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Studying how infants learn language
second-year Ziana Sundrani and third-year Taiwo Adeaga stand next to each other.

Image: Eric Sucar

Studying how infants learn language

Supported by PURM, second-year Ziana Sundrani and third-year Taiwo Adeaga worked in the Infant Language Center over the summer on a project exploring how infants figure out which things are words.
A blueprint for change in acute and critical care nursing
Three nurses with smartphones and charts looking overworked.

Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen

A blueprint for change in acute and critical care nursing

A new article from Penn Nursing faculty proposes a significant shift in how nursing care is measured within acute and critical care settings by recognizing the full scope of a nurse’s work and its impact on patient outcomes.

From Penn Nursing News

A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries
yellowed historic document with a grid of squares and a hand holding a photo

A map of the stalls at the historic Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. 

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A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries

Tens of thousands of items related to public markets acquired by Penn alum David K. O’Neil create a collection unique in size and scope. Spanning four centuries from locations near and far, his collection now has a home at the Penn Libraries.
A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up
A lab worker with latex gloves doing mRNA research.

The flurry of new innovation in mRNA beyond COVID-19 vaccines began prior to Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó’s Nobel, but the award has only built on the wave of enthusiasm for mRNA research.

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A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

In 2023, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó received Nobel Prize recognition for mRNA vaccines. Today, the work continues apace as successes across the University show how medicine is changing rapidly as a result of the prize-winning discovery.

Alex Gardner

A discussion about speech, solidarity, and forgiveness
A group of people listening at a table.

(From left) Charles “Chaz” Howard, Anita Allen, Jane Holahan, Fariha Khan, Mei Long, and Josh Teplitsky.

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A discussion about speech, solidarity, and forgiveness

At an event at the School of Dental Medicine, members of the Penn community gathered to talk about the intersection of free speech and racism in academia.
A look at Penn’s Information Systems and Computing
IT expert stands next to a server.

Members of the Information Systems & Computing division discuss how they partner with campus information technology teams to secure and maintain the vital systems that are becoming increasingly reliant upon.

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A look at Penn’s Information Systems and Computing

A conversation with staff from the University’s central information technology division.
Twisted sheets yield electrifying outcomes
Artist's rendering of a quantum computing unit.

iStock/Bartlomiej Wroblewski

Twisted sheets yield electrifying outcomes

Researchers uncovered how twisting layers of a material can generate a mysterious electron-path-deflecting effect, unlocking new possibilities for controlling light and electrons in quantum materials.
A historian’s look at abolition and citizenship
Sarah Gronningsater and the cover of her book, “The Rising Generation.”

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A historian’s look at abolition and citizenship

In the late 1700s, New York and four other northern states passed laws that freed children born to enslaved women. Sarah Gronningsater, an assistant professor of history in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, wanted to know more about how this extraordinary situation affected those children.

Susan Ahlborn