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Update of a local tree field guide offers ‘antidote for plant blindness’
A new edition of “Philadelphia Trees,” coauthored by former Morris Arboretum director Paul W. Meyer, Catriona Bull Briger, and Edward Sibley Barnard offers tips for identifying tree species and highlights some of the most notable trees in the region, including many on Penn’s campus.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
More than a decade of research by Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design is the foundation of a new exhibition at Penn’s Architectural Archives: “Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect” focuses on the nation’s first woman to practice architecture independently.
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In-person Models of Excellence ceremony returns in April
Join the Penn community on April 26 in celebrating this year’s honorees when the Models of Excellence Program Award ceremony returns to Irvine Auditorium.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler discusses what led to the collapse of SVB and the questions it raises for banks, depositors, and regulators going forward.
News・ Campus & Community
A moment for men’s health
Since 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center has been advancing lifesaving therapies and raising awareness of the risks faced by individuals with BRCA gene mutations.
News・ Health Sciences
What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?
For transplant patients, psychosocial evaluations, like other measures in the transplant process, can lead to people of color facing worse outcomes.
News・ Campus & Community
Tony Award-winning actress and singer/songwriter Idina Menzel to speak at Penn’s 267th Commencement
At the Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 15, Menzel will receive an honorary doctor of arts degree, along with the other 2023 Penn honorary degree recipients.
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Who, What, Why: Zoe Zhao on emerging digital labor, what counts as work
Zoe Zhao, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology, studies digital labor related to video games and livestreaming.
News・ Sports
Penn earns at-large bid to WNIT
The women’s basketball team will take on Richmond in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday in Virginia.
News・ Campus & Community
International students offer ‘rich and diverse’ perspectives
Penn’s campus community includes students from all parts of the globe, bringing their unique experiences and soaking in all the University has to offer.