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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

What our twice-a-year shifts to the clock do to the body
Pattern of black retro alarm clocks show 2 o'clock and one shows 3 o'clock

What our twice-a-year shifts to the clock do to the body

Disruptions to sleep patterns and the body's circadian rhythms are a toll of the twice-a-year shifts between Daylight Saving Time and standard time, says sleep expert Philip Gehrman.

Katherine Unger Baillie

New podcast series features captivating conversations with Penn alumnae
Alanna Shanahan, director of Penn Athletics, at Franklin Field

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New podcast series features captivating conversations with Penn alumnae

Alanna Shanahan, director of Penn Athletics, is hosting a series of interviews with alumnae in support of “Power the Next 100,” a new fundraising initiative focused on women’s varsity athletics.

Penn Today Staff

From ‘the United States are’ to ‘the United States is’
A photograph of a wheeled cannon pointing out at the horizon

The U.S. fought a bloody civil war over whether sovereign authority should reside at the state or federal level. Battles like the one at Gettysburg, pictured here, were only a small part of the ideological fight. (Photo by John Kostyk on Unsplash)

From ‘the United States are’ to ‘the United States is’

Political scientist Melissa M. Lee on how the linguistic shift from plural to singular demonstrates the evolution of sovereign authority in the U.S.

Kristina García