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Violence and stigmatized heroes
Tyson Smith gestures at the head of a table full of students, in front of windows showing trees.

Tyson Smith (center) lectures during a recent session of the course that looks at the veteran experience that's often left out of the mainstream narrative.

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Violence and stigmatized heroes

The new SNF Paideia course taught by Tyson Smith looks at incarcerated veterans and their experiences to understand the intersection of the military, criminal justice, and health.

Kristen de Groot

Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
"The Art of Song and Protest" event.

Ruth Naomi Floyd, one of two Equity in Action Visiting Scholars this year, leads a panel discussion with Jillian Patricia Pirtle, Lynne Farrington, and Jay Fluellen in the first of four events about the great contralto Marian Anderson.

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Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.
Wry Not’s triumph over a twisted fate
Coco Chanel the filly and a Penn veterinarian.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet

Wry Not’s triumph over a twisted fate

A multidisciplinary team of Penn Vet clinical specialists successfully performed lifesaving surgery on the Standardbred filly’s deviated muzzle.

From Penn Vet

A peek into the future of visual data interpretation
Photograph of a cellphone homes screen.

Alyssa Hwang, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, developed a new framework for evaluating the performance of large language models’ ability to analyze images. Hwang utilized the tool to run a battery of tests on the new ChatGPT-Vision to assess its ability at describing scientific images ahead of its release.

(Image: iStock/Robert Way)

A peek into the future of visual data interpretation

Researchers from Penn have developed a framework for assessing generative AI’s efficacy at deciphering images.
Sharing the stories of community media makers in Philadelphia
A grid of six people taking part in the Telling Our Stories project.

Portraits from the “Telling Our Stories” project.

(Image: Kyle Cassidy/courtesy of the Annenberg School for Communication)

Sharing the stories of community media makers in Philadelphia

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood is documenting the work and lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of color media makers in Philadelphia.

From Annenberg School for Communication

2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
From left: Harold W. McGraw III, Penn GSE dean Katharine Strunk, David Wilson, Debra Duardo, Barbara Oakley, Robert McGraw, Suzanne McGraw, and Michael Golden.

From left: Harold W. McGraw III, Penn GSE dean Katharine Strunk, David Wilson, Debra Duardo, Barbara Oakley, Robert McGraw, Suzanne McGraw, and Catalyst @ Penn GSE’s Michael Golden at the McGraw Prize celebration on Nov. 8.

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2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own

This year’s recipients of Penn GSE’s McGraw Prize, the most prestigious prize in education, honors educators from pre-K to college and to lifelong learners.

From Penn GSE