Who Kara Butler likes old things. She loves museums and history, enjoys police procedurals and soap operas (“‘The Bold and the Beautiful?’ Wow, that’s my show,” she says),—and inherited an interest in scrapbooking from her mother. Butler, a fourth-year anthropology and communication double-major from Philadelphia, also loves talking to people
The Gymnastics East Conference released their weekly awards Wednesday, with junior Jordan Barrow earning Co-Gymnast of the Week. Junior Jordan Barrow (Jackson, Tenn.) was a key contributor for Penn in both meets this week as the Quakers finished second in each competition. At the Temple Quad, Barrow highlighted the meet with a 9.850 on
Much of the research on artificial intelligence and human emotion focuses on potential negative implications and emotional states such as depression, with less focus on joy, gratitude, and connection. But Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Desmond Upton Patton says he and collaborators envision a future where people’s experiences—from social media to banking—are shaped by systems
Chidinma Esielem (’27), a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, investigated possible links between sleep disturbances and brain pathologies indicative of Alzheimer’s disease with mentorship from Dr. Shinjae Chung (Department of Neuroscience). This research was supported by the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program. This summer I used
University of Pennsylvania fourth-year Florence Onyiuke, from Altamonte Springs, Florida, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. The Rhodes, established in 1902, is highly competitive and one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world. The scholarship funds tuition and a living stipend for two
30 years ago, the Million Man March gathered over 400,000 Black men at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to unite against social inequality and promote Black unity. The event highlighted the importance of community, bringing together people from all around the D.C. area, including Penn community members. 1998 Wharton
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Dorothy Roberts has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bioethics Founders’ Award by The Hastings Center for Bioethics. Roberts is the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society and maintains appointments at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura (left) and Angelica Dadda (right) are part of an undergraduate-led research team exploring the efficacy of CoolSeal, a pavement coating designed to reduce surface and air temperatures in urban areas exposed to extreme heat. Over the summer, the duo expanded this work by participating in a