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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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Q&A: The first American pope
The new pope, Pope Leo, waves from St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8.

(Image: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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    • Q&A: The first American pope

    Melissa Wilde of the Department of Sociology, whose research has led her to the Vatican Secret Archive, among other places, discusses the new Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, and the implications for the Roman Catholic Church.

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    Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media
    Nick Bausenwein ice skating.

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    Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media

    Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.

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    Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures
    Richard Garber standing outside in front of concrete panel

    Architect Richard Garber created and teaches the graduate course Matter Making and Testing: Designing with Next Generation Precast Concrete.

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    Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures

    On view outside the Weitzman School of Design are three freestanding concrete panels designed and made by students in a unique graduate seminar that partners with a local concrete-fabrication plant

    Louisa Shepard

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    Sean Burkholder and Eva Del Soldato awarded the 2025-26 Rome Prize
    headshots of Sean Burkholder and Eva Del Soldato

    Penn faculty members Sean Burkholder of the Weitzman School of Design and Eva Del Soldato of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 35 recipients of the 2025-26 Rome Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Rome.

    (Images: Courtesy of Sean Burkholder and Eva Del Soldato)

    Sean Burkholder and Eva Del Soldato awarded the 2025-26 Rome Prize

    Sean Burkholder of the Weitzman School of Design and Eva Del Soldato of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 35 recipients of the 2025-26 Rome Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Rome to support innovative fellows in the arts, humanities, and sciences.

    Louisa Shepard

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    A moment of ‘timefulness’ at The Arts Lounge
    Makoto Fujimura rests his arms on a chair in front of a triptych of paintings.

    In addition to being a featured artist in The Arts Lounge, contemporary artist Makoto Fujimura is an Equity in Action Visiting Scholar in Penn’s Office of Social Equity & Community.

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    A moment of ‘timefulness’ at The Arts Lounge

    Through June 1, Makoto Fujimura’s “Transfiguration” triptych ink paintings are on display at The Arts Lounge inside the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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    Reframing historical narratives of Jewish sorrow
    Panelists at a conference.

    Ishay Rozen-Zvi; Ross Shepard Kraemer of Brown, emerita; and Seth Schwartz, of Columbia.

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    Reframing historical narratives of Jewish sorrow

    Between colleagues in Penn’s Jewish Studies Program, conversations began to surface about two years ago concerning an age-old question of any society: How do we write history?

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    Exploring the history of making choices, small and large
    Sophia Rosenfeld leans against a bookshelf smiling.

    Sophia Rosenfeld’s new book traces the history of the idea of choice. She likes to work on ideas that are “ubiquitous,” or so prevalent in society that we rarely talk about or even notice them.

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    Exploring the history of making choices, small and large

    In a new book, Sophia Rosenfeld of the Department of History chronicles the past and present of an elusive idea—choice—and what it has meant and still means for people and society.

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