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Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation

In a Q&A, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren discusses her road to the dual degree program and how the legacy of historic sites is foundational to the climate crisis.

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The hidden costs of AI: Impending energy and resource strain

AI models like ChatGPT have seen notable improvements, but some people are concerned about the societal impacts these new technologies may bring. Deep Jariwala and Benjamin C. Lee discuss energy and resource problems with AI computing.

Lucas Monroe stands under the hoop at the Palestra holding a basketball at his side.

Making moves with Lucas Monroe

The fourth-year guard discusses what he loves about basketball, the history of the game, his social justice work, and his plans for the future.

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States with high COVID-19 death rates also saw high mortality from other causes

Research from Penn, Boston University, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that between March 2020 and February 2021 non-COVID deaths accounted for some 20% of excess mortality.

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Can we intercept cancer?

Penn researchers are developing new ways to detect and “intercept” cancer from every angle, including basic science to understand the molecular changes that lead to cancer and developing new methods for finding it.

Four students dig a hole in a garden at Hamilton School in Philadelphia.

Green solutions are transforming a West Philadelphia grade school

With support from grants and the Netter Center, the Andrew Hamilton School in Cobbs Creek is now home to a food forest and a thriving garden, providing healthy produce, green space, stormwater management, and educational opportunities.

Wearing his red Penn jersey, Owen Coady of the baseball team prepares to throw a pitch from the mound.

Coady earns Ivy Pitcher of the Week honors

The fourth-year pitcher threw seven innings and gave up only one hit and one run in Penn’s 6-1 victory over Lamar on Friday.

Microscopic rendering of a coronavirus cell superimposed over data.

What can network theory offer public health?

Penn Engineering’s Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti and Saswati Sarkar have produced a suite of studies that apply techniques from network and information theory to pandemic control and prevention.

ALOK named first Scholar in Residence at Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center

The residency is made possible by an anonymous $2 million gift.

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Does more money correlate with greater happiness?

Reconciling previously contradictory results, researchers from Penn and Princeton find a steady association between larger incomes and greater happiness for most people but a rise and plateau for an unhappy minority.

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