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‘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.

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.”

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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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Exterior restoration of a landmark

Designed by world-famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the iconic Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library Building is undergoing a 20-month exterior renovation and restoration that will encase its red sandstone, terracotta, and brick exterior in scaffolding through the fall of 2026.

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Those credit card ads aren’t just annoying — they’re costing you money

Itamar Drechsler of the Wharton School says that most acquisition of credit card customers happens directly and without a branch, which explains why American Express is the biggest spender on marketing.

Study finds certain kinds of birth control could raise stroke, heart attack risk

Jennifer Lewey of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Hormones, when taken in the form of contraception or hormone replacement therapy, may lead to greater risk of forming blood clots.”

Designing the future: Penn Engineering’s 2025 Senior Design Project Competition

At Penn Engineering’s 2025 Senior Design Project Competition, four teams won awards for demonstrating how to improve stroke recovery, automate eye exams, turn old tires into battery components and improve the efficiency of AI computation on May 2. The four winners received awards in categories ranging from social impact to technological innovation.

Conversations with Katz fellows

Read about the 2024-25 Katz Center fellows and their scholarship and research.

Philly CEAL trains health workers in chronic disease management

Community health workers from Philadelphia recently completed intensive training in chronic disease self-management through the Philly CEAL project, a strategic partnership between Penn Nursing and the city’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity.

A grand experiment in parenthood and friendship

Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on Americans and the nuclear family.

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