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A semester of community on campus
A group of Penn students pose for a selfie.

The Penn community gathered on campus throughout the fall semester, including at Family Weekend.

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A semester of community on campus

Penn’s fall semester officially began in August, as many students returned to campus. While staff, faculty, and postdocs are largely in West Philadelphia year-round, the fall marks a reset and starting point for many. The late summer and mild fall weather brings the natural beauty of campus to life.
Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’
Ramón Méndez Galain at Carnot Prize ceremony.

Carnot Prize recipient Ramón Méndez Galain, the former energy director for Uruguay, spoke at the 2023 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony, held at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum. 

(Image: T. Kevin Birch)

Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’

Through grants, awards, events, publications, a podcast, and more, the Center provides resources and a central hub for researchers across Penn tackling the energy transition.
Introducing the Penn AI Council
Locust Walk on Penn’s campus in the fall.

The council will coordinate cross-school research opportunities, support new AI and data science scientists, and usher in the Penn Advanced Research Computing Center.

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Introducing the Penn AI Council

The Council consists of five faculty members collaborating to enhance visibility and impact of AI research across Penn.
Penn solutions to climate change
Banner that reads climate week at Penn

At a Climate Week event, Penn’s Climate Solutions Showcase, a group of faculty and researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Weitzman School of Design presented innovative strategies to combat the causes and effects of climate change.

(Image: Felice Macera)

Penn solutions to climate change

As society grapples with the impacts of a worsening climate—from the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to rising sea levels and deadly heat waves—the need for actionable solutions has never been greater, Penn researchers say.
A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up
A lab worker with latex gloves doing mRNA research.

The flurry of new innovation in mRNA beyond COVID-19 vaccines began prior to Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó’s Nobel, but the award has only built on the wave of enthusiasm for mRNA research.

(Image: Dan Burke)

A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

In 2023, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó received Nobel Prize recognition for mRNA vaccines. Today, the work continues apace as successes across the University show how medicine is changing rapidly as a result of the prize-winning discovery.

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Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Dog dunks head in water.

Penn Vet researchers trained physically and mentally healthy dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in water, an effective method for rapidly cooling canines after exercise.

(Image: Shelby Wise/Wise K9 Photography)

Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.