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Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research
Brittany Zulkiewicz teaches at a blackboard in a high school classroom.

Brittany Zulkiewicz discusses group dynamics and the process of working together.

(Image: Thandi Lyew)

Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research

Annenberg School doctoral students Thandi Lyew and Brittany Zulkiewicz worked with local teens through a Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellowship.

From Annenberg School for Communication

The Chilean coup, 50 years later
A row of soldiers lying on their stomachs take cover as La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace, is bombed.

On Sept. 11, 1973, soldiers supporting the coup led by Augusto Pinochet took cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.

(Image: AP Photo/Enrique Aracena)

The Chilean coup, 50 years later

Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.

Kristina García

Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy
Sukaina Hirji poses outside Cohen Hall.

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Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy

Philosophy professor Sukaina Hirji has expanded her work from Aristotle and the history of philosophy to contemporary issues of love and sex, oppression, and anger.
Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings
Graph of stock market trends rising and plateauing.

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Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings

Growth stocks don’t generate the long-term returns that would justify their high multiples, according to the 2023 Jacobs Levy Center’s “Best Paper” co-authored by the Wharton School’s Sean Myers.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton
Cora ingrum and Donna Hampton stand beside portraits in their likeness.

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Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton

Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school.
A suit of armor for cancer-fighting cells
3d render of T cells attacking cancer cells

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy has delivered promising results, transforming the fight against various forms of cancer, but for many, the therapy comes with severe and potentially lethal side effects. Now, a research team led by Michael Mitchell of the School of Engineering and Applied Science has found a solution that could help CAR T therapies reach their full potential while minimizing severe side effects.

(Image: iStock / Meletios Verras)

A suit of armor for cancer-fighting cells

New research from the University of Pennsylvania offers a safer path for CAR T cell immunotherapy.
The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care
Exhausted nurse resting their head.

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The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care

A study co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Jacqueline Nikpour and J. Margo Brooks Carthon finds nurses in primary care face burnout and poor work environments, especially in low-income clinics.

From Penn LDI

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.