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People and Places at Penn: College Houses
mitchell holston at a table during move in at lauder

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People and Places at Penn: College Houses

College Houses model lifelong learning and provide a home away from home. Three house directors discuss their distinctive roles.

Kristina García

Biophysics summer school in Crete
Photograph of Cretian landscape overlooking a body of water.

This summer, Eleni Katifori and Arnold Mathijssen of the School of Arts & Sciences organized a weeklong summer program in Crete where students from Penn and other institutions could network about topics and ideas in active biophysics research.

(image: Courtesy of Eleni Katifori)

Biophysics summer school in Crete

Eleni Katifori and Arnold Mathijssen spent a week in Crete, introducing students from Penn and other institutes to various topics and ideas in active biophysics research.
Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House
Michael Weisberg at a podium in Penn’s Perry World House.

Michael Weisberg is the Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy in the School of Arts and Sciences.

(Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House

Weisberg has served as Senior Faculty Fellow, Global Climate Policy Lead, and director of Post-Graduate Programs at Perry World House since 2020.
On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
Dan Loney and Liz Magill seated with microphones.

Dan Loney and Penn President Liz Magill sit down for a conversation about leadership for Wharton Business Daily.

(Image: Aaron Tran)

On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership

In her debut on the popular Wharton School radio show, President Liz Magill discusses her leadership style, lessons learned from leading during a pandemic, and her optimism for the future.
Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
Book cover for The American Poet Laureate at left, Amy Paeth at right.

Image: Courtesy of Amy Paeth/OMNIA

Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’

In her new book, the lecturer in critical writing in the School of Arts & Sciences uses the history of the U.S. poet laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.

Susan Ahlborn

Genetic switch turns tumor suppressor into oncogene in colorectal cancer
Fluorescent microscopy of colon cancer cells..

(Image: Yuhua Tian)

Genetic switch turns tumor suppressor into oncogene in colorectal cancer

Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine have shown that an enzyme that suppresses early-stage colorectal cancer switches to become an oncogene as the cancer progresses.

Liana F. Wait

Shifting the climate narrative
The sky glows yellow and purple after a strong summer storm in Philly.

On Sept. 12, PBS, WHYY, and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media are set to gather a group of community leaders, journalists, science communicators, and scientists to explore the role of storytelling in climate change education.

(Image: iStock / Luke Chen)

  • Q&A

    • Shifting the climate narrative

    In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Mann of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media shares his views on the role of storytelling in the fight against climate change.
    The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl
    Two hands wearing latex gloves wrapping a bandage on a wound.

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    The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl

    Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough.

    From Penn LDI

    Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture
    Love seats and side tables placed in front of arched mirrors.

    One of three furniture pieces by Ken Lum, a featured artist in the “Moveables” exhibit at the ICA.

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    Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture

    “Moveables” and “When the Children Come Home” are the latest exhibits on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art, which remains free to all.