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Connecting with Philadelphia’s immigrant Asian communities through food
Rahim Ullah stands in front of a class of students speaking.

In conversation with Fariha Khan during the Asian American Food course, Rahim Ullah (standing) speaks about his food truck and experience immigrating to the United States. 

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Connecting with Philadelphia’s immigrant Asian communities through food

Through the Asian American Food course with Fariha Khan, students explore the many depths of the immigrant experience of different Asian ethnic groups to learn about history and culture.

6 min. read

Penn ATLAS shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Members of the Penn ATLAS team and others in front of the inner detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

Members of the Penn ATLAS team and others in front of the inner detector of ATLAS experiment.

(Image: ©CERN/Maximilien Brice)

Penn ATLAS shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

The team, which includes Joseph Kroll, Evelyn Thomson, Elliot Lipeles, Dylan Rankin, and Brig Williams from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of an expansive collaboration studying high-energy collisions from the Large Hadron Collider.

Michele W. Berger

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Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows  
Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky headshots

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences each have been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

(Images: Courtesy of Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky)

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows  

Marcia Chatelain and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences each have been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.

2 min. read

Fine art and design using artificial intelligence
Jessica Mach standing outside with her arm resting on a low brick wall

Mach is majoring in psychology and design in the College of Arts and Sciences. 

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Fine art and design using artificial intelligence

Through the design course Artificial Intelligence in Art, second-year Jessica Mach has discovered AI's potential through creating several projects, including a video story and an interactive game.

5 min. read

Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Berger, the Daniel S. Och University Professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine department of Cell & Developmental Biology and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, is recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

Penn alum Hoang C. Le awarded a 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Penn alum Hoang C. Le awarded a 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Le, a Class of 2023 graduate, has been awarded a Fellowship to the merit-based program that provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Le’s research explores the evolution of viral-host interactions to uncover novel molecular tools and therapeutic targets.

For a better cup of coffee, look to physics
A kettle and pour-over coffee filter full of coffee grounds.

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(Image: Courtesy of Ernest Park)

For a better cup of coffee, look to physics

Researchers from Penn have found new cost-effective ways to make a great cup of pour-over coffee using fewer beans. Their findings could potentially provide insights into similar systems such as waterfalls and surface erosion.

4 min. read

Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions
A climate map showing temperatures and contours.

Image: Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions

Irina Marinov, associate professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Earth and Environmental Science, explains how climate modeling works and the information these models provide.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

2 min. read

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists unearth a 3,600-year-old tomb from the lost Abydos dynasty
Archaelogists performing a dig in Egypt.

Penn Museum’s ongoing fieldwork at Abydos, Egypt has uncovered the tomb of an unknown king from a lost dynasty.

(Image: Josef Wegner for the Penn Museum)

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists unearth a 3,600-year-old tomb from the lost Abydos dynasty

The excavation will continue through 2025, which includes protection, site management, and conservation of the structures. "This discovery is a new window to understanding the origins of the enigmatic Abydos Dynasty,” says Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator of the Egyptian Section and professor of Egyptian Archaeology.

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