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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 47m
Andrew M. Rappe, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, presents his 60-Second Lecture, "Better Living Through Quantum Materials." View all of this fall's 60-Second Lectures featuring Penn Arts & Sciences faculty: bit.ly/3gKE37h @upenn.edu @pennchemistry.bsky.social
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 29/09/2026
Join the Filipino Language Program at Penn in celebrating 30 years on October 6th and honoring Filipino American History Month! Learn more: bit.ly/4dHrSoc RSVP here: bit.ly/3TgpgqB
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 29/09/2026
Marci Hamilton, Professor of Practice, speaks about the importance of identifying the perpetrators of sexual abuse against children. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Decades of harm: New York schools named in nearly 2,000 child sex abuse claims
A law that opened a window for survivors to seek justice for past abuse also exposed how schools enabled alleged predators.
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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm heading to the West Coast this week to meet with members of the Penn community. Join us in the Bay Area on 9/30--and in LA on 10/1--to hear from Penn professors about their research ideas, AI in the classroom, and what students really want to learn. bit.ly/4iVLGYt @sas.upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 28/09/2026
Did you catch SNL this weekend? So excited to see new cast member Saidah Belo-Osagie, C'18, who made her debut on Saturday night. 🍿 👏 👏 Read more in Variety: bit.ly/4dJtTAj
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 25/09/2026
Deborah Christakos, C’90, majored in communication and today is founder and lead guide of Pioneer Valley Food Tours in Northampton, MA. “Penn was a place of possibility,” she reflects. “It taught me to be courageous in my pursuits and trust that my skills would get me where I needed to be.”
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At Work Deborah Christakos C 90
Christakos is the founder of Pioneer Valley Food Tours, a food tourism business based in the Connecticut River Valley. As a former chef, she emphasizes the importance of local produce and quality.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 22/09/2026
The second episode of Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” features Dean Mark Trodden and political scientist Michael Horowitz, Director of @perryworldhouse.bsky.social, addressing AI and autonomous weapons. bit.ly/4dQFuxr @upenn.edu
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AI and the Changing Character of War
The second episode of Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” features Dean Mark Trodden and political scientist Michael Horowitz addressing AI and autonomous...
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 22/09/2026
The University of Pennsylvania announced a remarkable $22.5 million gift from Gabriel Gilinski, who graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2008, and Stephanie Gilinski to expand educational affordability and elevate academic excellence across Penn Arts & Sciences. bit.ly/4ApZJvN
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Penn Arts & Sciences Receives $22.5 Million Commitment to Advance Affordability and Academic Excellence | School of Arts and Sciences - University of Pennsylvania
A Landmark Gift from Alumnus Gabriel Gilinski and Stephanie Gilinski Establishes an Endowed Scholarship and Professorships Supporting History, Political Science, and Economics
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 21/09/2026
Congratulations to Prof. @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social who has been selected to receive the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for her 2025 book, Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security. bit.ly/4rpolkc @pennpolitics.bsky.social
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 19/09/2026
In empowering people, both locally and globally, to actively build more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, and secure societies, we treat all liberal values as universal—but should we? That tension is at the heart of research from philosophy and economics double-major Nathan Liu, C’27. buff.ly/nFZ0rzE
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When Liberalism and Global Education Misalign
Research from philosophy and economics double-major Nathan Liu, C’27, argues that we shouldn’t treat liberal values as universal.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 15/09/2026
Helmed by Penn Arts & Sciences AI Lead Bhuvnesh Jain, new offerings—from a broad crash course to specialized department trainings—aim to help faculty become more comfortable with evolving technologies. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/AI-tra...
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Empowering Better AI Users
Helmed by Penn Arts & Sciences AI Lead Bhuvnesh Jain, new offerings—from a broad crash course to specialized department trainings—aim to help faculty become more comfortable with evolving…
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 12/09/2026
Ben Struhl, Executive Director of Penn's Crime and Justice Policy Lab (CJP), is quoted on the lab's examination of project data that could add to the growing evidence linking cleaner, greener public spaces with reductions in crime. @upenn.edu
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Urban Gardener, Crime Fighter
Penn researchers have found that greener neighborhoods are less violent. Now, Pew is helping PHS double down on this confirmed hypothesis
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 11/09/2026
Penn Today looks back at how the Penn community came together to grieve, reflect, and support one another following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. bit.ly/4A9gBXu @upenn.edu
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25 years after Sept. 11 | Penn Today
A look back at how the Penn community came together to grieve, reflect, and support one another following the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 10/09/2026
Assisting Marcy Norton, Professor of History, four undergraduates spent their summers combing through centuries-old texts to learn more about the vital history of the area’s plants. buff.ly/TdOaGez
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The Wild Botanicals of the Atlantic World
Assisting Marcy Norton, Professor of History, four undergraduates spent their summers combing through centuries-old texts to learn more about the vital history of the area’s plants.
