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Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions
Ph.D. students Jacqueline Wallis and Afton Greco are embedded at the Academy at Palumbo in South Philadelphia, where they give philosophy lessons on curriculum-relevant topics and run an after-school Philosophy Club.
News・ Sports
Gayle selected Ivy League Rookie of the Year
The first-year guard is averaging 14.1 points per game and leads the team in assists, steals, and three-point field goals.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award
Korisepati, a student in the Hunstman Program at Penn, accepted the 2024 Diana Legacy Award from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony held March 14.
News・ Science & Technology
Interfacial phenomena: Samantha McBride’s untapped resource for water sustainability
At her lab, McBride is developing technology that can change the face of water security using a multidisciplinary range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, and materials science.
News・ Campus & Community
The back story: The Penn Museum’s crystal ball
For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Asia Galleries of the Penn Museum.
News・ Campus & Community
Presidential Commission provides progress update, to launch listening sessions
The group presented early findings and preliminary recommendations to Interim President J. Larry Jameson and is providing a new way for the Penn community to get involved.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians
A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago.
News・ Health Sciences
‘Dual target’ cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors
Early Penn Medicine trial results show that targeting two tumor-associated proteins in patients with recurrent glioblastoma may be a promising step toward developing cell therapies for solid tumors.
News・ Science & Technology
Soft support can make unexpectedly stable glass
A team of researchers from Penn and the Brookhaven National Laboratory find a new way to manufacture stable glass.
News・ Campus & Community
Art Matters: Jenny Holzer’s ‘125 Years’
A new installment in the ‘Art Matters’ series is a historical meander through en plein air text-based art and landscape design.