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3 Penn Dental Med students at the clinic, one is cleaning a patient’s teeth.

Holistic community care at Penn Dental on Cedar

Penn Dental Medicine at PHMC on Cedar is one of five community care programs the School of Dental Medicine operates. At Penn Dental on Cedar, part of the mission is to integrate dental and medical care.

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Two high school students woking with pipettes in a science classroom.

Curiosity, STEM, and a summer on campus

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

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Leigh N. Whitaker appointed vice president for government and community affairs

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

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Morales-Navarro assists a student who holds a computer tablet

Building babyGPTs

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

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Mapping change: Student research projects supported by Penn Libraries resources

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.

Attendees at the UCOMMS op-ed writing workshop

Penn hosts nine other colleges for op-ed panel

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.

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Rethinking extreme environments, from human spaceflight to heat in Philadelphia

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.

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A volunteer with Penn Medicine SHARE Food Program hands a box of food to a bike courier.

Penn Medicine outreach addresses health-related social needs

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

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A diagram of areas where marigolds are native plants.

Native plants from afar

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.

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David Zhang conducting the Penn Orchestra.

Brothers follow similar paths in music and medicine

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.

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Holistic community care at Penn Dental on Cedar

Curiosity, STEM, and a summer on campus

Leigh N. Whitaker appointed vice president for government and community affairs

Building babyGPTs

Mapping change: Student research projects supported by Penn Libraries resources

Penn hosts nine other colleges for op-ed panel

Rethinking extreme environments, from human spaceflight to heat in Philadelphia

Penn Medicine outreach addresses health-related social needs

Native plants from afar

Brothers follow similar paths in music and medicine