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Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Campus & Community
Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, Provost John L. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan Watts are recognized for their contributions to the applied, biological, social, natural, physical, and behavioral sciences.
4 min. read
Voting is linked to living longer
Social Sciences
Voting is linked to living longer
A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.
2 min. read
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
Health & Medicine
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
For Penn Vet Class of 2026 student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, first aid training helped Kowalski stay cool during Kona’s heat emergency.
2 min. read
A spring outlook on campus
Campus & Community
A spring outlook on campus
Penn’s tree-lined campus is in bloom, and the community takes advantage of any T-shirt-weather day in the abundance of outdoor spaces for studying, lounging, and some spikeball.
1 min. read
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
Health & Medicine
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.
3 min. read
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Global
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Perry World House’s ‘Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies’ workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners, and academics to discuss how to close the $175 billion annual investment gap in ocean resilience.
2 min. read
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Health & Medicine
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
2 min. read
The performing arts at Penn: process, practice, and purpose
Arts & Humanities
The performing arts at Penn: process, practice, and purpose
In the vivid tapestry of performing arts groups at Penn, students prepare for their performances while simultaneously enriching their college experience.
2 min. read
Penn Medicine student awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Campus & Community
Penn Medicine student awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Medical student Bayan Galal has received the scholarship, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States.
1 min. read
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
Natural Sciences
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
By tracking galaxy clusters hundreds of millions of lightyears apart, Penn physicist Patricio Gallardo and collaborators find that the laws of gravity written by Newton and Einstein still hold, leaving little doubt that invisible dark matter exists.
3 min. read
AI Month: Education, Research, and Practice
Apr
24
AI Month: Education, Research, and Practice
This panel of Penn GSE experts will offer guidance to help educational institutions use AI responsibly and in ways that advance accessibility, innovation, and student success. This program is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about the intersection between AI and K-12 education.
11th Annual Career Pathways in Global Health
Apr
25
11th Annual Career Pathways in Global Health
Free and open to the Penn community, this program will feature keynote speaker Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean of Penn Dental Medicine, sharing insights and pathways into global health professions. Attendees will learn about the career trajectories and work lives of participating panelists regarding local and global public health research and practice. Register to attend.
Penn Global has announced the first recipients of the newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program, which provides up to $8,000 in funding to nearly a dozen Ph.D. students.
https://in-principle-and-practice.upenn.edu/
In Principle and Practice
Penn’s strategic framework
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
Campus & Community
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
President J. Larry Jameson announces nine initial priority initiatives.
5 min. read
Four ways Penn Arts & Sciences is looking to the future
Campus & Community
Four ways Penn Arts & Sciences is looking to the future
With ‘SAS Horizons: Pathways for a Changing World,’ the School charts a course to navigate challenging waters.
3 min. read
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Technology
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.
4 min. read
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
Campus & Community
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.
7 min. read
Two drugs stir hope for treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer
The New York Times
Two drugs stir hope for treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer
Robert Vonderheide
of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on promising research on treatments of pancreatic cancer, saying, "We are having to tell ourselves that this is in fact unprecedented."
Coffee lowers stress levels if you drink this amount daily—and it’s more than one cup
Men’s Health
Coffee lowers stress levels if you drink this amount daily—and it’s more than one cup
Yvette Sheline
of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “People vary widely in the effect caffeine has on them. There seems to be a sweet spot for everyone.”
How hospitals are leaning into virtual nursing programs
Modern Healthcare
How hospitals are leaning into virtual nursing programs
Research from the School of Nursing found that 57% of virtual nurses did not reduce the workload.
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
Scientific American
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
Jean Bennett,
Albert Maguire
, and
Katherine High
of Penn Medicine were recognized for developing Luxturna, the first FDA-approved gene-augmenting therapy to treat an inherited retinal disease.
Skip to Content
Skip to Content
News from
University of Pennsylvania
Try Advanced Search
Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Campus & Community
Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, Provost John L. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan Watts are recognized for their contributions to the applied, biological, social, natural, physical, and behavioral sciences.
4 min. read
Voting is linked to living longer
Social Sciences
Voting is linked to living longer
A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.
2 min. read
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
Health & Medicine
Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
For Penn Vet Class of 2026 student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, first aid training helped Kowalski stay cool during Kona’s heat emergency.
2 min. read
A spring outlook on campus
Campus & Community
A spring outlook on campus
Penn’s tree-lined campus is in bloom, and the community takes advantage of any T-shirt-weather day in the abundance of outdoor spaces for studying, lounging, and some spikeball.
1 min. read
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
Health & Medicine
How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.
3 min. read
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Global
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Perry World House’s ‘Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies’ workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners, and academics to discuss how to close the $175 billion annual investment gap in ocean resilience.
2 min. read
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Health & Medicine
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
2 min. read
The performing arts at Penn: process, practice, and purpose
Arts & Humanities
The performing arts at Penn: process, practice, and purpose
In the vivid tapestry of performing arts groups at Penn, students prepare for their performances while simultaneously enriching their college experience.
2 min. read
Penn Medicine student awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Campus & Community
Penn Medicine student awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Medical student Bayan Galal has received the scholarship, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States.
1 min. read
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
Natural Sciences
Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales
By tracking galaxy clusters hundreds of millions of lightyears apart, Penn physicist Patricio Gallardo and collaborators find that the laws of gravity written by Newton and Einstein still hold, leaving little doubt that invisible dark matter exists.
3 min. read
AI Month: Education, Research, and Practice
Apr
24
AI Month: Education, Research, and Practice
This panel of Penn GSE experts will offer guidance to help educational institutions use AI responsibly and in ways that advance accessibility, innovation, and student success. This program is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about the intersection between AI and K-12 education.
11th Annual Career Pathways in Global Health
Apr
25
11th Annual Career Pathways in Global Health
Free and open to the Penn community, this program will feature keynote speaker Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean of Penn Dental Medicine, sharing insights and pathways into global health professions. Attendees will learn about the career trajectories and work lives of participating panelists regarding local and global public health research and practice. Register to attend.
Penn Global has announced the first recipients of the newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program, which provides up to $8,000 in funding to nearly a dozen Ph.D. students.
https://in-principle-and-practice.upenn.edu/
In Principle and Practice
Penn’s strategic framework
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
Campus & Community
Penn Forward: Turning vision into action
President J. Larry Jameson announces nine initial priority initiatives.
5 min. read
Four ways Penn Arts & Sciences is looking to the future
Campus & Community
Four ways Penn Arts & Sciences is looking to the future
With ‘SAS Horizons: Pathways for a Changing World,’ the School charts a course to navigate challenging waters.
3 min. read
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Technology
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.
4 min. read
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
Campus & Community
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.
7 min. read
Two drugs stir hope for treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer
The New York Times
Two drugs stir hope for treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer
Robert Vonderheide
of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on promising research on treatments of pancreatic cancer, saying, "We are having to tell ourselves that this is in fact unprecedented."
Coffee lowers stress levels if you drink this amount daily—and it’s more than one cup
Men’s Health
Coffee lowers stress levels if you drink this amount daily—and it’s more than one cup
Yvette Sheline
of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “People vary widely in the effect caffeine has on them. There seems to be a sweet spot for everyone.”
How hospitals are leaning into virtual nursing programs
Modern Healthcare
How hospitals are leaning into virtual nursing programs
Research from the School of Nursing found that 57% of virtual nurses did not reduce the workload.
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
Scientific American
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
Jean Bennett,
Albert Maguire
, and
Katherine High
of Penn Medicine were recognized for developing Luxturna, the first FDA-approved gene-augmenting therapy to treat an inherited retinal disease.