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Pa. museum archaeologists discover ancient tomb
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Pa. museum archaeologists discover ancient tomb

Researchers from the Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during a turbulent period about 3,600 years ago, with remarks from Josef Wegner of the School of Arts & Sciences.

Five from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
Headshots of five Penn professors elected 2024 AAAS Fellows.

(Clockwise from bottom left) M. Susan Lindee, Marlyse Baptista, Jinbo Chen, George Cotsarelis, and Christopher B. Murray were elected 2024 AAAS Fellows. 

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Five from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows

Professors from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, and School of Engineering and Applied Science are among 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators being recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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From the Archives: Photograph of Penn’s first female law graduate
43 people sitting and standing on the steps of College Hall

University of Pennsylvania Law School Class of 1883 group portrait on the steps of College Hall in 1883. Caroline Burnham Kilgore, the first female graduate of Penn Law is top row, center. The photo is a gift of Peter Conn of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

(Image: Broadbent and Taylor, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center)

From the Archives: Photograph of Penn’s first female law graduate

A photo in the University Archives pictures 43 members of the Penn Law School graduating class of 1883 on the steps of College Hall. Among them is Caroline Burnham Kilgore, the first woman to enter the law school, to receive a law degree, and to be admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.

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The story of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ
A tall gold-colored pipe organ stands above blue seats. The background is purple and blue.

The pipe organ in the LDS Church Tabernacle in Salt Lake City grew over time, expanding to more than 10,000 pipes in 1916.

(Image: Jon G. Fuller / VWPics via AP Images)

The story of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ

A new book from historian Jared Farmer traces the legacy of music and media in the LDS Church.