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The Penn Research Experience for High School Students gives Philadelphia 11th and 12th graders a rare opportunity to tackle college-level research.

Whitaker will begin her new role at Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs on Oct. 1.

How Penn’s Graduate School of Education and the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia are redefining AI literacy for youth.

With their StoryMaps projects, Penn students explore the history of Philadelphia’s neighborhoods utilizing both cutting-edge tools and historical primary sources provided by the Penn Libraries.

Anthropology professor Mallika Sarma of the School of Arts & Sciences is challenging what we think of as an extreme environment—beyond settings like low temperature or high altitude—and who gets studied.

Journalists, communications staffers, and leaders from Penn and nine other Philly-area colleges and universities gathered at Penn Carey Law for an op-ed panel discussion. The event is part of a series being sponsored by University Communications to connect Penn with reporters and editors from major media outlets.

For five years, Penn Medicine’s Social Needs Response Team has connected patients to vital support foundational to good health.

In a course led by 2024-25 McHarg Fellow Leah Kahler, students explored the movement of plants across cultures and climates, as well as the relationships between recreational and productive landscapes.

Daniel Zhang co-founded the Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra in 2016 and served as its founding conductor. When moved into residency training, his brother David stepped up; he is the orchestra’s current music director and conductor.

Once described as a “battleship turner” by Philadelphia Magazine, Weitzman professor of practice Leslie Richards served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and subsequently led the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), where she oversaw a $2 billion budget and a network that connects over five million residents in Greater Philadelphia. Having earned a master of regional planning degree from Penn in 1993, she was the first planner and