Penn’s NSF AIRFoundry brings together researchers from across Penn and partner institutions to improve how RNA is designed, manufactured, and delivered, with potential applications spanning medicine, agriculture, animal health, and environmental sustainability. https://bit.ly/4vAzpwx
A person stands on a dimly lit stage facing an audience, with bright stage lights shining ahead.
A group of people in a room laughing while rehearsing. One person is holding an open laptop. The atmosphere appears lively and relaxed.
A group of people are energetically dancing in a studio with mirrored walls. One dancer's long hair is flipping mid-movement. Some others are sitting on the floor, watching.
A group of people gathered around a piano, smiling, laughing, and singing together. One person holds a sheet of music.
Dancing in unison, rehearsing lines, practicing instruments, harmonizing together: These experiences are a window into the vibrant world of student-run performing arts groups at Penn.
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Eight fourth-years representing four teams have won the 2026 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prizes, which will advance their work in robotics, energy efficiency, vision care, and childhood development.
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Same place, different chapter.
In a Q&A, President J. Larry Jameson discusses how Penn Forward’s initial nine priority initiatives aim to build trust with the people Penn serves, enable bold discovery, and extend Penn’s reach geographically and across a lifetime.
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Ahead of the season two finale of “The Pitt” this week, Bobbie Poller shares how the hit medical drama compares to his experience as a nurse in Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s emergency department.
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Penn Today spoke with three Penn experts about the Artemis II crew’s use of social media during the mission, how space images are more than just pretty pictures, and why space continues to fascinate.
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Enmanuel Martínez supports first-generation and limited-income students through Penn First Plus, expanding their access to campus resources and professional opportunities. https://www.upenn.edu/about/penn-matters
Fourth-year Caitlyn Chen plans to pursue an M.D.-Ph.D. and develop medical devices that can make diagnostics for rare diseases more affordable, especially in migrant communities.
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The Eastern Redbud on College Green is covered in gorgeous cauliflorous blooms!
The 2027 Ivy Madness men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held at The Palestra in conjunction with the historic venue’s 100th anniversary celebration.
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Linguist Marlyse Baptista, neuroscientist Nacho Sanguinetti, and humanities scholar Fritz Breithaupt were hired through MindCORE for research that fits into the theme of "interconnected minds." @pennmindcore.bsky.social
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Members of Penn’s Pan-Asian American Community House unveiled a new mural in the ARCH building. Acknowledging the United States’ Semiquincentennial, the installation features 250 mandalas symbolizing connection, individuality, and community.
Ahead of Take Back the Night, a global event condemning sexual assault, President J. Larry Jameson asks the Penn community to support one another in building a network of awareness, accountability, and allyship.
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How do small icebergs affect the waters around them? Assistant Professor Hugo Ulloa and a Hokkaido University colleague found that icebergs don’t sit passively. Rather they release dense, cold water and jet across the surface, churning and mixing everything in their paths.
Collecting Colors 🎨
Ahead of an AI Month panel showcasing AI use in the classroom at Penn, Catherine Turner of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation poses three questions instructors can consider while planning AI-informed assignments and activities.
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How do we develop public trust in AI to make important medical diagnoses? René Vidal works to solve this problem by developing AI algorithms that are easier to understand, reliable, and trustworthy, helping make AI safer and more transparent in real-world use.
From connecting with her Andean roots to helping patients access medical records at a North Philadelphia clinic, fourth-year Penn Nursing student Melanie Contreras is breaking down barriers to care.
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Penn Medicine pharmacies are streamlining care through advances in automation, AI, and delivery technology, enabling pharmacists to work directly with patients, doctors, and nurses. https://bit.ly/3Qio8AB
Penn Electric Racing has unveiled REV 11 🏁
Next, they’ll compete at the Formula SAE Electric competition in Michigan, where student teams design, build, and race formula-style electric vehicles.
“Betty,” Penn’s first University-wide high-performance computing and artificial intelligence cluster, is reshaping research across Schools and Centers.
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Members of the Weitzman School are transforming unavoidable food waste—like fruit peels and eggshells, which account for 14.8% of post-consumer restaurant food waste—into durable, biodegradable building materials in collaboration with Penn Dining.
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On Friday, Holi returned to College Green, bringing students together for a burst of color and energy.
The tossing of vibrant powders represented the triumph of good over evil and reflected Penn's multicultural pride and strong community, as vibrant festivities filled the air.
As founder and director of the Computational Social Science Lab, PIK Professor Duncan Watts and his team are using new technologies to explore how people behave, how media works, how society functions, and how the human mind operates.
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Raymond Tabak leads Penn's Medical Emergency Response Team, helping keep Penn and the Philadelphia area safe through outreach, health workshops, and emergency medical care.
Learn more about how Penn Matters to community: https://bit.ly/4mjndKI
In his new book, Steven Weitzman, Ella Darivoff Director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, explores how the biblical story of the 10 plagues has been retold for millennia as people make sense of and respond to the disasters of their times.
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2025 President’s Innovation Prize recipients Melanie Herbert and Alexandra Popescu are leveraging AI and privacy-focused computing to address the crisis of an aging population and overburdened health care staff.
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Class of 2030, this is YOUR moment! 🎉💙❤️ You are so many things, and we can’t wait to see you on campus!
AI Month returns this April with a focus on human-centered AI, convening researchers and practitioners to explore how rapidly evolving tools can expand knowledge while safeguarding human judgment. #AIMonthAtPenn #2026AIMonth #HumanCenteredAI
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