Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (clockwise from top left): fourth-year Aravind Krishnan; 2021 graduate Carson Eckhard; and 2020 graduates Meera Menon and Jun Hou Shin.
(Images: Courtesy of Knight-Hennessy Scholars / Carolyn Fong Photography)
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.
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.”
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.
‘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.
A mothers’ meetup like no other for families formed through uterus transplant
One week before Mother’s Day, those who gave birth through uterus transplant gathered for a special brunch with those who donated their uteruses for the procedure, and their respective families.
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.”
