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Chinatown and community as a cornerstone
Will Chan leans against a reflective class in the Pan-Asian American Community House

As a Thouron Scholar and a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics, Will Chan also works as an advocate for building Asian communities at Penn as president of the Pan-Asian Graduate Student Association and the sponsorships and partnerships lead at the Ginger Arts Center, a youth-led organization in Philadelphia’s Chinatown.

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Chinatown and community as a cornerstone

Will Chan, a Thouron Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics, is also an advocate for building Asian communities.

Kristina García

Rising student absenteeism may be hurting teacher job satisfaction
Phys.org

Rising student absenteeism may be hurting teacher job satisfaction

A study by Michael Gottfried and Ph.D. student Colby Woods of the Graduate School of Education finds that student absences are linked to lower teacher job satisfaction, which could exacerbate growing teacher shortages.

Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries
A room full of people eating lunch with flags from all the Armed Services hanging from the rafters.

A lunch for veterans hosted by Lynn Manuel, Associate Director of Veteran and Military Engagement.

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Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries

Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries, now offering unlimited slots and funding for undergraduate students.

Kristina García

CAR-T cell therapies show promise for autoimmune diseases
ScienceFriday.com

CAR-T cell therapies show promise for autoimmune diseases

Daniel Baker, a Ph.D. student in Carl June’s lab at the Perelman School of Medicine, discusses the results of a study on donor CAR-T cell therapy.

Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile
A colorful Quipu (abacus inca) hanging on a wall.

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Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile

Kyle Marini, a Barra Dissertation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, is developing an interdisciplinary methodology to recreate an ancient Incan rope to illuminate Inca modes of artistic representation.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

A series on wellness and well-being
People walking along Locust Walk in the fall.

(On homepage) Additional resources for students, staff, faculty, and postdocs are offered through offices and centers across Penn and the Health System.

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A series on wellness and well-being

A roundup of the six-part series from Penn Today that focuses on University resources available to students, faculty, staff, and postdocs for their mental, physical, technical, and financial health.
Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies
Researchers pose next to a box they fabricated for recording fly courtship.

From left to right, Dawn Chen, Yun Ding, and Minhao Li.

Eric Sucar

Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

Penn researchers discovered “wing spreading” in Drosophila santomea, research that hints at a rare, novel finding and offers insights into an underrepresented area in sexual reproduction research: female-initiated behaviors.
Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders — new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery
The Conversation

Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders — new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery

A co-authored study by Ph.D. student Neil Sehgal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry.

Acoustic signals for better wireless technologies
Charlie Johnson, Yue Jiang, and Vince Kerler.

Yue Jiang (center), a Ph.D. student in Charlie Johnson’s (left) lab in the School of Arts & Sciences, has led research hinting at a new way to control sound waves at frequencies in which phones and other wireless technologies operate. These findings could lead to better signal processing and improve technologies for both classical and quantum information systems.

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Acoustic signals for better wireless technologies

Researchers push the limits of sound wave control, unlocking the potential for faster, clearer wireless communication and quantum information processing technologies.
Disability awareness at Penn
Mae Eskenazi, masked, sits at the head of a long table teaching students

Mae Eskenazi teaches Disability Studies at Penn. The class born out of a need for students to access curriculum, she says.

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Disability awareness at Penn

About one-fifth of all college students identify as having a disability, a figure that has grown in recent decades. At Penn, students form advocacy clubs, work with the Weingarten Center, and study disability.

Kristina García