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Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
Amber Wiley.

Amber Wiley, Matt and Erika Nord director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites.

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Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment

The inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites discusses her new role.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Balancing dentistry and engineering to bring new innovations to the clinic
Kyle Vining

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Balancing dentistry and engineering to bring new innovations to the clinic

Kyle Vining of the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses his unique dual career path and why we need more crosstalk between clinicians and researchers.

Liana F. Wait

Seeing disability differently
Illustration of several people with varying fullness of body sketching.

Image: Holly Stapleton

Seeing disability differently

Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities.

Susan Ahlborn

Katalin Susztak hunts for a cure for kidney disease
Katalin Susztak

Katalin Susztak, professor of internal medicine, nephrology, and genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Katalin Susztak hunts for a cure for kidney disease

Throughout her career, the professor of internal medicine, nephrology, and genetics has had a profound impact on the way kidney disease is identified, prevented, and managed.

From Penn Medicine News

A legacy of leadership
The outgoing dean sits in a chair in a lecture hall in the Graduate School of Education

Outgoing Dean of the Graduate School of Education Pam Grossman.

(Image: Stuart Goldenberg)

A legacy of leadership

Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.

From Penn GSE

The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years
Penn Carey Law School Dean standing in a hallway of the law school building

Ted Ruger, outgoing dean of Penn Carey Law

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The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years

During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.

From Penn Carey Law

Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
Traffic in New Delhi with pedestrians, buses, and tuktuks.

Image: iStock/Arkadij Schell

Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics

A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.

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