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University of Pennsylvania Health System releases Climate and Sustainability Action Plan
Penn Medicine Pavilion.

Penn Medicine’s 1.5 million-square-foot Pavilion marked a health care first when it received the prestigious LEED Gold Building Certification for Sustainability.

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University of Pennsylvania Health System releases Climate and Sustainability Action Plan

The plan outlines a sweeping strategy to become the nation’s most eco-friendly health care organization.

Kelsey Geesler

Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar
Om Gandhi.

Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship. 

(Image: Courtesy of Om Gandhi)

Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar

Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. He is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars, and an expected 100 worldwide.
Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views
The U.S. Capitol.

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Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views

A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that Democrats and Republicans consistently underestimate the diversity of views within each party on hot-button issues like immigration and abortion.

From Annenberg School for Communication

A link between liver-brain communication and daily eating patterns
A person taking food out of the fridge late at night.

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A link between liver-brain communication and daily eating patterns

A new study by researchers at Penn Medicine finds that disconnecting a connection in the vagus nerve corrects overeating and weight gain caused by a defective “liver clock.”

From Penn Medicine News

A Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian
Brie Gettleson leans her elbow on a shelf in the library stacks

Brie Gettleson, Latin American studies librarian in the Center for Global Collections, is now offering office hours at the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

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    • A Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian

    Brie Gettleson speaks about her role as a subject librarian with the Penn Libraries and liaison for the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

    Kristina García

    Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage
    Ritesh Agarwal looks through a microscope in his lab.

    Ritesh Agarwal is the Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar and a professor of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

    Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage

    Researchers led by Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a groundbreaking, ultra-low-energy method for creating amorphous materials, which could boost the efficiency of phase-change memory technology, potentially revolutionizing data storage.

    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
    Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevit, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhkar, and Andre Dombroski.

    Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevitt, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhakar, and Andre Dombroski.

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    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

    On Nov. 15, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and André Dombrowski will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
    Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership
    Ashley Vanderbeck with vet students in Malawi.

    Ashley Vanderbeck (third from left) with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources veterinary students.

    (Image: Courtesy of Ashley Vanderbeck for Penn Vet News)

    Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership

    Ashley Vanderbeck spent a semester at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi thanks to a novel program between Penn Vet and LUANAR to foster educational exchange and research opportunities.

    From Penn Vet

    An updated Database of Early English Playbooks: DEEP 2.0
    William Shakespeare.

    Image: Adobe Stock/Tony Baggett

    An updated Database of Early English Playbooks: DEEP 2.0

    The 20-year-old Database of Early English Playbooks has become an invaluable resource for research on Shakespeare and many other playwrights of his time. The catalogue has been revised and relaunched as DEEP 2.0, with support from Penn’s Price Lab for Digital Humanities.

    From Omnia