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Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days
Volunteers smiling and carrying tools and supplies during the block build event.

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Penn lends support to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia effort repairing 11 local homes in two days

Marking a milestone block build, 70 Penn volunteers combined forces with Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, a nonprofit with roots at the University, to revitalize owner-occupied houses in the West Philadelphia community. The momentous two-day event involved a block build and speaking program—with a local homeowner sharing a heartfelt message.

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Fine art and design using artificial intelligence
Jessica Mach standing outside with her arm resting on a low brick wall

Mach is majoring in psychology and design in the College of Arts and Sciences. 

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Fine art and design using artificial intelligence

Through the design course Artificial Intelligence in Art, second-year Jessica Mach has discovered AI's potential through creating several projects, including a video story and an interactive game.

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Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows  
Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky headshots

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences each have been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

(Images: Courtesy of Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky)

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows  

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences each have been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Do ‘harm reduction’ interventions for substance use lower or raise trust in government?

Do ‘harm reduction’ interventions for substance use lower or raise trust in government?

“Harm reduction” interventions for substance use such as needle exchange programs and methadone distribution aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or prevent it, and have repeatedly shown to lower the risk of overdoses, mortality, and drug-related crime. But in many communities in rural America, there is a stigma attached to these approaches.

Veterinary student on the human benefits of poultry medicine
Dana Bubka.

Dana Bubka, an aspiring diagnostic poultry veterinarian, has been doing clinical rotations at New Bolton Center leading up to her graduation in May from the School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Veterinary student on the human benefits of poultry medicine

Dana Bubka came to the School of Veterinary Medicine knowing she wanted to be a poultry veterinarian, and after graduation, she is staying at Penn for a residency in anatomic pathology.

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Cary Coglianese on the future of administrative law

Cary Coglianese on the future of administrative law

Penn Carey Law’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science has published one of the first scholarly analyses of Supreme Court’s landmark Loper Bright decision, which overturned the four-decade-old Chevron doctrine and sparked intense debates over the future of administrative law.

From Penn Carey Law

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Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Berger, the Daniel S. Och University Professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine department of Cell & Developmental Biology and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, is recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

New guidance on diagnosing malnutrition in critically ill adults

New guidance on diagnosing malnutrition in critically ill adults

The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition has published new guidance statements for diagnosing malnutrition in adults with critical illness co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Charlene Compher in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.