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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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‘Ritual and Remembrance’
two artists laughing with each other standing in gallery in front of wooden balusters on wall

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‘Ritual and Remembrance’

Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.

Louisa Shepard

On a different wavelength, Nader Engheta leads a community in light
nader engheta in his lab

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On a different wavelength, Nader Engheta leads a community in light

2023 Franklin Medal winner Engheta is one of the world’s biggest names in wave physics. The Penn Engineering professor is renowned for his unique approach to science, combining technical brilliance, creativity, and care.

Devorah Fischler

At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth
Krzysztof Wodiczko.

“My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland.

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At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth

The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes.

From the Weitzman School of Design