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    Articles from Brandon K. Baker
    Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being
    Eileen Feng leans against a pole.

    Eileen Feng, a graduate student in the Integrated Product Design, inside Tangen Hall. 

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    Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being

    Through a community-led partnership project, graduate student Eileen Feng and an interdisciplinary, cross-school team are working with local youth to tailor an AI-supported platform for healing through creative arts.
    Celebrating the architectural legacy of Penn’s first Black architecture graduate
    Peter Cook and J. Larry Jameson in front of a portrait of Julian Abele.

    Peter Cook, a descendant of Julian Abele, and Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson next to a newly unveiled framed portrait of Julian Abele that decorates Eisenlohr Hall. 

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    Celebrating the architectural legacy of Penn’s first Black architecture graduate

    At a gathering at Eisenlohr Hall, a portrait of renowned architect Julian Abele and a series of his paintings were unveiled, formally recognizing his design contributions to one of campus’ iconic structures.
    Takeaways to understand ‘indirect costs’ and NIH funding
    A gloved medical researcher handling pipettes in a lab.

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    Takeaways to understand ‘indirect costs’ and NIH funding

    Penn’s Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Mark Dingfield and Senior Associate Vice Provost and Senior Associate Vice President for Research Missy Peloso explain facilities and administrative (‘indirect’) costs and the implications of potential NIH funding cuts.
    ‘JeepyTA’ has entered the chat
    Rachel Liu sitting at a counter with her laptop.

    Rachel Liu, a first-year doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Education.

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    ‘JeepyTA’ has entered the chat

    At Penn’s Graduate School of Education, the Penn Center for Learning Analytics is piloting an AI teaching assistant that fields students’ syllabus questions, generates assignment feedback, and eases the stress of instructors’ and TAs’ emailing schedules.
    Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity
    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson in a lab examining a piece of equipment.

    (Image: Courtesy of VinUniversity)

    Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited VinUni in Hanoi, Vietnam, to commemorate the university’s fifth anniversary and Penn’s seventh year of allyship. He delivered a lecture about how excellent universities advance society.
    A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran
    Ramanan Raghavendran engages in conversation at a conference table.

    University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran.

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    A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

    One year since becoming the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Raghavendran discusses Penn’s advancements from the past year, the purpose of a values statement, and Penn’s strengths as a cultivator of American leadership.
    Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion
    Aaron Levy and students gathered around a table filled with images.

    Aaron Levy, center left, leads a Literature of Care seminar inside the gallery of Public Trust.

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    Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion

    Literature of Care, a course offered every fall in the School of Arts & Sciences, explores medical humanities and the role storytelling plays in patient care.
    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)
    Campus overhead view featuring foliage and various campus buildings

    Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion is the first of its kind nationally, formed in response to recommendations from the Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism, as well as the reports of the University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)

    The office, which is now open, is co-led by Steve Ginsburg and Majid Alsayegh. Deborah Frey will serve as chief investigator.
    A conversation with Interim President J. Larry Jameson
    J. Larry Jameson, seated, animatedly speaking at a table.

    Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson.

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    A conversation with Interim President J. Larry Jameson

    Interim President Jameson discusses the many ways Penn is moving forward, from the opening of state-of-the-art facilities to new initiatives that advance In Principle and Practice.
    Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam
    Group of students and professor pose for a photo in front of a restaurant.

    Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

    (Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson)

    Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam

    In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
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