Taylor Brothers, Aravind Krishnan, and Rashmi Acharya at Project HERO workshop.

Expanding on a legacy of heart health education

Fourth-year Aravind Krishnan, the inaugural Sarah Katz Award recipient, is working to help shelter residents in Philadelphia better monitor their health.

Angela Crumdy on the intersection of anthropology and education

Four friends holding their face masks in their hands looking at the phone.

How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it

A fourth-year student’s aim for common humanity and purpose

Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city

Childhood trauma and neighborhood disorder impact mental health of injured Black men

Can surface fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa predict habitability on other planets?

Penn fourth-year Annabelle Jin named 2025-26 Luce Scholar

Building tomorrow’s innovators: Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program

Uncovering key brain circuit in the fight against cocaine use disorder

EVENTS → NEWS ARCHIVES →

Patti Smith and Al Filreis at microphones.

Patti Smith as a Kelly Writers House Fellow

Singer, songwriter, poet, author, and musician Patti Smith was in residence at the Kelly Writers House for two days, telling stories about the people in her life throughout the decades, reading passages from her books, and performing her songs.

Louisa Shepard ・March 3, 2025

Penn announces seven 2025 Thouron Scholars

Seven University of Pennsylvania affiliates—five fourth-years and two recent graduates—have each received a 2025 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Louisa Shepard ・March 3, 2025

Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making

Working with professors George Demiris and Connie Ulrich, Penn Nursing Ph.D. student Oonjee Oh is investigating the role of AI in end-of-life care from technological and ethical perspectives.

Erica Moser ・February 28, 2025

Innate immune training aggravates inflammatory bone loss

Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine and international collaborators from Germany have investigated the effects of training the innate immune system in experimental models of chronic inflammatory disease, periodontitis and arthritis.

Deborah Stull ・February 28, 2025

Quaker Commitment guarantees full tuition scholarships for families earning $200K or less as Trustees approve 2025-2026 financial aid budget and charges

The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees has approved a 3.7% increase in tuition and a $328 million undergraduate financial aid budget for the coming academic year.

Amanda Mott ・February 27, 2025

In Principle and Practice →

Penn’s principles are the essence of who we are.

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Penn students and Sayre high school students wading in a river in Cobbs Creek.

Campus & Community

Rivers in a changing world

A new Academically Based Community Service class brings Penn and William L. Sayre High School students together to learn environmental science and engineering.

Jovian Patterson looks at some raspberry bushes growing in a community garden.

Health Sciences

‘Deeply Rooted’ community partnerships

Deeply Rooted is a community partnership that plants trees, greens vacant lots, and funds grassroots programs. The goal: health justice in action.

West Philadelphia students cheer on Penn Women's Basketball, waving pompoms

Campus & Community

‘Dance checks every box’

The Quaker Girls Dance Team partners with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships to mentor West Philadelphia dance and cheer teams.

Students at the registration table for the Responsible Computing Challenge.

Education, Business, & Law

Supporting the next generation of ethical technologists

The Responsible Computing for Just Futures Initiative, an initiative of the Responsible Computing Challenge at Penn Carey Law, has ambitious plans for the mindset with which the next generation of Penn students will engage careers at the intersection of law and technology.

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson in a lab examining a piece of equipment.

Campus & Community

Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited VinUni in Hanoi, Vietnam, to commemorate the university’s fifth anniversary and Penn’s seventh year of allyship. He delivered a lecture about how excellent universities advance society.

Ramanan Raghavendran engages in conversation at a conference table.

Campus & Community

A conversation with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

One year since becoming the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Raghavendran discusses Penn’s advancements from the past year, the purpose of a values statement, and Penn’s strengths as a cultivator of American leadership.

Campus overhead view featuring foliage and various campus buildings

Campus & Community

Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)

The office, which is now open, is co-led by Steve Ginsburg and Majid Alsayegh. Deborah Frey will serve as chief investigator.

Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

Education, Business, & Law

Penn GSE dean on leading for impact, working to ‘meet and make the moment’ for education

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.

Two students looking at slides under a microscope in a lab.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Archaeological science, hands on

The Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials, a joint endeavor between Penn Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum, celebrates 10 years of teaching students how to interpret the past in an interdisciplinary context.

Aaron Levy and students gathered around a table filled with images.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion

Literature of Care, a course offered every fall in the School of Arts & Sciences, explores medical humanities and the role storytelling plays in patient care.

Campus & Community

Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals

The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.

Campus & Community

Who, What, Why: Cice Chen’s first-of-its-kind research conference for undergraduates

Cice Chen, a fourth-year chemistry, biochemistry, and neurobiology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, played a leading role in organizing the student-run National Research Conference at Penn.

Scientists holding a model of something (forthcoming)

Campus & Community

Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years

The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S.

Experts offered predictions and insights for leaders in the incoming administration at a Perry World House forum.

The exterior of the Vagelos building lit up with dramatic lighting.

Science & Technology

An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future

Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

Four people in front of National AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Health Sciences

A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research

Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.