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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What are LLMs? In the Season 2 kickoff of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” linguist Charles Yang and I discuss how humans and machines acquire and use language. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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What are LLMs Human vs Machine Learning
Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” kicks off with Dean Mark Trodden and linguist Charles Yang discussing how humans and machines acquire and use…
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 09/09/2026
Melissa J. Wilde, Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College, presents "Political Neutrality and Sociology," at today's first 60-Second Lecture of the fall series. See the full schedule for this September's talks: bit.ly/3UhqEFa @upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 09/09/2026
What are LLMs? Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” kicks off with Dean Mark Trodden and linguist Charles Yang discussing how humans and machines acquire and use language. @upenn.edu @pennsasdean.bsky.social
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What are LLMs Human vs Machine Learning
Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” kicks off with Dean Mark Trodden and linguist Charles Yang discussing how humans and machines acquire and use language...
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 08/09/2026
Summer academies at Penn offer high school students the chance to immerse themselves in niche subject areas. For some, the experience can be life changing. buff.ly/TH8gWyr
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Sampling College and the Future
Summer academies at Penn offer high school students the chance to immerse themselves in niche subject areas. For some, the experience can be life changing.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 06/09/2026
In his new book of psychological history, Martin Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology and Director of Penn's Positive Psychology Center, shows how agency—marked by efficacy, optimism, and imagination—drives human progress. @upenn.edu
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Tracing human agency and progress through history | Penn Today
In his new book of psychological history, Martin Seligman shows how agency—marked by efficacy, optimism, and imagination—drives human progress.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 05/09/2026
Prof. Michael E. Mann of Earth & Environmental Science publishes an op-ed in @theguardian.com on the urgent need for climate action following a summer of extreme events—from deadly heatwaves and wildfires to the glacial collapse and devastating flooding in Nepal and Tibet. @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael Mann
The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 04/09/2026
From wind ripples to tides the size of the planet, physicist Arnold Mathijssen explains what’s really rolling towards the shore. "From planetary-scale energy to the microscopic mechanics of glowing cells, the shore reveals the hidden machinery of our world," says Mathijssen. @upenn.edu
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Coastal physics: The mechanics of ocean waves | Penn Today
From wind ripples to tides the size of the planet, physicist Arnold Mathijssen explains what’s really rolling towards the shore.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 03/09/2026
Marcia Chatelain, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies, authors an article on "The Black women whose voices lifted hearts at the March on Washington."
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The Black women whose voices lifted hearts at the March on Washington
Sixty-three years later, the voices and vision of the women of the march have yet to be appreciated.
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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Jed Esty, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, has been named Curriculum Lead for the College. In this three-year position starting Jan 2027, he will operationalize the new curriculum and help to redefine undergraduate education at Penn. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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Jed Esty Named Curriculum Lead for College of Arts & Sciences
In the three-year role, he will help operationalize and champion the new educational framework, which begins in earnest for the Class of 2031.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 01/09/2026
If you’re among the many readers who learned to love “The Odyssey” through Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation, you might be surprised that she’s going to translate it again. buff.ly/iwAxZFt
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Emily Wilson's 'Odyssey' became a cultural flashpoint. Now, she's retranslating the whole thing
Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller. It's also not the end of the story.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 31/08/2026
Sarah Gronningsater, Associate Professor of History, has been appointed to the Evan C Thompson Chair for Excellence in Teaching. The honor, which took effect July 1, recognizes teaching excellence in the four undergraduate schools at Penn. bit.ly/4i51WGg @upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 31/08/2026
It’s been 50 years since Legionnaires’ disease was discovered in Philadelphia. David Barnes, associate professor of history and sociology of science, says people can learn a lot from that moment. @upenn.edu
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The outbreak history forgot | Penn Today
It’s been 50 years since Legionnaires’ disease was discovered in Philadelphia. David Barnes, associate professor of history and sociology of science, says people can learn a lot from that moment.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 28/08/2026
Arica Shepherd, C’19, has built a career at the intersection of technology, data, and innovation. She reflects on her journey from Penn to the tech industry, and how her experiences at Penn continue to shape the way she approaches her work and leadership. bit.ly/4xXuBBB @upenn.edu
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At Work Arica Shepherd C 19
Shepherd, a chemistry major who minored in biological basis of behavior and gender, sexuality, & women’s studies, is today a business intelligence manager and data scientist at BlackLine.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 27/08/2026
Agriculture has long been considered a marker of human progress, one that has dramatically reshaped the world. This summer, four students helped historian Marcy Norton create a database of plants and their historic purposes on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. buff.ly/X0idVgh
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The Wild Botanicals of the Atlantic World
Assisting Marcy Norton, Professor of History, four undergraduates spent their summers combing through centuries-old texts to learn more about the vital history of the area’s plants.
