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The inner workings of chronic pain
A human head with branches similar to neurons emanating.

Image: iStock/breakermaximus

The inner workings of chronic pain

Jessica Wojick, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, examines the biological experiences of pain and how to mitigate suffering.

Blake Cole

Exploring rosemary extract and wound healing
Jiayi Pang, seated wearing a white lab coat, uses a pipette to fill a test tube as her mentor looks on

Jiayi Pang uses a pipette to fill a tube with the precise amount of rosemary extract as her mentor, Emmanuel Rapp, looks on. 

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Exploring rosemary extract and wound healing

Jiayi Pang, a rising third-year majoring in cell and molecular biology, is studying rosemary's therapeutic effects on skin.

Kristina García

What’s That? The Rittenhouse Orrery
John Pollack standing in front of Rittenhouse Orrery

Penn Libraries curator John Pollack with the Rittenhouse Orrery.

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What’s That? The Rittenhouse Orrery

The Rittenhouse Orrery is a nearly intact 18th-century mechanical model of the solar system, demonstrating the motions of the planets and their satellites around the sun, built by astronomer David Rittenhouse.
Animating for impact
Cartoon-stylized person compassionately touching an elderly person's face.

A still from "Mother," an animated short film about Hong's grandfather’s life, from losing his mother at a young age to building his own family.

(Image: Ejun Hong)

Animating for impact

Funded by RealArts@Penn, rising fourth-year Ejun Hong is spending the summer interning with Sony Pictures in Los Angeles.
Internship offers pathway to careers in the museum field
Ethan Nemeth at a table talking with another person.

Rising third-year Ethan Nemeth (left) was an intern at the Penn Museum through the Summer Humanities Internship Program. He worked at several public events, including the Garden Jams concerts in July. 

(Image: by Emmanuel Beatty for the Penn Museum)

Internship offers pathway to careers in the museum field

Rising third-year Ethan Nemeth (left), one of 17 paid interns at the Penn Museum this summer, works on the team that manages public programs. The ancient history major says the experience has helped him understand career options in the museum field.
Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City
rainwater collections

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Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City

Rising fourth-year Krishna Chandrasekhara spent three weeks in Mexico this summer as part of a project exploring the impact of water collection on public and community health.

Kristina García

Honing writing chops on and off stage
A Penn intern at 1812 seated in the audience seats of a theater.

Trisha Bheemanathini is cognitive science and neuroscience and sociology triple-major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

(Image: Nick Seymour)

Honing writing chops on and off stage

Rising third-year Trisha Bheemanathini joins 1812 Productions in Philadelphia for a summer internship through RealArts@Penn.
Venezuela’s disputed election and unrest
A crowd of people protesting the election in Venezuela.

Government supporters rally in defense of President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 30, 2024, two days after the disputed presidential election.

(Image: AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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    • Venezuela’s disputed election and unrest

    Ángel Alvarado, a senior fellow in the Department of Economics and former Venezuelan congressman, shares his thoughts on the power struggle and ongoing crisis. 

    Kristen de Groot

    Sound research as a lens to understanding the world
    Illustration of a person wearing headphones with swirling whales and birds surrounding them.

    Image: Maggie Chiang for OMNIA

    Sound research as a lens to understanding the world

    Researchers across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are turning to sound for new answers to questions on subjects from birdsong to the benefits of music exposure.

    Laura Dattaro

    Drawn to ArtWell
    Natalie Cheng hanging paper artworks on a wall

    Natalie Cheng, a rising second-year student, is focusing on communications and design during a summer internship with the Philadelphia nonprofit ArtWell. She is one of two Penn interns there this year, supported by the University's Summer Humanities Internship Program. 

    (Image: Courtesy of ArtWell) 

    Drawn to ArtWell

    Drawn by their interests in art, design, and support for children in Philadelphia, two Penn students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Natalie Cheng and Aled Dillabough, are working as interns this summer at the nonprofit ArtWell.