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The newly renovated Native North America Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, created in partnership with eight Indigenous consulting curators, features more than 250 items spanning 9,500 years.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The newly renovated Native North America Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, created in partnership with eight Indigenous consulting curators, features more than 250 items spanning 9,500 years.
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“The Bubble” is back. Yesterday, the 70,000-pound seasonal air structure at Penn Park began its 3–4 hour inflation process, rising to 72 feet tall and expanding to 386 by 242 feet as it takes shape once again.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“The Bubble” is back. Yesterday, the 70,000-pound seasonal air structure at Penn Park began its 3–4 hour inflation process, rising to 72 feet tall and expanding to 386 by 242 feet as it takes shape once again.
Growth can be big or small. What’s one thing you’re proud to have achieved this semester?
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Growth can be big or small. What’s one thing you’re proud to have achieved this semester?
In collaboration with faculty, staff, and students, Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, chair of the Graduate and Professional Training working group for Penn Forward, is looking ahead to the next decade and beyond for graduate education at Penn. https://bit.ly/4i5VUTy
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward | Penn Today
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward Graduate and Professional Training working group, says, ‘I don't want students to walk uphill both ways in the snow just because I had to.'
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November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In collaboration with faculty, staff, and students, Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, chair of the Graduate and Professional Training working group for Penn Forward, is looking ahead to the next decade and beyond for graduate education at Penn. https://bit.ly/4i5VUTy
If the color of these leaves were a paint swatch, what would they be called? 🎨🍁
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If the color of these leaves were a paint swatch, what would they be called? 🎨🍁
Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar. She is among 32 American recipients of the scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. https://bit.ly/3K6AcCm
Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar | Penn Today
Onyiuke has been awarded a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars and an ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar. She is among 32 American recipients of the scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. https://bit.ly/3K6AcCm
After learning about Penn Medicine’s uterus transplant program, Lancaster General Health nurse Sara Leister (right) decided to donate her own. Emma Dolezal, born without a uterus, received Leister’s and gave birth to baby Olivia.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After learning about Penn Medicine’s uterus transplant program, Lancaster General Health nurse Sara Leister (right) decided to donate her own. Emma Dolezal, born without a uterus, received Leister’s and gave birth to baby Olivia.
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This morning, members of the Penn community gathered on College Green to mark Veterans Day with the presentation of colors and a flag-raising ceremony by the Penn ROTC. Thank you to all who have served.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This morning, members of the Penn community gathered on College Green to mark Veterans Day with the presentation of colors and a flag-raising ceremony by the Penn ROTC. Thank you to all who have served.
In transitioning from the Army to a Ph.D. program in ancient history, Malcolm Nelson picked up where he left off in college: pursuing a passion for antiquity.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In transitioning from the Army to a Ph.D. program in ancient history, Malcolm Nelson picked up where he left off in college: pursuing a passion for antiquity.
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In Pennsylvania, the distribution of barn owls has declined more than 50%. Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, seeks to unravel the mystery https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vets-wildlife-futures-seek-unravel-mystery-disappearing-barn-owl
Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures seek to unravel the mystery of the disappearing barn owl | Penn Today
A multiyear study looks at the causes of declining populations, which will help inform conservation efforts in the future.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In Pennsylvania, the distribution of barn owls has declined more than 50%. Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, seeks to unravel the mystery https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vets-wildlife-futures-seek-unravel-mystery-disappearing-barn-owl
In her research, Penn's newest economics faculty member Jin Liu specializes in international trade and industrial organization, looking at it from a variety of models: trade, industrial organization, and macroeconomics. https://bit.ly/3JvI6Fk
Economics is ‘a unique way of thinking’ to see through the mystery of daily life | Penn Today
Economist Jin Liu focuses on international trade and industrial organization in her research.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In her research, Penn's newest economics faculty member Jin Liu specializes in international trade and industrial organization, looking at it from a variety of models: trade, industrial organization, and macroeconomics. https://bit.ly/3JvI6Fk
Through the Educational Pipeline Program at Penn, Hakiem Ellison helps Philadelphia students explore healthcare career pathways and plan for their future. Discover how Penn Matters to our community: https://www.upenn.edu/about/penn-matters
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Through the Educational Pipeline Program at Penn, Hakiem Ellison helps Philadelphia students explore healthcare career pathways and plan for their future. Discover how Penn Matters to our community: https://www.upenn.edu/about/penn-matters
As a volunteer with the nonprofit after-school program Project 440, Meryl Krieger, a senior learning designer for the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, helps artistically minded high school students with life skills. https://bit.ly/3Luswu5
Teaching creative Philadelphia youth career and entrepreneurship skills | Penn Today
As a volunteer with the nonprofit after-school program Project 440, Meryl Krieger, a senior learning designer for the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, helps artistically minded high school s...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As a volunteer with the nonprofit after-school program Project 440, Meryl Krieger, a senior learning designer for the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, helps artistically minded high school students with life skills. https://bit.ly/3Luswu5
Nature’s group project, where every color found its place 🌤️
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nature’s group project, where every color found its place 🌤️
Researchers at the Penn Vet School examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Researchers at the Penn Vet School examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources.