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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From move-in to New Student Orientation, our newest Quakers are beginning to find their place in our community and preparing for an exciting first year. Welcome to Penn, Class of 2030! @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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A Campus Energized
In late August, students packed Houston Hall to learn about Penn Arts & Sciences departments, waved hats in Annenberg Plaza, and heard from Deans Trodden and Struck as they welcomed the Class of 2030.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 26/08/2026
In late August, students packed Houston Hall to learn about Penn Arts & Sciences departments, waved hats in Annenberg Plaza, and heard from Deans Trodden and Struck as they welcomed the Class of 2030. buff.ly/TFvj8dU
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A Campus Energized
In late August, students packed Houston Hall to learn about Penn Arts & Sciences departments, waved hats in Annenberg Plaza, and heard from Deans Trodden and Struck as they welcomed the Class of 2030.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 25/08/2026
Through the Summer Humanities Internship Program, rising third-year Sarah Attia has honed her research and interviewing skills and taught archival skills to elementary students. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/summer-...
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A summer of research and teaching with Scribe Video Center | Penn Today
Through the Summer Humanities Internship Program, rising third-year Sarah Attia has honed her research and interviewing skills and taught archival skills to elementary students.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 24/08/2026
After decades of research and discovery, Prof. Michael Kahana of Psychology and colleagues are closer than ever to an AI-guided device to treat memory loss. @upenn.edu @pennmindcore.bsky.social
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A ‘breakthrough’ to restore memory | Penn Today
After decades of research and discovery, Michael Kahana in the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues are closer than ever to an AI-guided device to treat memory loss.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 21/08/2026
We're excited to welcome the College of Arts & Sciences Class of 2030! The future of Penn is looking bright from above ❤️ 💙 @upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 21/08/2026
In a recent paper, oceanographer John Spiesberger and a colleague identified a theoretical wave-interference effect that can make energy from sound waves outrun fundamental speed limits without violating the laws of physics. bit.ly/45CUUB7 @upenn.edu
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An echo of Einstein: An unexpected link between whale calls and special relativity | Penn Today
Researchers noticed a wave-interference effect that makes sound energy appear to outrun fundamental limits without breaking physics. Their findings could improve whale tracking.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 20/08/2026
In a new program called Dining Across Divisions, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty meet with peers from other departments to discuss their work over lunch.
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Dining Across Divisions
In a new program, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty meet peers in other departments over lunch.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 19/08/2026
A semester-long program for faculty teaching first-year seminars aims to foster the use of dialogue to intentionally support learning. It involves a workshop, three lunchtime discussions, and this year—the program’s second—an opportunity for paired observation and feedback. buff.ly/azj4i2g
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Fostering Curiosity and Openness in the Classroom
For faculty teaching first-year seminars, a new program focuses on the role dialogue plays in college classes and how to encourage students of all backgrounds to ask questions of their course—and themselves.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 18/08/2026
Prof. Matt Levendusky, chair of the Institutions of Democracy, says the opposition to new data centers is widespread. “We find it in places where there is already organized opposition to data centers, [and] where there is not.” buff.ly/MyoISIF
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Data center opposition is rising significantly, Penn survey shows
Opposition has jumped significantly among both Democrats and Republicans, according to a recent Penn poll.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 18/08/2026
Through an internship at Penn Farm that combines classwork and hands-on experience, students learn about soil, food access, and other agricultural topics. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/summer...
