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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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Wolf Humanities Center welcomes new director Ayako Kano

Wolf Humanities Center welcomes new director Ayako Kano

Ayako Kano, professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been appointed as director of the Wolf Humanities Center. Professor Kano is a cultural historian specializing in the history of gender and performance in Japan and has been teaching at Penn since 1995.

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.”

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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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The Social History Archive: British Newspaper Archive

The Social History Archive: British Newspaper Archive

In June, the Penn Libraries became one of the first libraries in North America to buy The Social History Archive, a product that includes a database of the British Library's extensive collection of digitized newspapers.

Johanna Burton appointed director of ICA at Penn
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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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