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Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life
Two people standing over a large-scale painting that will be mounted on an outdoor portico.

At 10 feet by 10 feet, the mural makes a statement all on its own. Yet if people want to learn more, a plaque alongside explains the artwork, the SDGs, and the overall project, plus includes a QR code scannable for additional information.

Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life

In FDR Park, a 10x10-foot mural sponsored by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and painted by Penn grad student Eliza Nobles represents the global target of clean energy for all.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
View of Fisher Fine Arts Library and College Green through a large window inside Van Pelt library seating area.

Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories

From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Dee Patel

At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn
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(Homepage image) Ángel Alvarado was a top economist and lawmaker in Venezuela who was able to escape persecution with Penn’s At-Risk Scholars Program. He is currently the Latin America’s Project Senior Fellow at Penn’s Economics Department.

At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

Kristen de Groot

Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury
Person with a goatee and moustache wearing a tee-shirt and vest, the hand wrapped up in gauze as if it was injured. The person has a pained expression.

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Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury

Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.

Michele W. Berger

At Penn, the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship
students studying queer art history

Eduardo Carrera, Emma Jacobs, and Nina Hofkosh-Hulbert are all inaugural McDonough Fellows, studying the history of art with a concentration in queer art history.

At Penn, the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship

The McDonough Fellowships are supported by a 10-year, $3 million donation from Alphawood Foundation Chicago. They’re the first of their kind in higher education.
Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall
Four people wearing white hardhats are putting shovels into a trough of dirt in front of a stage, which is outside in front of a brick building.

The ceremonial groundbreaking for the future renovation and expansion of the newly named Stuart Weitzman Hall featured (from left) Weitzman School of Design Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, Penn President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School's Board of Advisors. 

Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall

At a ceremonial groundbreaking, Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School’s board of advisors joined guests to celebrate the future renovation and expansion of the 130-year-old Weitzman School of Design building now named Stuart Weitzman Hall. 
Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM
Two students look together at a notebook amid a larger group

Ice breaker activities helped the students connect, building relationships that the DEEPenn STEM organizers hope serve them well as they navigate an entry into scientific graduate work and beyond. (Image: Lamont Abrams)

Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM

Earlier this month, 48 undergraduate students from around the country traveled to Penn for a three-day gathering full of workshops, lectures, networking opportunities, lab tours, Q & A sessions, and a resource fair.

Katherine Unger Baillie

The allure of fad diets, and why they fail
A person seated at a dining table with their elbows on the table, with one single carrot on the plate before them.

The allure of fad diets, and why they fail

In a new book, Penn nutritional anthropologist Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill of the University of Washington, Tacoma, explain the cultural, social, and psychological fixation on fad diets and why they don’t typically succeed.

Michele W. Berger