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Penn’s community engagement progress at the turn of the century

The third installment in the limited series “Chapters of Change” explores how Penn has led community engagement efforts in public education, economic development, and neighborhood prosperity during a time of widespread change in the nation’s cities.

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Gabrielle Fine leads a campus tour with prospective students and their families.

How the Quaker Commitment empowered one student to create her path at Penn

Gabrielle Fine, a fourth year in the Wharton School and recipient of financial aid from the Quaker Commitment, will graduate in May with an interdisciplinary skillset and new perspectives from a global adventure and local engagement.

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Xindi Lyu

The master of city planning candidate worked at a Kansas City firm to see how different design practices engage with urban design and planning.

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students moving out of Penn residences during Move-Out.

Tips for a greener, cleaner, and easier Move-Out experience

Working with community partners, Penn offices offer options for off-campus pickups, on-campus donations, and additional curbside trash pickup days aimed at keeping the neighborhood clean and limiting what ends up in the landfill.

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Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests

A Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine team built CAMEL, an artificial intelligence model that forecasts dangerous cardiac rhythms before they strike. Their findings pave the way for a new era of real-time, predictive heart care.

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Lauder Class of 2026 graduate showcase

Four graduating students in the Lauder MA/Wharton MBA joint-degree program reflect on the challenges and advantages of completing two rigorous degrees in a two-year period.

Stopping and restarting certain GLP-1s to lose weight may make the drug less effective

A preclinical study from Penn Medicine reveals that people seeking weight loss from GLP-1s may need to consistently take the medication long term.

New study finds ethnic studies courses significantly improve student achievement at scale

Penn GSE’s Sade Bonilla and a team of researchers conducted a large-scale analysis of one decade of data to reveal enrollment in ethnic studies courses significantly increased students’ grade point averages and reduced course failure rates.

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations announces fourth fellowship cohort

The cohort is comprised of 16 next-generation China scholars and analysts across the Project’s six key issues: national security; trade and economics; research and education; human rights and governance; climate and environment; and science and technology.

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Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts

Researchers at Penn Engineering have identified patient-reported symptoms associated with GLP-1s in 400,000 posts from 70,000 user sand highlighted two main classes of symptoms that warrant further study.

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