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Autumn on the water with the Red and Blue 🔴 🔵
📷 Credit: @chaowu_photo (On Instagram)
📷 Credit: @chaowu_photo (On Instagram)
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Autumn on the water with the Red and Blue 🔴 🔵
📷 Credit: @chaowu_photo (On Instagram)
📷 Credit: @chaowu_photo (On Instagram)
Could a five-particle structure change our understanding of the universe?
Researchers from Penn and Arizona State University pinpoint a lone five-particle package (a 5-plet) that could upend string theory if detected at the Large Hadron Collider.
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Researchers from Penn and Arizona State University pinpoint a lone five-particle package (a 5-plet) that could upend string theory if detected at the Large Hadron Collider.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Could a five-particle structure change our understanding of the universe?
Researchers from Penn and Arizona State University pinpoint a lone five-particle package (a 5-plet) that could upend string theory if detected at the Large Hadron Collider.
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Researchers from Penn and Arizona State University pinpoint a lone five-particle package (a 5-plet) that could upend string theory if detected at the Large Hadron Collider.
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For nearly a decade, @PennSAS glaciologist Leigh Stearns and collaborators have aimed a laser scanning system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their survey is reframing the understanding of how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For nearly a decade, @PennSAS glaciologist Leigh Stearns and collaborators have aimed a laser scanning system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their survey is reframing the understanding of how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
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Penn students, staff and faculty turned Election Day into a celebration of democracy. President J. Larry Jameson, bedecked in "I Voted" stickers, chatted with student volunteers from Penn Leads the Vote while the Quaker rallied passersby and posed for photos.
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Penn students, staff and faculty turned Election Day into a celebration of democracy. President J. Larry Jameson, bedecked in "I Voted" stickers, chatted with student volunteers from Penn Leads the Vote while the Quaker rallied passersby and posed for photos.
Historian Benjamin Nathans examines dissent in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s to understand how our world was shaped by history. He credits his time at Penn in dialogue with students and colleagues as having had a profound impact on his work. https://www.upenn.edu/about/penn-matters
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Historian Benjamin Nathans examines dissent in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s to understand how our world was shaped by history. He credits his time at Penn in dialogue with students and colleagues as having had a profound impact on his work. https://www.upenn.edu/about/penn-matters
Stepping into November 🚶♂️➡️
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Stepping into November 🚶♂️➡️
Over the summer Penn Engineering staff assembled a Rubik's Cube mosaic of the Penn crest and crafted keychains in the Precision Machining Laboratory.
These workshops, part of Staff Appreciation Week, celebrate the creativity, curiosity and craftsmanship that define Penn Engineering year-round.
These workshops, part of Staff Appreciation Week, celebrate the creativity, curiosity and craftsmanship that define Penn Engineering year-round.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Over the summer Penn Engineering staff assembled a Rubik's Cube mosaic of the Penn crest and crafted keychains in the Precision Machining Laboratory.
These workshops, part of Staff Appreciation Week, celebrate the creativity, curiosity and craftsmanship that define Penn Engineering year-round.
These workshops, part of Staff Appreciation Week, celebrate the creativity, curiosity and craftsmanship that define Penn Engineering year-round.
Dear Penn Community,
Fraudulent emails are currently being circulated that appear to come from a Penn Graduate School of Education account with the subject “We got hacked (Action Required)” or similar.
Fraudulent emails are currently being circulated that appear to come from a Penn Graduate School of Education account with the subject “We got hacked (Action Required)” or similar.
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dear Penn Community,
Fraudulent emails are currently being circulated that appear to come from a Penn Graduate School of Education account with the subject “We got hacked (Action Required)” or similar.
Fraudulent emails are currently being circulated that appear to come from a Penn Graduate School of Education account with the subject “We got hacked (Action Required)” or similar.
University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement
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University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement | Penn Today
The partnership leverages Penn's faculty experts and leadership to support AI policy and provide the Commonwealth with expertise related to AI organizational strategy, risk assessment, and governance.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement
@governor.pa.gov @pennengineering.bsky.social
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