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Despite lower crime rates in 2020, risk of victimization grew
A shadowy figure walking away on a brick street.

Despite lower crime rates in 2020, risk of victimization grew

Research out of Penn and the Naval Postgraduate School found that early in the pandemic the possibility of getting robbed or assaulted in a public place in the U.S. jumped by 15% to 30%, a rate that has stayed elevated since.

Michele W. Berger

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn
Students outside of Houston Hall at a table with drinks and signs for voting while another student looks at information on the table.

An ‘energetic’ Election Day at Penn

Student volunteers from Penn Leads the Vote greeted voters at Penn Commons, helping them determine their registration status and answering questions.

Lauren Hertzler

At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn
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(Homepage image) Ángel Alvarado was a top economist and lawmaker in Venezuela who was able to escape persecution with Penn’s At-Risk Scholars Program. He is currently the Latin America’s Project Senior Fellow at Penn’s Economics Department.

At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

Kristen de Groot

New discoveries in kagome metals
Liang Wu working on kagome materials in a lab.

New discoveries in kagome metals

A collaborative study reveals insights into the properties of a recently discovered family of superconductors, with implications for future applications in quantum computing and other technologies.

Penn Today Staff

Election Day 2022
Voting booth with a picture of an American flag on it, with other curtained booths behind it in alternating red and blue

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Derry, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Election Day 2022

In what is sure to be an historic election, Penn Today looks back at the stories it published in the months and days leading to the midterms. 

Kristen de Groot

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
Harold McGraw, Liz Magill, and Pam Grossman.

(Left to right) Harold (Terry) McGraw III, former chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Penn President Liz Magill, and GSE dean Pam Grossman. (Image: Steve Belkowitz/PennGSE)

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education

The $16.25 million will create a new center for educational leadership and continue the McGraw Prize.
Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury
Person with a goatee and moustache wearing a tee-shirt and vest, the hand wrapped up in gauze as if it was injured. The person has a pained expression.

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Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury

Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.

Michele W. Berger