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Lauder internship funding powers student impact in startups and emerging markets

Lauder internship funding powers student impact in startups and emerging markets

Each year, The Lauder Institute supports select students with funding for summer internships around the world through its Leadership Immersion Internship program. This summer, Dania Cortes Cervantes, Jhonny Georges, and Long Pham took on high-impact roles at organizations and startups in Brazil, Venezuela, and the U.S.

Philly teachers get a class PASS
Betty Chandy speaking into a microphone with AI In Schools on the white board behind her.

Betty Chandy leads a discussion on the role of AI in the classroom during the PASS program, a donor-supported initiative that collaborates with the School District of Philadelphia.

(Image: Tom Stanley)

Philly teachers get a class PASS

Penn’s Graduate School of Education pilots “Pioneering AI in School Systems” for Philadelphia school district partners.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

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What stiffening lung tissue reveals about the earliest stages of fibrosis
Donia Ahmed prepares tissue for imaging.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today

What stiffening lung tissue reveals about the earliest stages of fibrosis

A Penn Engineering team has targeted the lung’s extracellular matrix to better understand early fibrosis by triggering the formation of special chemical bonds that increase tissue stiffness in specific locations, mimicking the first physical changes that may lead to lung fibrosis.

Melissa Pappas

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Exploring the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on America’s founding
Eric Ryu stands outside of College Hall.

Eric Ryu spent part of his summer in Scottish university archives researching the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Exploring the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on America’s founding

Fourth-year Eric Ryu studied 18th and 19th century lectures notes from university archives in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews to trace the intellectual roots of the two movements.

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A generative AI model that designs new antibiotics
Pranam Chatterjee in his lab at Penn Engineering.

The lab of Pranam Chatterjee (pictured), in collaboration with the lab of César de la Fuente, developed and validated a new “diffusion model” that can generate antibiotic candidates the same way AI creates images.

(Image: Sylvia Zhang)

A generative AI model that designs new antibiotics

A research team at Penn Engineering has developed and validated a new ‘diffusion model’ that can generate antibiotic candidates the same way AI creates images.

Ian Scheffler

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Penn buildings achieve LEED certifications, showcasing commitment to sustainability
Sun shades attached to building windows.

The sun shades on the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology.

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Penn buildings achieve LEED certifications, showcasing commitment to sustainability

Three recent building projects at the University of Pennsylvania have earned LEED Platinum, Gold, and Silver certifications, underscoring Penn’s ongoing commitment to sustainable design and construction.

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Winners announced for 2025 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

Winners announced for 2025 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

Rézme won the $40,000 Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize at the 16th-annual Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition out of seven finalists. The venture is a compliance software that dismantles systemic barriers keeping justice-impacted individuals from jobs, housing, and higher education.

Penn Engineers send quantum signals with standard internet protocol
Yichi Zhang wearing sunglasses in the Penn Engineering lab.

Yichi Zhang, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, inspects the source of the quantum signal.

(Image: Sylvia Zhang)

Penn Engineers send quantum signals with standard internet protocol

Penn engineers have developed a “Q-Chip” (quantum-classical hybrid internet by photonics) signal which coordinates quantum and classical data and can run on the same infrastructure that carries everyday online traffic.

Ian Scheffler

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Reimagined Penn Medicine facility set to usher in a bold new era of Immune Health discovery
Penn President J. Larry Jameson, Kevin Mahoney and two others cutting a Penn Medicine ribbon at a Ribbon Cutting ceremony.

(From left) Kevin B. Mahoney, chief executive officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System; Penn President J. Larry Jameson; Jonathan A. Epstein, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM); and E. Michael Ostap, senior vice dean and chief scientific officer at PSOM, at the ribbon cutting at 3600 Civic Center Boulevard.

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Reimagined Penn Medicine facility set to usher in a bold new era of Immune Health discovery

3600 Civic Center Boulevard will bring together key researchers and technologies in Immune Health, the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, and infectious diseases to drive breakthrough science.

Eric Horvath

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OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google vary widely in identifying hate speech
Two people work on coding at computer.

Image: Kindamorphic via Getty Images

OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google vary widely in identifying hate speech

Neil Fasching and Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication have found dramatic differences in how large language models classify hate speech, with especially large variations for language about certain demographic groups, raising concerns about bias and disproportionate harm.

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