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This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others
Kenya Pitt.

Kenya Pitt is the chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

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This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others

Kenya Pitt, chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, devotes her time to workforce strategies from compensation to talent acquisition to employee retention for the nearly 4,000 employees at PPMC.

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Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows
Dipti Pitta with cows.

Dipti Pitta and researchers in her lab at the School of Veterinary Medicine are investigating how adding a certain type of red seaweed to a cow's diet can curtail methane emissions, which are one of the top contributors to climate warming.

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Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows

New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine has implications for addressing a leading contributor to climate warming.
Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
A gloved hand dripping a substance from a pipette onto pills.

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Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs

Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.

Eric Horvath

Four academic journeys explored
Vijay Balasubramanian writes equations on a whiteboard with a graduate student

Younger scientists often ask him about exploring multiple fields, Balasubramanian says. The advice he offers is to “have a central line where you have credibility, where you’ve established that you’re really, really good at what you do, and you can be trusted.”

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Four academic journeys explored

Vijay Balasubramanian and Tukufu Zuberi in the School of Arts & Sciences, Amy Hillier in the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Brittany Watson in the School of Veterinary Medicine share their academic paths toward interdisciplinary work.

Kristina García

Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods
Matthew Breier reads city directory.

Matthew Breier, a rising third-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent a lot of time going through Philadelphia’s 1918 city directory this summer. Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, he is helping professor David Barnes understand the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on the city’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods.

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Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods

Rising third-year Matthew Breier has been conducting research with public health historian David Barnes through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.
New Arthur Ross Gallery show explores the legacy of American artist David Driskell
two people looking at five artworks on a wall

The new exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery, “David C. Driskell and Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship,” is on view until Sept. 15.

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New Arthur Ross Gallery show explores the legacy of American artist David Driskell

A new exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery, on view through Sept. 15, explores the work and legacy of David Driskell, a leading American artist, scholar, and curator who was central to establishing African American art as a field of study.
Two Penn alums selected for the MLB Draft
Left, Jackson Appel at bat; right: Eli Trop pitching.

Left: 2023 Penn graduate Jackson Appel; right: 2024 graduate Eli Trop.

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Two Penn alums selected for the MLB Draft

Jackson Appel has been selected by the Chicago White Sox, and the Phillies take on Eli Trop.

From Penn Athletics

What’s That? The Paleontologist’s Cottage
A small hut in the middle of a clearing blanketed with bromeliads.

At the Paleontologist’s Cottage, tree ferns and bromeliads set the stage for Mesozoic botany. 

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What’s That? The Paleontologist’s Cottage

The Paleontologist’s Cottage at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens celebrates plants with ties to the age of dinosaurs.

Kristina García

Supporting vital immigrant defense
Members of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic in the office of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Members of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic traveled to Georgia to assist the Southern Poverty Law Center’s work representing immigrant detainees.

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Supporting vital immigrant defense

Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.

From Penn Carey Law