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Why young voters tune out
Glynn Boltman working on her laptop.

Fourth-year Glynn Boltman traveled to three swing states—Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Nevada—to have deep conversations about politics with young people in everyday settings.

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Why young voters tune out

Fourth-year Glynn Boltman set out to explore why many young Americans intentionally disengage from politics. Her findings, which she turned into a podcast, challenge common assumptions about political disengagement—and suggest a need for more empathy.

From Omnia

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Awards and accolades for faculty and graduate students
College Green in spring.

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Awards and accolades for faculty and graduate students

A roundup of the latest awards and honors for several faculty members and graduate students across various Penn Schools.

Penn Today Staff

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Sacrifice versus suffering: Examining unheard stories of the past
Rafaella Lambrinos

Rafaella Lambrinos, a fourth-year history major, documented British food rationing during World War II and the ensuing Bengal famine of 1943 for her honors thesis.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Sacrifice versus suffering: Examining unheard stories of the past

Fourth-year Rafaella Lambrinos traveled to London to study archival records about the Bengal famine of 1943 and British food rationing, gaining greater insight into the study of the past.

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Emmy Keogh is buttering up her post-graduation plans
Emmy Keogh selling her butter at table.

Emmy Keogh is a Class of 2026 communications major and founder of bespoke butter company Debonair Butter Company.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Emmy Keogh is buttering up her post-graduation plans

The graduating fourth-year communications major has used many of Penn’s resources for entrepreneurs to get her bespoke butter company churning.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood

The HAVEN team with Liz Donaghue, assistant shelter director, in Jane Addams’ Bright Spaces room.

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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood

HAVEN, a winning project of the 2026 President’s Engagement Prize developed by three fourth-year undergraduates, will launch an after-school program for K-5 children at Jane Addams Place, a homeless shelter in North Philadelphia.

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Three from Penn elected to the American Philosophical Society
Ezekiel Emanuel, Liz Magill, and Sophia Rosenfeld

Penn faculty members Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Elizabeth Magill, and Sophia Rosenfeld have been elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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Three from Penn elected to the American Philosophical Society

Ezekiel Emanuel, Liz Magill, and Sophia Rosenfeld have been recognized for extraordinary achievements in their fields.

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Innovating computer chips to run more efficiently
Nhlanhla Mavuso looking at an electronic board in the Moore Building.

Nhlanhla Mavuso of Fluid Silicon at work in the Moore Building.

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Innovating computer chips to run more efficiently

Fluid Silicon, a platform from President’s Sustainability Prize winner Nhlanhla Mavuso, allows computer chips to continuously monitor their health and self-tune as their characteristics change. The technology has the potential to reduce energy usage in data centers and improve reliability in mission-critical applications.

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Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions
Tingfeng Yang.

Tingfeng Yan is a Friends of the MCEAS Fellow at the McNeil Center.

(Image: Courtesy of The McNeil Center Center for Early American Studies)

Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions

At the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Friends of the MCEAS Fellow Tingfeng Yan is uncovering the political ideas and practices that informed the creation of U.S. constitutionalism.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

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