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Bringing AI into game theory

Bringing AI into game theory

Joshua Plotkin, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences, is working to bring together the fields of game theory and machine learning, in the hopes of discovering new strategies for solving real-world problems.

Where water meets artificial intelligence
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Where water meets artificial intelligence

As part of the new Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence collaboration, The Water Center at Penn is helping answer key questions around technology and sustainability.

From Omnia

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A ‘Rosetta stone’ for molecular systems
Prashant Purohit (left) and Penn Engineering’s Celia Reina (right) in front of a whiteboard.

Penn Engineering’s Prashant Purohit (left) and Celia Reina.

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A ‘Rosetta stone’ for molecular systems

Penn Engineering’s Prashant Purohit (left) and Celia Reina (right), in collaboration with recent doctoral graduate Travis Leadbetter, have spent years developing a mathematical “Rosetta stone” that can translate molecular movements into predictions of larger effects.

Ian Scheffler

2 min. read

New Katz Center fellowship amplifies study of antisemitism through classes, events, and community
Mendel Kranz leaning against bookshelves in a library setting

Mendel Kranz is the inaugural recipient of the Ross-Silk-Lowenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism

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New Katz Center fellowship amplifies study of antisemitism through classes, events, and community

Mendel Kranz, the inaugural recipient of the Ross-Silk-Lowenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, elevates awareness and critical inquiry into antisemitism through research projects, classroom dialogue, and educational events.

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A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040
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A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040

Three Penn faculty members are among more than 40 experts to author a report addressing the persistent challenge of gun violence and proposing solutions stemming from a JAMA Summit convened last spring.

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What will it take to solve America’s housing crisis?

What will it take to solve America’s housing crisis?

A new book co-authored by Wharton real estate professor Joseph Gyourko, “America’s Housing Supply Problem: The Closing of the Suburban Frontier,” examines the variables that contribute to all-time-high home prices by analyzing 50 years’ worth of data to explain growing housing prices, especially in places that were once considered affordable.

Ph.D. researcher Yefan Zhi wins the Hangai Prize

Ph.D. researcher Yefan Zhi wins the Hangai Prize

Yefan Zhi, a third-year Ph.D. student in architecture at the Weitzman School and a member of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory has won the Hangai Prize at the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures Annual Symposium 2025 for co-authoring the paper “Surface-Toolpath Twins of Shell Components in 3D Concrete Printing for Optimized Buildability and Surface Quality”.

What evolutionary and comparative immunology can teach about fish and human immune systems
Oriol Sunyer in his lab.

Penn Vet’s Oriol Sunyer points out rainbow trout, a fish species used in his research.

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What evolutionary and comparative immunology can teach about fish and human immune systems

Penn Vet’s J. Oriol Sunyer explores how studying the evolution of the immune system reveals surprising connections between fish and human immunity, and what these discoveries could mean for the development of new therapies for both fish and humans.

Martin Hackett

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Mapping the links between brain development and mental health
Sheet of a child’s brain scans.

A collaborative team led by Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Golia Shafiei, and Michael P. Milham has developed a large-scale, open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health.

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Mapping the links between brain development and mental health

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain development with mental health disorders.

3 min. read

Opening doors to health care careers 

Opening doors to health care careers 

Hakiem Ellison helps Philadelphia students explore health care career pathways and plan for their future.