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A vigil to remember, a vigil for hope
Dr. Amy Gutmann hugs an attendee of the vigil

A vigil to remember, a vigil for hope

“We hold out for better days to come and we will always hold tightly to one another,” Penn’s President Amy Gutmann said, addressing a crowd at a vigil for the New Zealand mosque shooting victims.

Lauren Hertzler

Groundbreaking chemistry research at record speeds
High-Throughput Experimentation Laboratory

Groundbreaking chemistry research at record speeds

The state-of-the-art High-Throughput Experimentation Laboratory helps chemistry researchers make new discoveries in record time.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Bringing healthy smiles to Philadelphia communities
patient looking in the mirror after dental work

Bringing healthy smiles to Philadelphia communities

In health care facilities embedded around Philadelphia, students and faculty from the School of Dental Medicine are ramping up the care they provide to underserved populations.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Not-so-self-evident truths
Sophia Rosenfeld

Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History

Not-so-self-evident truths

In her new book, Sophia Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, digs up the roots of the relationship between democracy and truth.

Penn Today Staff

Making headway against a killer virus
ebola virus through the microscope

Making headway against a killer virus

Around Penn, clinicians and researchers are focused on Ebola, working to ensure this disease—fearsomely lethal—can be vanquished.

Katherine Unger Baillie

School spirit with Maya Moore
Cheerleaders prepare to lift up Maya Moore during a Penn basketball game.

School spirit with Maya Moore

The junior flyer on the cheerleading team discusses the training and practice required for the sport, flipping and flying through the air, and her interest in health and medicine.
Bridge to Ph.D. program provides a way forward for greater access in STEM fields
a group of students and a professor looking at a chalk board covered in math equations

Penn’s Bridge to Ph.D. program provides students from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to earn master’s degrees in mathematics while also preparing for a Ph.D. The students are advised by Ryan Hynd (not pictured) and Philip Gressman (center). 

Bridge to Ph.D. program provides a way forward for greater access in STEM fields

The pilot program in the Department of Mathematics enables students from underrepresented groups to become the next generation of enterprising mathematicians.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Gaining momentum by the minute
michael wong

Gaining momentum by the minute

Michael Wong, the student behind startup InstaHub, chats about his path to Penn, his passion for entrepreneurship, and his plans after graduation in May.

Lauren Hertzler

College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces—but could be doing more
Person in a black dress standing on stairs for a portrait.

Diane Spatz is a professor of perinatal nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, and a nurse scientist for the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. (Image: Eric Sucar)

College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces—but could be doing more

Breastfeeding mothers in higher-education environments can typically find a place to pump, but only recently have institutions begun to prioritize access to this resource.

Michele W. Berger

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