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    Caitlyn Chen’s path to becoming a physician-scientist
    Caitlyn Chen.

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    Caitlyn Chen’s path to becoming a physician-scientist

    The fourth-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, who will pursue medical school after graduation, spent her time at Penn applying deep knowledge of the natural sciences to research more affordable microsensors for medical devices.

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    Three questions to guide thoughtful, human-centered AI use in the classroom
    Sarah Pierce behind a desk teaching a class.

    Sarah Pierce is the Denise A. Rotko Associate Dean for Legal Practice Skills at Penn Carey Law.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law)

    Three questions to guide thoughtful, human-centered AI use in the classroom

    Ahead of an AI Month panel showcasing AI use in the classroom at Penn, Catherine Turner of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation poses three questions instructors can consider while planning AI-informed assignments and activities.
    2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?
    nirby pip prize winner working on a laptop in a field

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    2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?

    Nearly a year after being awarded the 2025 President’s Engagement Prize, President’s Innovation Prize, and President’s Sustainability Prize, the recipients—now alumni—provide updates on their projects.

    3 min. read

    Chapters of Change: The blossom of Penn’s professional schools in the 19th century
    Penn’s campus in 1891.

    A view of campus on May 20, 1891, looking northeast toward the corner of 34th and Walnut streets.

    (Image: Courtesy of University Archives)

    Chapters of Change: The blossom of Penn’s professional schools in the 19th century

    “Chapters of Change” highlights key moments of change in Penn’s history, adapting to shifts in society. In the 19th century, the University faced industrialization and more by creating some of its first professional schools.

    6 min. read

    Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative
    Sarah Rottenberg.

    Sarah Rottenberg is assisting three Penn Forward working groups to generate big ideas that will carry Penn into the next decade and beyond.

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    Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative

    Rottenberg, executive director of the Integrated Product Design Program and an adjunct associate professor in the Weitzman School, collaborated with three Penn Forward working groups to optimize idea development.

    3 min. read

    Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
    Two people standing on a brick pathway lined with trees in autumn, wearing formal business attire.

    Patrick Harker and Sara Bachman, co-chairs of Penn Forward's Access, Affordability, and Value working group, on Locust Walk.

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    Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity

    As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.

    7 min. read

    The greatest cover songs, from Whitney Houston to Metallica
     Three people standing in a WXPN radio studio holding framed certificates, with a large WXPN sign and station branding visible in the background.

    WXPN's Mike Vasilikos, Midday host; Robert Drake, producer and Land of the Lost host; and Kristen Kurtis, Morning Show host, holding their results of the 885 Cover Songs Quiz, available at XPN.org as part of the 885 Greatest Cover Songs countdown.

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    The greatest cover songs, from Whitney Houston to Metallica

    Through Dec. 11, WXPN counts down the 885 greatest covers, as voted by listeners.

    2 min. read

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