3/8

Building Better Nutrition Together

The Perelman School of Medicine, the Community Grocer, and the Cobbs Creek community collaborate for this open dialogue about the challenges of improving health by having a healthier diet. The conversation will include results from a nutrition study conducted over the summer. Lunch is provided.

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Church of Christian Compassion, 6121 Cedar Ave.

3/12

Climate and Education

The One Health @Penn series invites Penn scholars from various fields to present about their work and promote interdisciplinary problem solving around human, animal, plant, and environmental health and welfare. The Climate and Education presentation will include Sarah Kagan of the School of Nursing, and Andrew Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Virtual

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The practice of art collection as a collaboration

As part of an undergraduate course, Penn faculty and students curated an Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of works from the Neumann family’s extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.
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01/07

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The practice of art collection as a collaboration

As part of an undergraduate course, Penn faculty and students curated an Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of works from the Neumann family’s extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.
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01/07

Illustration of a person walking to a building in a city, one side is abandoned, the other side is revitalized.

Education, Business, & Law

What’s the future of cities?

Penn Interim President J. Larry Jameson at the podium with P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos, Ramanan Raghavendran and Vijay Kumar.n

Science & Technology

An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future

Five pictures of Penn employees volunteering.

Campus & Community

Penn staff make the Philadelphia area a better place through side gigs

Campus & Community

Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years

The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.

Newsweek

Business leaders are shaping culture by rethinking virtual communication

Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that disincentives to treat people poorly in face-to-face interactions need to be mirrored in virtual interactions.

FULL STORY →

Marketplace (NPR)

What did you do at work last week? Monitoring performance doesn’t improve it, expert says

Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that people do their best work when they’re given a chance to pursue autonomy, mastery, belonging, and purpose.

FULL STORY →

U.S. News & World Report

Trump proposed eliminating Social Security taxes. Here’s the bill that could make it happen

An analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model found that current retirees would benefit at the expense of future generations if taxes were eliminated on Social Security benefits.

FULL STORY →

NBC Philadelphia

Celebrate arrival of spring at CultureFest! Enjoy Holi, the festival of colors

In partnership with Three Aksha and the South Asia Center at the School of Arts & Sciences, the Penn Museum will mark the beginning of spring with CultureFest! Holi to celebrate the Hindu festival of colors.

FULL STORY →

Irish News

Seven unusual sleep hacks to help you drift off peacefully—we speak to a sleep expert about how to get a good night’s rest

A study from the Perelman School of Medicine found that participants who practiced paradoxical intention experienced significantly reduced sleep anxiety.

FULL STORY →

Yahoo! Life

More yogurt and nuts, less alcohol and snack foods: How GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are influencing people’s food spending habits

Carrie Burns of the Perelman School of Medicine says that weight-loss medications tend to decrease cravings for foods high in sugar and fat.

FULL STORY →

WESA Radio (Pittsburgh)

Migratory birds mainly responsible for bird flu outbreak, experts tell Pa. lawmakers

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that avian flu viruses are being spread far geographically because of wild migratory birds.

FULL STORY →

Times of India

Drinking two beers daily ages the brain by 10 years; study reveals surprising findings

A study by Penn researchers found that one to two units of alcohol per day shrunk overall brain volume and gray matter volumes.

FULL STORY →

Huffington Post

Thirteen subtle changes veterinarians would never ignore in their cats

Kaitlyn Krebs of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that cats can indicate illness through behavioral changes such as hiding or spending time in unusual places.

FULL STORY →

Marketplace (NPR)

10-year Treasury yields are falling. Want the good news first?

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that slower expectations on economic growth and increased risk of a recession could be causing the 10-year Treasury rate to decline.

FULL STORY →

Building Better Nutrition Together

Climate and Education

Weingarten Center Disability Symposium

Holi CultureFest! 2025

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Patti Smith as a Kelly Writers House Fellow

Penn announces seven 2025 Thouron Scholars

Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making

Innate immune training aggravates inflammatory bone loss

Quaker Commitment guarantees full tuition scholarships for families earning $200K or less as Trustees approve 2025-2026 financial aid budget and charges

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Rivers in a changing world

‘Deeply Rooted’ community partnerships

‘Dance checks every box’

Supporting the next generation of ethical technologists

Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

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Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)

Penn GSE dean on leading for impact, working to ‘meet and make the moment’ for education

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Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion

Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals

Who, What, Why: Cice Chen’s first-of-its-kind research conference for undergraduates

Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years

Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S.

An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future

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Business leaders are shaping culture by rethinking virtual communication

What did you do at work last week? Monitoring performance doesn’t improve it, expert says

Trump proposed eliminating Social Security taxes. Here’s the bill that could make it happen

Celebrate arrival of spring at CultureFest! Enjoy Holi, the festival of colors

Seven unusual sleep hacks to help you drift off peacefully—we speak to a sleep expert about how to get a good night’s rest

More yogurt and nuts, less alcohol and snack foods: How GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are influencing people’s food spending habits

Migratory birds mainly responsible for bird flu outbreak, experts tell Pa. lawmakers

Drinking two beers daily ages the brain by 10 years; study reveals surprising findings

Thirteen subtle changes veterinarians would never ignore in their cats

10-year Treasury yields are falling. Want the good news first?