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Is workplace loyalty gone for good?

The modern workplace has become increasingly transactional, a marked transformation from the post-war era when employees stayed put until they retired with a party, a gold watch, and a nice pension.

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter

Claire Conklin Sabel, a doctoral student in Penn’s History and Sociology of Science department, uncovers the findings of 18th-century amateur naturalist Elizabeth Thomas, along with illustrator Alix Pentecost-Farren, who brings Thomas’ work to life.

A masked doctor and patient speaking at a desk.

How Penn Family Medicine forms a foundation of LGBTQ+ primary care

The first primary care appointment for a patient who identify as LGBTQ is exactly like any appointment for any patient — clinicians are focused on treating them holistically and on listening to the concerns that brought them in for care.

Thrower Cam Landis stands in front of the Penn Museum, where the anthropology museum is based.

Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit

May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel.

A view of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a long building of orange brick and blue angled roofs. The Schuylkill River flows in the foreground.

Art museums plant seeds of human flourishing

Researchers from the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project in the Positive Psychology Center at Penn have found that art museums are associated with wide-ranging benefits to human health.

Microscopic view of an individual cell illuminated in bright colors.

Center for Engineering Mechanobiology 2.0: Developing ‘mechanointelligence’

The new interdisciplinary Center for Engineering Mechanobiology brings together researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine together with those from across campus and beyond around the concept of “mechanointelligence.”

Rendering depicting aerial view of new life sciences building on Pennovation Works campus

A $365 million development will expand the life sciences hub at Pennovation Works

Penn Senior Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli speaks with Penn Today about the evolution of the research and manufacturing project, led by Longfellow Real Estate Developers, and its value for Penn and the region.

The door of a prison cell open, with closed cells behind it.

Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men

A review of literature from the past decade found that for this group in the U.S. such a detention was linked to higher levels of psychological distress, more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, and more.

At the Outdoor NCAA Track and Field Championships, Marc Minichello of the men’s track & field team prepares to throw the javelin.

Minichello wins national championship in javelin throw

The 2022 graduate became the ninth individual national champion in program history on Wednesday at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Shoshana Weintraub, Sarah Beth Gleeson, and Julia Yan.

Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution

May graduates Sarah Beth Gleeson, Shoshana Weintraub, and Julia Yan will use their President’s Sustainability Prize to create a device for trapping microfibers in laundry machines to reduce ocean microplastic pollution.

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