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Person standing in front of two giant panels of film projected on the wall of NASA footage of a storm on planet Earth.

Robert Gerard Pietrusko on landscape design, spatial modeling, and conspiracy theories

Robert Gerard Pietrusko joined the standing faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture as an associate professor, and teaches a landscape architecture studio called Conspiracy as Method, which looks at a number of natural disasters that have been attributed to climate change.

Black histories and Black futures

Professors and students reflect on 50 years of Black studies at Penn.

Four white-tailed deer in a snow-covered meadow

SARS-CoV-2 is moving between humans and wildlife around the U.S.

In humans the pandemic is showing signs of ebbing. In white-tailed deer and other wildlife, however, infections appear widespread.

Grace Choi aims to redefine food insecurity on college campuses

It’s hard for college students to find time to cook or prioritize eating well, says Choi. She has found that although many researchers connect students’ socioeconomic statuses to their eating habits, almost none gauge what dining options students had access to in the first place, or what factors drive their food choices.

Clark Slajchert, a guard on the men's basketball team, dribbles the ball up the court, wearing a black Penn jersey.

Slajchert’s superb play secures Ivy Rookie of the Week status

The sophomore guard scored 18 points against Yale on Friday and 16 points against Brown on Saturday, including the game-winning bucket.

Preschool children work on art with a teacher

COVID-19 vaccines for young children

As the pandemic enters its third year, kids under five can’t get vaccinated. Researchers explain what’s been unfolding with the vaccine authorization process.

Q&A with Penn’s Interim President Wendell Pritchett

Pritchett, who will serve as the University’s leader until the end of June, discusses his background, his goals, and what he is looking forward to most this semester.

The now-faded walls of a medieval structure, reimagined in digital form

History of Art’s Ivan Drpić is working with sophomore Logan Cho to create 3D renderings of what once-gilded paintings on the walls of a medieval church in Serbia would have looked like.

Three masked workers hang a portrait of Helen Octavia Dickens on the wall.

The history, and future, of Black doctors at Penn

A recent article in Penn Medicine magazine highlights four Black graduates and physicians over 200 years, and the ongoing efforts today to build a more diverse and inclusive community.

Lia Thomas and a competitor from Harvard grasps hands in the pool after a race at the Ivy Championships.

Thomas takes home four first-place finishes at Ivy Championships

The senior put up record-breaking times in three individual events and one relay event, which helped the Quakers achieve their highest finish ever at the conference Championships.

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