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Women’s labor and political agency in Delhi
Four women street vendors sell shoes and footwear on a Delhi street.

Four women street vendors sell shoes and footwear on a Delhi street.

(Image: Kannagi Khanna)

Women’s labor and political agency in Delhi

Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.

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National report offers strategies to support families and achieve national goals for breastfeeding in the US

National report offers strategies to support families and achieve national goals for breastfeeding in the US

A new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine outlines a roadmap to strengthen breastfeeding support through national coordination, public health programs and health care strategies, coverage of lactation services and supplies, and workplace supports. Penn Nursing’s Diane L. Spatz served as one of 15 national experts on this study.

Two leadership gifts elevate Jewish Studies at Penn Arts & Sciences
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The Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Professorship of Jewish Studies will provide support for eminent scholars in the field, facilitating research and educational opportunities that might have otherwise been out of reach.

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Two leadership gifts elevate Jewish Studies at Penn Arts & Sciences

A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance scholarship, community engagement, and global impact.

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Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies
A table of common food allergens including shellfish, peanuts, legumes, eggs, and milk.

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Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies

Early research from Penn Medicine finds a new mRNA vaccine stops allergens from causing immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation, with promise for future treatment for a variety of seasonal and food allergies.

Alex Gardner

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Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Nafisa Bangura (left) and Angelica Dadda (right) doing hands-on experimental work in the Composto Lab.

Nafisa Bangura (left) and Angelica Dadda (right) examine CoolSeal-treated asphalt bricks in the Composto Lab to better understand how this coating behaves in controlled environments.

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Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia

Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.

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Stokes repeats as Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week

Stokes repeats as Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week

For the second consecutive week, fourth-year return specialist Julien Stokes earned Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week. He’s just the 11th player in program history to earn an Ivy weekly award in back-to-back weeks and the first on special teams.

Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
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Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars

Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.

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Does AI limit creativity?
Graphic art of two stylized heads looking at each other.

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Does AI limit creativity?

Research co-authored by Wharton professors Gideon Nave and Christian Terwiesch finds that while ChatGPT improves the quality of individual ideas, it also leads groups to generate more similar ideas. 

From Knowledge at Wharton

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The discovery of a tomb linked to King Midas
The South Gate cemetery excavations, with Gareth Darbyshire (foreground left), Brian Rose (foreground right), and Simon Greenslade (middle background). Tumulus MM is in the distance at upper left

The South Gate cemetery excavations, with Gareth Darbyshire (foreground left), Brian Rose (foreground right), and Simon Greenslade (middle background).

(Image: Gebhard Bieg)

The discovery of a tomb linked to King Midas

Penn researchers and collaborators have discovered a 2,800-year-old royal tomb linked to Midas Dynasty in Gordion, Türkiye.

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From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
John Jackson rests his hands on a table in front of a bookcase.

Provost John L. Jackson Jr.

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From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward

In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.

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