1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations Image: Chinnapong via Getty Images 1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations A Penn Medicine study shows that the use of medicines to address mental health or behavioral conditions climbed from 2001 until 2020, but the increase has led to safety concerns. 2 min. read
Lioznyansky, Wu earn All-Ivy Honors on final day of Ivy League Championships Lioznyansky, Wu earn All-Ivy Honors on final day of Ivy League Championships First-year Simon Lioznyansky earned First Team All-Ivy and third-year Joseph Wu earned Second Team All-Ivy at the 2026 Ivy League Fencing Championships on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Weitzman Hall, renewed and expanded, celebrated at opening ceremony nocred Weitzman Hall, renewed and expanded, celebrated at opening ceremony The Penn community gathered to celebrate the opening of Weitzman Hall, the Weitzman School of Design’s first new building in nearly 60 years. 3 min. read
Allison Hoffman: Connecting health care policy to people’s lives nocred Allison Hoffman: Connecting health care policy to people’s lives Allison Hoffman studies Medicare and long-term care and helps policymakers understand the impact that health insurance regulations can have on people’s lives.
Abigail Green: Expanding access to inclusive dental care nocred Abigail Green: Expanding access to inclusive dental care Abigail Green trains students to treat patients with physical disabilities or neurodivergence who are unable to receive dental care elsewhere.
What makes an AI livestreamer seem real? What makes an AI livestreamer seem real? New research from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication examines 15 months of livestreams from AI livestreamer Neuro-sama and proposes a new framework of what makes AI feel authentic.
Why students leave community college Penn GSE doctoral student Estefanie Aguilar Padilla conducting fieldwork at a community college. (Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE) Why students leave community college At Penn’s Graduate School for Education, doctoral student Estefanie Aguilar Padilla’s work with associate professor Rachel Baker reveals why students walk away—and how colleges can help them stay. 2 min. read
Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology & Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.nocred Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America Roberts’ new memoir, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family” is an exploration of race, identity, and family in America. 2 min. read
Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ Dr. Paul Cobb, center, looks on as students and library staff examine rare versions of “One Thousand and One Nights” in the Lea Library.nocred Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ A seminar from Middle Eastern medievalist Paul Cobb gets students talking and thinking about the “disorienting” storytelling in “One Thousand and One Nights.” 3 min. read
Penn Nursing team awarded grant to pioneer ‘zero separation‘ for newborns with congenital heart disease Penn Nursing team awarded grant to pioneer ‘zero separation‘ for newborns with congenital heart disease The American Heart Association has awarded experts from Penn Nursing, Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and others to implement immediate skin-to-skin care during the “golden hour” after birth for infants born with congenital heart disease.