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  • Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program

    World-renowned scholar of democratic theory and practice Sigal Ben-Porath, who has been a professor at Penn since 2004, will assume the role Sept. 1.
    Sigal Ben-Porath
    Sigal Ben-Porath is the MRMJJ Presidential Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education with secondary appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.
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  • Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease
    Emissions from a power plant.

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    Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease

    New research from Penn Medicine finds living in areas with high concentration of air pollution is associated with increased buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, accelerating cognitive decline.

    Sep 9, 2025

    Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2026 Lorentz Medal
    Charles Kane

    Charles Kane, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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    Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2026 Lorentz Medal

    Awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the medal honors Kane’s pioneering research on topological insulators.

    Sep 4, 2025