The Penn Institute for Urban Research enters its second decade. President emerita Judith Rodin and co-directors Eugénie Birch and Susan Wachter reflect on the Institute’s history and impact.
Through June 1, Makoto Fujimura’s ‘Transfiguration’ triptych ink paintings are on display at The Arts Lounge inside the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Supporting a community for learning, research, and thriving
Four months after the launch of the Office of Religious and Ethnic Interests (Title VI), the office is combating discrimination in all forms while leading educational efforts about dialogue and adaptive leadership.
Robots in the reading room: GRASP Lab brings hands-on STEM to Roxborough
Now in its third year, a partnership between GRASP and the Roxborough Library called Fun with Robots introduces robotics to kids through workshops led by Penn Engineering graduate students.
Penn ATLAS shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The team, which includes Joseph Kroll, Evelyn Thomson, Elliot Lipeles, Dylan Rankin, and Brig Williams from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of an expansive collaboration studying high-energy collisions from the Large Hadron Collider.
During this reception, the Vice Provost for Education and the Center for Teaching & Learning will celebrate the 2025 recipients of the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students. The event is free and open to the Penn Community. Register in advance.
Karen Detlefsen, left, pictured with the winners of the 2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.
GreenFest is a long-running Penn tradition for student organizations to share their visions and projects related to environmental sustainability. A tabling festival at Penn Commons, the event highlights environmentally friendly activities and organizations on campus and elsewhere in the city.
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.
AI Across Disciplines event highlights the power of ‘breadth and connectivity’ at universities
At a cross-disciplinary gathering at Amy Gutmann Hall, the Penn community celebrated the launch of the Penn AI Initiative with a panel discussing AI research at Penn—and writ large.
Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior
In the Brachio Lab, doctoral students at Penn Engineering probe AI models for signs of cyberbullying capabilities. This emerging problem with the rise of AI may pose challenges in areas like business, education, and public health.
Penn Arts & Sciences receives $8M commitment from The Robert K. Johnson Foundation
The gift will endow the Integrated Studies Program, which offers an immersive, interdisciplinary learning experience for Benjamin Franklin Scholars students pursuing degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Penn announces the inaugural Draw Down the Lightning Grant recipients
Awardees include interwoven teams of faculty, students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff with projects anchored at eight schools and 10 academic and administrative centers.
Trump tariffs may kill super-cheap retro handhelds—but they won’t kill what made them popular
Gad Allon of the Wharton School says that some major electronics industries with lobbying power may be able to argue for exceptions to tariffs, although small makers of niche products don’t have much leverage.
Benjamin L. Schmitt of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design says it is important “to deter future attempts by Russia and China to disrupt Western critical subsea infrastructure, acts which aim to undermine democratic resilience.”
