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Track & Field claims eight titles on final day of Ivy League heps

Penn men’s and women’s track & field teams wrapped up competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Yale on Sunday, May 11, claiming first in the women’s 100m hurdles, 4x400m relay, 100m, and high jump. The men’s team took first in the 400m, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay, and decathlon; both teams finished third overall.

Aravind Krishnan; Carson Eckhard; Meera Menon, and Jun Hou Shin.

Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, receiving financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University.

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What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an “intervention tournament.”

Tariffs have already made mattresses, strollers and power tools more expensive

Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School says that raising prices too much causes demand to decrease and companies to lose market share.

Would you hire for this role if AI could do the first draft?

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that the most effective AI implementation comes when humans and machines collaborate rather than when either works alone.

The paradox of successful problem-solving

Researchers at the Wharton School found a correlation between early scaling and company failure.

Is your money market fund too expensive? Why high fees may (or may not) be worth it

Research from the Wharton School suggests that “active” investment managers generally don’t pick enough winners to justify their high fees.

‘Crypto creep’: A new report shows rising consumer confidence

The latest edition of Wharton’s Consumer Cryptocurrency Confidence Report finds increasing ownership rates and expanding use cases, both online and offline.

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For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body

Master of architecture and master of landscape architecture candidate Kelvin Vu, who was a professional dancer before coming to Weitzman, says “dance and landscape design are about change, flux, and dynamism.”

A nurse in scrubs holding oversized foreign language dictionaries.

The power of translation services in patient care

When communication barriers impede care, nurses often play a role in bridging language and cultural gaps.

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