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Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior
A portrait of Helen Jin at Amy Gutmann Hall.

Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior

In the Brachio Lab, doctoral students at Penn Engineering probe AI models for signs of cyberbullying capabilities. This emerging problem with the rise of AI may pose challenges in areas like business, education, and public health.

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The poetry of ancient math
Medieval mathematical manuscript written in vernacular Malayalam script on palm-leaf

Medieval mathematical manuscript written in vernacular Malayalam script on palm-leaf at the Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Ph.D. student Priya Nambrath is using manuscripts like these to better understand “a deeply grounded and long-lasting mathematical tradition.”

(Image: Courtesy Priya Nambrath)

The poetry of ancient math

The methods and findings of pre-modern Indian mathematicians remain poorly understood. Priya Nambrath, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of South Asia Studies, wants to change that.

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Yiddish lecturer Alexander Botwinik releases CD of Yiddish children’s songs

Yiddish lecturer Alexander Botwinik releases CD of Yiddish children’s songs

The tracks are sung by 22 children and adult singers, mostly native Yiddish speakers. The songs were originally published as part of the book “From Holocaust to Life,” a collection of Botwinik’s original solo and choral compositions.

Penn Libraries’ collection conservation director
Sarah Reidell in the Libraries Conservation Lab.

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Penn Libraries’ collection conservation director

Sarah Reidell is now in her 10th year as head of the Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory at the Penn Libraries, leading a team of five technicians in caring for the millions of physical objects in the collection

Louisa Shepard

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Radio days for rising third-year Luiza Sulea
Luiza Sulea standing in front of neon WXPN sign

Luiza Sulea plans to continue at WXPN in the coming year as a work-study student. 

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Radio days for rising third-year Luiza Sulea

Rising third-year Luiza Sulea is working in marketing at Penn’s WXPN radio through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

Louisa Shepard

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Johanna Burton appointed director of ICA at Penn
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Image: Erin Leland

Johanna Burton appointed director of ICA at Penn

Burton, who currently serves as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, will begin on Nov. 1.

Akilah Child

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2024 Booklaunch award for Nancy Steinhardt

2024 Booklaunch award for Nancy Steinhardt

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt's book, “Yuan: Chinese Architecture in a Mongol Empire,” has won the Booklaunch award for Best Architectural History Book of 2024. Shatzman Steinhart is a professor of East Asian art at the School of Arts & Sciences. Her book is the first comprehensive English-language study of Chinese architecture during the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum
Sierra Williams standing on a stairway in a library.

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Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum

Aiming for a career in the museum field, Sierra Williams, a rising third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, is working on a research study at the Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

Louisa Shepard

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Penn Glee Club performs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing
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The Glee Club and students in the Wagner Society Choirs of Japan’s Keio University sang together in a collaborative concert. 

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Penn Glee Club performs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing

The Penn Glee Club performed at the famous Suntory Hall in Tokyo, an art gallery in Hong Kong, and the U.S. embassy in Beijing during a 12-day tour of Asia. Forty members went on the tour, including 25 singers, eight band members, and seven technical crew.

Louisa Shepard

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Creating a classroom democracy
Assistant Professor of History Sarah Gronningsater teaching Hamilton’s America to Penn students.

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Creating a classroom democracy

Through a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia course, assistant professor of history Sarah Gronningsater and her students resuscitate early American history.

Kristina García

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