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Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024”

Weitzman’s Sharon Hayes explores performance, identity, and history

The professor of fine arts is debuting the fifth installment of her video series “Ricerche” at the 2024 Whitney Biennial.

A large group of people seated at tables at a conference.

A new $250M approach to addressing health care patients’ food insecurities

Penn plays a major scientific role in new initiative backed by the American Heart Association- and Rockefeller Foundation-led consortium.

Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi pose on Penn's campus in front of College Hall, green grass and a huge tree.

Positioned for Success

The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.

B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms

Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS.

Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine

Promising preclinical results from a new Penn Medicine study suggest an mRNA vaccine platform could limit the impact of avian flu pandemics.

Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni sit at a table clutching Penn-branded mugs filled with tea.

Brewing brilliance

Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science turn tea time into new ideas.

One person whispers in the ear of another.

How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation?

Researchers Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, and Joshua B. Plotkin in Penn’s Department of Biology developed a model incorporating two forms of gossip to study indirect reciprocity.

A parent holding a baby voting at a polling place.

Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022

Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.

Maya Moritz giving a lecture in front of a mural.

Can more art equal less crime?

Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.

Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar

Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford for a year.

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