gold-colored pipe organ stands above blue seats. The background is purple and blue.

The pipe organ in the LDS Church Tabernacle in Salt Lake City grew over time, expanding to more than 10,000 pipes in 1916.

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The story of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ

A new book from historian Jared Farmer traces the legacy of music and media in the LDS Church.
Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs
Empty hospital beds in an IC unit.

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Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs

Research from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that the relationship between nurse continuity and patient outcomes is more complex than previously assumed.

From Penn Nursing News

Men’s squash claims second straight CSA Potter Cup team title
Abdelrahman Dweek playing squash at Penn.

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Men’s squash claims second straight CSA Potter Cup team title

Penn’s perfect season ended with a second straight College Squash Association Potter Cup national team championship on March 9.

From Penn Athletics

Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being
Eileen Feng leans against a pole.

Eileen Feng, a graduate student in the Integrated Product Design, inside Tangen Hall. 

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Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being

Through a community-led partnership project, graduate student Eileen Feng and an interdisciplinary, cross-school team are working with local youth to tailor an AI-supported platform for healing through creative arts.
Innovation in climate education
Three people seated at a table discussing the climate.

Image: Courtesy of Felix Ello Jr.

Innovation in climate education

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice Program is a collaboration with Penn’s Graduate School of Education and 70 educators around Asia, Africa, and Europe working together on a K-12 education program that emphasizes climate change and social inequalities.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

First-of-its-kind trial shows promise of coordinating child asthma care across a city

First-of-its-kind trial shows promise of coordinating child asthma care across a city

Penn LDI senior fellows Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Chén Kenyon, and colleagues have led a first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial to test a community-wide intervention to improve asthma control for low-income school-aged children, to help bridge the gap between doctors’ offices, homes, and schools—three critical settings where asthma management often remains disconnected.

Dorothy Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 list

Dorothy Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 list

Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology & Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights was named to TIME’s 2025 list of “The Closers,” recognizing 25 Black leaders working to end racial equity gaps.

Expanding on a legacy of heart health education
Taylor Brothers, Aravind Krishnan, and Rashmi Acharya at Project HERO workshop.

At a recent Project HERO workshop at one of SHOP’s partner sites, Aravind Krishan, center, gave a brief presentation on heart health and Taylor Brothers, left, gave a CPR demo.

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Expanding on a legacy of heart health education

Fourth-year Aravind Krishnan, the inaugural Sarah Katz Award recipient, is working to help shelter residents in Philadelphia better monitor their health.
Angela Crumdy on the intersection of anthropology and education
Angela Crumdy.

Angela Crumdy is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division.

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Angela Crumdy on the intersection of anthropology and education

The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division conducts research and teaching on Cuban anthropology and education.

From Penn GSE