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Dean Frederick Steiner, Stuart Weitzman and Stephen Kieran standing outside on Penn’s campus.

Penn announces plan for Stuart Weitzman Hall at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design

The renovation and expansion of historic Morgan Building will create a state-of-the-art facility.

Penn junior Ha-Nam Yoon named a Udall Scholar

Ha-Nam Yoon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, recognized for leadership, public service, and a commitment to issues related to the environment.

Torso of a pregnant person with arms crossed standing by a hospital bed in Botswana.

Daily micronutrient supplements during pregnancy reduce birth complications

The results of a six-year study of nearly 100,000 women in Botswana suggest iron plus folic acid and vitamins is better at reducing adverse birth outcomes compared to iron or folic acid alone.

Aerial view of Franklin Field with bodies arranged to spell out 2022.

By the Numbers

Class of 2022: By the Numbers

On May 16, more than 6,000 students are eligible to graduate at the University-wide Commencement ceremony, and Penn will confer eight honorary degrees.

27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants

Twenty-seven Penn students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2022-23 academic year, including 18 seniors who will be graduating May 16.

Satellite view of receding sea ice from space.

Facing climate change with optimism

In the course titled Climate Change & the Energy Evolution, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students learn how to use their legal skills to decarbonize the world’s economy.

Left: Alena Blain in a medical white coat. Right: Alena Blain at a table video chatting.

Nurse case manager supports her Ukrainian homeland from afar

As Russia continues its war on Ukraine, Alena Blain, a nurse case manager at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, collects and packages much needed medical supplies to send to hospitals in Ukraine for treating people injured in the war.

A masked person in graduation robes and cap looks at a program.

Commencement 2022 primer

On May 16, Penn will celebrate the first fully in-person Commencement since the 263rd ceremony in 2019.

A cartoon drawing of two silhouetted heads facing each other, with lines to indicate speaking, moving from the mouths to the brains around in a circle.

New journal focuses on how the mind and brain process language

The open-access, online-only Glossa Psycholinguistics recently published its inaugural issue after more than two years of effort from Penn linguist Florian Schwarz and colleagues around the world.

Eric Aroesty, Aravind Krishnan, Udit Garg, Andrew Diep-Tran, and Aarush Sahni.

ToxiSense wins 2022 Venture Lab Startup Challenge

Four first-year students win the $50,000 Perlman Grand Prize for their sustainable water testing method through genetically engineering plants with bioluminescent properties.

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