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Sizing up Pennsylvania’s creative workforce
Alex Watrous throwing pottery on a wheel.

Waterhouse Pottery focuses on handmade functional wares for home and garden. Alex Watrous earned her BFA in Ceramics at Edinboro University and has since worked professionally in the ceramics industry through manufacturing, retail supply, gallery management and sales, as well as arts administration.

(Image: Courtesy of Bridge Perspective)

Sizing up Pennsylvania’s creative workforce

A new report prepared by Weitzman faculty for the Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, shows a large and diverse creative workforce in the state.

2 min. read

Health in Philly, past and present
Students standing listening to a person speaking.

Students in Andi Johnson’s course Health in Philly: Past and Present visited the nonprofit organization Bebashi in December to present their findings from interviews with staff.

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Health in Philly, past and present

This fall, in Andi Johnson’s course Health in Philly: Past and Present, students worked closely with leadership of the health-focused nonprofit Bebashi to identify ways they could better support staff, while visiting other local health organizations to learn more about how they address issues facing city residents.

5 min. read

Penn Engineering’s Chris Callison-Burch on 25 years of AI innovation
Chris Callison-Burch teaching in a classroom.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering

Penn Engineering’s Chris Callison-Burch on 25 years of AI innovation

Penn Engineering faculty Chris Callison-Burch, a leading researcher in the artificial intelligence field, reflects on decades of technological innovations that have informed the present and future of AI.

2 min. read

Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online

Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online

A new study by Annenberg School for Communication professor Damon Centola and alum Douglas Guilbeault explores how content moderators can reach consensus on classifying controversial material online, including inflammatory, offensive, or hateful images.

Hailey Reissman

2 min. read

A study of the ancient built environment
An ancient excavation site.

A view of the trench with the early Hellenistic mosaic.

(Image: Courtesy Teos Archaeological Project)

A study of the ancient built environment

A book of essays co-edited by history of art professor Mantha Zarmakoupi dives into a historic movement focused on recentering how we think about ecological concerns and the built environment.

2 min. read

When employees feel slighted, they work less

When employees feel slighted, they work less

New research from Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent
A black lab smelling an odor in an olfactometer.

Dalton at the olfactometer lineup.

(Image: Shelby Wise)

Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent

Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better screening tool and more effective treatments.

3 min. read

Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative
Sarah Rottenberg.

Sarah Rottenberg is assisting three Penn Forward working groups to generate big ideas that will carry Penn into the next decade and beyond.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative

    Rottenberg, executive director of the Integrated Product Design Program and an adjunct associate professor in the Weitzman School, collaborated with three Penn Forward working groups to optimize idea development.

    3 min. read

    How interdisciplinary teaching becomes climate action

    How interdisciplinary teaching becomes climate action

    Penn graduate students are learning that net zero is a systems challenge requiring fluency across disciplines, and why interdisciplinary teaching is climate action—including how it builds the human capital the clean energy transition demands.

    From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

    2 min. read

    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia
    Five Penn veterinary surgeons performing surgery.

    Members of Penn Vet’s orthopedic team perform surgery in the Total Hip Replacement Program, including (second from the left) Anna Massie, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery, Jason Syrcle, section chief and professor of clinical small animal orthopedic surgery, and Kimberly Agnello, professor of small animal orthopedic surgery.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet)

    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia

    Total hip replacement surgery outcomes at Penn Vet have been greatly improved through state-of-the-art technological advances and synergistic programming.

    2 min. read