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A Summer on the Farm in Photos
Through an internship at Penn Farm that combines classwork and hands-on experience, students learn about soil, food access, and other agricultural topics.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 17/08/2026
Penn Today spotlights Penn Arts & Sciences faculty who recently received awards and accolades. bit.ly/4xFoJg9 @upenn.edu
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Awards and honors for Penn faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences | Penn Today
A roundup of the latest awards and accolades for Arts & Sciences faculty in criminology, sociology, political science, Africana studies, English, and history.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 15/08/2026
Prof. Matthew Levendusky of Political Science and Communication supervised a new survey by @appc.upenn.edu which found a split among Americans about the overall benefits of AI. @upenn.edu
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Surveys find most Americans use AI, but mistrust it
A pair of surveys released this week shows most Americans are using artificial intelligence to save time on work and routine tasks, but still mistrust it and expect the technology to have negative imp...
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 14/08/2026
PhD student Konstantinos Raptis studies trade and economy in the Mediterranean Sea during Late Antiquity, from roughly 250 to 750 CE, and dives into the ocean to excavate shipwrecks—like those in the Fourni archipelago, a string of small Greek islands. bit.ly/4e5mDiV @upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 13/08/2026
Vanessa Workman of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and Alexis North of Penn Museum "are studying one of the largest collections of Egyptian blue objects ever found in the ancient Near East, shedding new light on how the world’s first synthetic pigment may have traveled far beyond Egypt."
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Tracing an ancient blue across the ancient world | Penn Today
Penn researchers Vanessa Workman and Alexis North are studying one of the largest collections of Egyptian blue objects ever found in the ancient Near East, shedding new light on how the world’s first…
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 12/08/2026
After decades of research and discovery, Michael Kahana, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Psychology, and colleagues are closer than ever to an AI-guided device to treat memory loss. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/breakt...
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A Breakthrough to Restore Memory
After decades of research and discovery, Michael Kahana, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Psychology, and colleagues are closer than ever to an AI-guided device to treat memory loss.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 11/08/2026
Earth and environmental science professor Reto Gieré invites his students to view sustainability as integral to industry and to reconsider waste as a potential resource for reuse. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/reto-gi...
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Reto Gieré on energy systems, waste, and sustainability | Penn Today
The earth and environmental science professor invites his students to view sustainability as integral to industry and to reconsider waste as a potential resource for reuse.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 11/08/2026
At the National Constitution Center, Pelham Tennant, C’29, Nestor Fioretos, C’29, Carson Donnelly, C’29, and Margot Englander, C’29, spent 10 weeks equipping educators to teach the Constitution with accuracy, balance, and a nonpartisan approach. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/suppor...
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Supporting We the People for the Summer
At the National Constitution Center, Pelham Tennant, C’29, Nestor Fioretos, C’29, Carson Donnelly, C’29, and Margot Englander, C’29, spent 10 weeks equipping educators to teach the Constitution with…
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 10/08/2026
Prof. Reto Gieré invites his students to view sustainability as integral to industry and to reconsider waste as a potential resource for reuse. "One of the main things I try to emphasize to students is that sustainability has to become central to how industries operate in the future," says Gieré.
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Reto Gieré on energy systems, waste, and sustainability | Penn Today
The earth and environmental science professor invites his students to view sustainability as integral to industry and to reconsider waste as a potential resource for reuse.
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 07/08/2026
Prof. Alain Plante studies how soil stores and cycles carbon. The results could answer questions around everything from sustainable agriculture to climate mitigation. Read more in our feature, "What Lies Beneath," from the new Spring/Summer issue of Omnia Magazine: buff.ly/jDkwLcb
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 06/08/2026
Penn researchers have developed a mobile field laboratory allowing them to test water quality and track antimicrobial resistance. buff.ly/U9RXt1y
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On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile | Penn Today
Penn researchers have developed a mobile field laboratory allowing them to test water quality and track antimicrobial resistance in and around San Cristóbal in the Galápagos.
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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Enjoyed attending a poster session in Houston Hall last week to hear high school students present on their projects for Penn Summer Academies, which offer subject-intensive programs that fuse theory with application. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 04/08/2026
The Greenland Ice Sheet is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought. Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Science Jon Hawkings highlights what you need to know:
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Greenland s Fragile Ice Three New Takeaways
The Greenland Ice Sheet is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought. Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Science Jon Hawkings unpacks new research.
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