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Talking squash with Aly Abou Eleinen
Aly Abou Eleinen, holding a racquet, stands inside the Penn Squash Center next to a glass court.

Talking squash with Aly Abou Eleinen

The senior on the men’s squash team discusses what he enjoys about the sport, his training and preparation, the team’s progression and record-breaking season, and the life of a professional squash player.
The Clean Water Act at 50
ben franklin bridge at twilight with philly skyline

Homepage image: Though a “revolutionary” piece of legislation, the Clean Water Act still has its shortcomings, Penn faculty, staff, and students note. More work is needed to make rivers like the Delaware fishable and swimmable.

The Clean Water Act at 50

Approaching the half-century mark of this landmark piece of environmental legislation, Penn students, staff, and faculty share their reflections on its legacy, both strengths and shortcomings.

Katherine Unger Baillie

At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice
Students posing for a photo inside Fuyao America building

Penn students, senior lecturer Mien-hwa Chiang (fourth from left), and director of the Chinese Language Program Ye Tian (first from left) visited Fuyao America in Moraine, Ohio, in February. Fourth from the right: Lillian Wagner; second from left: Sam Gan, third from left: Ryan Morris. (Image: Penn Chinese Language Program)

At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice

At Fuyao Glass America in Moraine, Ohio, the subject of the Oscar-winning 2019 film “American Factory,” students and faculty were led on a tour and dialogued with the Fuyao America CEO.
Turning Latin America green
Windmills on the coast of Chile.

Turning Latin America green

Santiago Cunial, a doctoral candidate in political science, investigates issues surrounding green energy in Chile and Argentina.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks at Perry World House
two people sitting on stage talking with Perry World House on the wall behind them and the Ukrainian flag beside them

Ukraine’s Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya (right) speaks with Philadelphia Inquirer foreign affairs columnist Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks at Perry World House

The fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine is also a fight to protect Europe and democracy globally, said Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative to the UN, speaking with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.
Two Penn affiliates named 2022 Soros Fellows
two students

Rishi Goel (left), a second-year student in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Kingson Lin, who graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Arts & Sciences in 2017, have each received a 2022 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Two Penn affiliates named 2022 Soros Fellows

Rishi Goel, a second-year Perelman School of Medicine student, and Kingson Lin, who graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 2017, are among the 30 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
The changing face of portraiture at Penn
portrait in leidy labs

Homepage image: A portrait in Leidy honors Nathan Francis Mossell, who, in 1882, became the first African American student to earn a medical degree from Penn. With its placement in the accessible portion of the building’s stairway, this new portrait gallery is highly visible to students, staff, faculty, and visitors who spend time in the Biology Department.

The changing face of portraiture at Penn

Efforts around campus aim to diversify those honored in portraits and rethink how to approach representation through art.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Social connections influence brain structure of rhesus macaques
Three adults rhesus macaques and two infants macaques sitting on a rock in a forest located on the island of Cayo Santiago.

A grooming chain of adult female rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico. Researchers in the Platt labs have studied this group of free-ranging nonhuman primates for more than a decade. This most recent work builds on previous research aimed at understanding the link between social connections and the brain. (Image: Lauren JN Brent)

Social connections influence brain structure of rhesus macaques

Researchers from Penn, Inserm, and elsewhere observed that the number of grooming partners an individual animal had predicted the size of brain areas associated with social decision-making and empathy.

Michele W. Berger

Lead toxicity risk factors in Philadelphia
a hand-held device is used to measure lead levels in a soil sample

Researchers used data on soil lead content to inform their analysis of the contributing factors to lead exposure risk around Philadelphia. Many samples were collected during Academically Based Community Service courses taught at Penn. (Image: Alex Schein)

Lead toxicity risk factors in Philadelphia

Two studies identify factors that correlate with high blood-lead levels in children, pointing to ongoing environmental justice issues that disproportionately fall on children of color and poorer communities in the city.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Annie Ma bridges the contemporary with classics
Woman in formal dress stands in front of blue geometric artwork

 Annie Ma foregrounding artwork by Jet LeParti.

Annie Ma bridges the contemporary with classics

Annie Ma, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, responded to the rise in anti-Asian violence with a renewed sense of identity and purpose, reconciling her love for classics with her love for contemporary East Asian culture.

Kristina García