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Pottruck Center powerlifts 20 years
During the Pottruck Center's 20th anniversary celebration on Jan. 20, the Penn Quaker does a bench press in the second-floor weight room.

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Pottruck Center powerlifts 20 years

On Jan. 20, the Penn community celebrated the 20th anniversary of the David S. Pottruck Health & Fitness Center. To much fanfare, the facility officially opened on Jan. 17, 2003.
What comes next for women and girls in Afghanistan
Four people sit on a stage in front of a screen reading "Perry World House University of Pennsylvania" at a talk about Afghan women's rights.

LeShawn Jefferson, Manizha Wafeq, Joy Kolin, and Wazhmah Osman (left to right) discussed how Afghan women and girls are continuing to fight for their rights despite the Taliban’s efforts. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

What comes next for women and girls in Afghanistan

A panel discussion at Perry World House explored how Afghan women and girls have continued to organize and fight for their own equality despite the Taliban’s resurgence.

Kristen de Groot

Clearing the air with biomaterials
Laia Mogas-Soldevila leans over a railing to smell a hanging display at the ICA.

“We were excited that it was a pleasant smell, had been historically mapped to human health, and could contribute to air quality,” Laia Mogas-Soldevila says of the aromatic lattice.

Clearing the air with biomaterials

Senseable Biomaterials for Healthier Habitats, a project led by assistant professor of architecture Laia Mogas-Soldevila, contributed a lattice installation made from architectural biomaterials to the ICA, acting as an antimicrobial air purifier.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Connor Barwin on the NFL, Wharton, and making the world a better place
Connor Barwin (second from right) stands on the field with other members of the Eagles football team.

Connor Barwin (second from right) and members of the Philadelphia Eagles. (Image: Wharton Stories)

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Connor Barwin on the NFL, Wharton, and making the world a better place

The former NFL outside linebacker for the Eagles, and founder of the Make the World Better Foundation, is enrolled in Wharton’s MBA Program for Executives.

From Wharton Stories

‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future
Sarah J. Jackson and Nikole Hannah-Jones at the 2023 MLK Lecture in social justice

“You can’t get a colorblind society until you’ve addressed all of the effects of a race-specific society,” said Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Sarah J. Jackson. “What the 1619 Project is trying to do is to really complexify and subvert these myths about America.” (Image: Eddy Marenco)

‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future

Nikole Hannah-Jones, award-winning journalist and author of the 1619 Project, delivered the 22nd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice on Jan. 25 in conversation with Sarah Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication.

Kristina García

John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost
John L. Jackson Jr.

John L. Jackson Jr.

(Image: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania)

John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost

The Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Richard Perry University Professor will begin his appointment on June 1, 2023.

Five things to know about this year’s ‘tripledemic’
two young people wearing lie under a blanket on a couch, looking sick

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Five things to know about this year’s ‘tripledemic’

The Perelman School of Medicine’s E. John Wherry and Scott Hensley discuss the season’s confluence of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV and how our bodies are responding.

Katherine Unger Baillie