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Exploring what it means to be curious
Book cover of Curious Minds: The Power of Connection by Perry Zurn and Dani S. Bassett along side image of the two scholars

Exploring what it means to be curious

In a new book “Curious Minds: The Power of Connection,” Penn’s Dani S. Bassett and twin sibling Perry Zurn weave together history, linguistics, network science, neuroscience, and philosophy to unpack the concept of curiosity.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Pandemic bike-share boom crossed socioeconomic lines
Bike rider in the rain coming down a street with cars and trucks in the opposite lane

Karen Wisnia rides to her Penn Medicine office rain or shine, a waterproof bag being a crucial piece of gear. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

Pandemic bike-share boom crossed socioeconomic lines

A new Weitzman study reports an increase in trip duration for all bike-share users across Philadelphia, challenging the assumption that low-income populations are less likely to use such services.

Marilyn Perkins

New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Rendering of a new plaza exterior at night.

Night view of the Stuart Weitzman Theatre from the Annenberg Center Plaza. Representative architectural rendering, subject to change.

New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand
ultrasound training boot camp

(Homepage image) Second-year students practice ultrasound-guided IV insertion on specialized manikin arms, supervised by their fourth-year TAs.

Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand

An integrated four-year ultrasound curriculum helps Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine students build competence and confidence in the classroom and the clinic.

Karen L. Brooks for Penn Medicine Magazine

Penn dominates Colgate
Wearing his white Penn jersey, Stas Korzeniowski of the men's soccer team ticks the ball down the field.

Penn dominates Colgate

Behind a hat trick by sophomore forward Stas Korzeniowski, the men’s soccer team defeated Colgate 4-1 on Sunday in New York.
Reopening the ARCH building
President Liz Magill cuts the ceremonial ribbon with three students. A wood-paneled staircase is the backdrop

Jeffrey Yu, President Magill, Taussia Boadi, and Elizabeth Ramos cut the ribbon to celebrate the reopening of the ARCH building with cultural resource centers and affiliated groups, many of which were formerly housed at the garden level, now having full use of the building.

Reopening the ARCH building

A Sept. 7 event celebrated the building’s new incarnation as a centrally located space dedicated exclusively to cultural resource centers and affiliate groups.

Kristina García

President Magill’s Phillies debut
Liz Magill holds a baseball on the field of Citizens Bank Park

President Magill’s Phillies debut

Penn’s ninth president threw a ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s baseball game.

Lauren Hertzler

Solving medical mysteries with genetics: The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center
Janet Waterhouse practicing yoga.

After decades, Janet Waterhouse received a diagnosis from a genetic counselor at Penn Medicine. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Solving medical mysteries with genetics: The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center

The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center works to achieve a genetic diagnosis for as many patients as possible, and establish clinical trials using novel gene and molecular therapies.

Kelsey Geesler

Digital assets and the future of finance
Rostin Behnam and Sarah Hammer sitting on stage.

Sarah Hammer, managing director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, and Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), lead a discussion about “Digital Assets and the Future of Global Financial Stability” at the Perry World House. (Image: Perry World House)

Digital assets and the future of finance

Perry World House and the Wharton School co-hosted a lecture that examined how digital assets have grown in recent years.

Dee Patel