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    Bringing hope to uterine health patients

    Bringing hope to uterine health patients

    Physician-scientist Kate O’Neill directs innovative research that helps people suffering from infertility, endometriosis, and other issues build families and have excellent quality-of-life.

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    Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials
    Two students working with biodegradable food waste specimens.

    At the DumoLab, research associate Yasaman Amirzehni is working to develop a biocomposite suitable for indoor and outdoor cladding applications, which could eventually serve as true structural components like load-bearing columns.

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    Turning peels into pavers: How Penn designers turn food scraps into biodegradable building materials

    The Weitzman School’s Laia Mogas-Soldevila and Yasaman Amirzehni transform unavoidable food waste—like fruit peels and eggshells, which account for 14.8% of post-consumer restaurant food waste—into durable, biodegradable building materials in collaboration with Penn Dining.

    4 min. read

    Performing Bach and considering his world
    Hands playing a piano.

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    • Performing Bach and considering his world

    Students in the Performance, Analysis, History class explore and perform on piano the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded among history’s greatest composers. Taught by Jamuna Samuel and Yu Xi Wang, the class contextualizes and demystifies Bach through a historical and geographical lens.

    César de la Fuente: Uncovering new antibiotics with AI 
    Cesar de la Fuente in his lab at the University of Pennsylvania

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    César de la Fuente: Uncovering new antibiotics with AI 

    César de la Fuente leverages machine learning to accelerate the discovery of lifesaving drugs and help reduce antibiotic resistance, a rising global health problem.

    At Convocation, first-years called on to ‘embrace the unexpected’
    Franklin Field during Penn’s 2025 Convocation.

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    At Convocation, first-years called on to ‘embrace the unexpected’

    Penn’s 286th academic year formally began at Convocation, where President J. Larry Jameson drew lessons from nature by invoking fireflies—recognizing students’ brilliance, prescribing them to ‘“embrace the unexpected,” and reminding them, “Fireflies do not glow alone.”

    4 min. read

    A year in photos and videos

    A year in photos and videos

    Penn Today’s visual review of the 2024-25 academic year highlights the innovation, community outreach, individual milestones, and collective celebration.

    Penn Today Staff

    1 min. read

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