Highlights from Penn’s annual campus-wide staff recognition celebration, where University leaders presented awards to four staff teams and seven individual honorees.
Understanding the health paradox: The factors influencing white men’s well-being
While social and economic factors are often viewed as primary drivers of health, a new Penn Nursing analysis suggests that the relationship between societal position and physical well-being is more complex than previously understood.
The Center for Civil Rights will bring together three existing offices into a single team designed to strengthen Penn’s reporting, prevention, education, and response efforts related to civil rights.
GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study
A new Penn Medicine study sets the stage for a multisite clinical trial to determine whether GLP-1 drugs are associated with a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
Consulting for a more sustainable future in Philadelphia and beyond
The undergraduate and graduate students involved in Penn Sustainability Consulting provide pro bono services to business, nonprofit, and government clients around the globe.
Penn researchers identified two competing visions of nonprofit news, a restorationist vision and a transformational vision, and calculated the cost of implementing each vision.
The Weitzman School of Design’s Year-End Show brings together work from the Class of 2026 in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, and urban spatial analytics. The gallery opens on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Afterwards, regular visiting hours will be Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Exhibit: ‘in case of fire, speak’ (Through July 6)
This exhibition frames the making of a collaborative performance by the Martha Graham Dance Company and PHILADANCO! alongside rarely seen images from modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham’s 1938 work, “American Document,” and its enduring question, “What is an American?” The mixed-materials display explores Graham’s work alongside Philadelphia dance company PHILADANCO!’s decades-long commitment to preserving and advancing the work of Black artists. Free and open to the public.
A University-wide initiative to shape Penn’s future
Guided by Penn’s strategic framework, In Principle and Practice, Penn Forward launched in September 2025 with six working groups of faculty, staff, students, and postdoctoral scholars who challenged legacy assumptions and proposed bold, actionable strategies to advance Penn’s mission and strengthen operations.
Penn Forward’s initial nine priority initiatives aim to build trust with those we serve, enable bold discovery, and extend Penn’s geographic reach and impact across a lifetime. Learn more about these initiatives and follow along with Penn Today as Penn continues to drive forward.
Penn’s community engagement progress at the turn of the century
The third installment in the limited series ‘Chapters of Change’ explores how Penn has led community engagement efforts in public education, economic development, and neighborhood prosperity during a time of widespread change in the nation’s cities.
Chapters of Change: Thirty years of life sciences transformation at Penn
In the fourth and final installment of the series, ‘Chapters of Change’ highlights another transformational moment in Penn’s past when the evolution of life sciences research sparked the University to commit to investing in new research facilities and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
How the Quaker Commitment empowered one student to create her path at Penn
Gabrielle Fine, a fourth year in the Wharton School and recipient of financial aid from the Quaker Commitment, will graduate in May with an interdisciplinary skillset and new perspectives from a global adventure and local engagement.
Chapters of Change: The blossom of Penn’s professional schools in the 19th century
‘Chapters of Change’ highlights key moments of change in Penn’s history, adapting to shifts in society. In the 19th century, the University faced industrialization and more by creating some of its first professional schools.
Mass. has new limits on insurers’ much-hated prior authorizations. Here’s what to know
“For providers, there will still be a substantial amount of uncertainty and administrative burden related to prior authorization” because of the differing rules based on insurance type, says Aaron Schwartz of the Perelman School of Medicine.
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices
Peter Fader of the Wharton School says consumers of retail services and products “are starting to realize that a lot of the cool data and technology is being used against them.”
A Philly man didn’t know if he’d ever get off the kidney transplant waiting list. CAR T made it happen
“Since its first use in a 2010 clinical trial involving leukemia patients at Penn, efforts to broaden CAR-T’s applications have advanced slowly. The therapy has not proven effective against solid cancers, although some studies have shown potential.”
