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Ali Zaidi (right) and Justin Worland in discussion at Perry World House.

White House national climate advisor talks Inflation Reduction Act results and reasons for hope

In a fireside chat at Penn, Ali Zaidi talked about the Biden Administration’s climate policy as a throughline to securing global competitiveness and domestic prosperity.

An adult giving a high school student menstrual pads.

A champion for period products in Pennsylvania schools

Kayla Cook ensures that all middle and high school students in a Lancaster school district have access to dispensing bins, which hold tampons, pads, and liners in every individual women’s or gender-neutral bathroom stall.

Zeke Emanuel and Mark Cuban in discussion in front of an audience.

Mark Cuban’s take on prescription drug pricing models

In late November, hundreds of students, researchers, faculty, and staff from Penn’s Wharton School Health Care Management attended a discussion between entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Ezekiel Emanuel.

A crowd of Syrians gather in an open space. To the right, they are waving a revolutionary flag.

What comes next for Syria

Perry World House held a discussion featuring Penn experts to confront the future of Syria after the fall of the Assad regime and what the world can expect.

A classroom of students sitting behind desks. One student is at the front of the classroom delivering a presentation.

Vietnamese language program expansion builds cultural community

The expansion into the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations has been partly driven by heritage speakers seeking to connect with their families and cultures.

The exterior of the Vagelos building lit up with dramatic lighting.

An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future

Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

Steve Fluharty seated at a table with hands folded.

A decade-plus legacy of Penn Arts & Sciences

In recognition of the end of Steven J. Fluharty’s term as dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, a look at the School’s growth and innovation over 12 years.

Karen Verderame sits at her desk holding a tarantula.

Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame

Verderame, an outreach educator at the School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her kinship with misunderstood animals, introducing students to veterinary medicine, the black market for insects, her favorite part of her job, and the dreaded spotted lanternfly.

3-D rendering of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, a treatment for a variety of cancers

Keto diet metabolite may power up CAR T cells to kill cancer

Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy.

A hand holding a crystal ball with finance charts and graphs inside.

The future of finance

Hosted by Wharton finance professor Itay Goldstein, this four-part podcast series takes a deep dive into the cutting-edge insights and pioneering perspectives of innovation experts in the finance industry.

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