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Michael Weisberg on building community at Penn
Michael Weisberg.

Michael Weisberg has been chosen lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the 2024 University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    • Michael Weisberg on building community at Penn

    Michael Weisberg, a distinguished professor of philosophy, has been appointed to lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the Task Force on Antisemitism and the Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

    7 min. read

    The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

    The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

    The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations has announced its second class of 10 undergraduate fellows who are integrated into the Project’s work of deepening U.S. capacity to understand and evaluate critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship.

    Is housework holding back wage equality?

    Is housework holding back wage equality?

    New research from Wharton associate professor of business economics and public policy Corinne Low links unequal domestic workloads to stalled progress on closing the wage gap—and even declining marriage rates.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk
    A young child at a window wearing a mask due to COVID.

    Image: Vera Livchak via Getty Images

    Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk

    Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine.

    Frank Otto

    2 min. read

    New Lauder Fellows for 2025

    New Lauder Fellows for 2025

    The fourth cohort of the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program are beginning the year’s full-time nursing program which will provide clinical skills necessary to address complex challenges in their communities and make a lasting impact on health care.

    Mechanisms of a rare, serious skin disease point to new targeted treatments

    Mechanisms of a rare, serious skin disease point to new targeted treatments

    A team of dermatologists and researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine has found a way to directly target neutrophils, a type of immune cell implicated in Sweet’s syndrome, with the potential for treating the disease without steroids.