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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city
Two people looking at the flooded highway overpass in Philadelphia after flooding from Hurricane Ida.

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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city

New Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.

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How Wharton prepares business leaders in the AI era

How Wharton prepares business leaders in the AI era

Wharton’s Artificial Intelligence for Business MBA major and undergraduate concentration curriculum combines technical fluency, ethical reasoning, and real-world application converge.

Weitzman externships in retrospect: Xindi Lyu
Xindi Lyu.

Master of city planning candidate Xindi Lyu.

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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.

From the Weitzman School of Design

2 min. read

Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests
A doctor looking at EKG heart data.

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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.

2 min. read

Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
Harisa Martinos.

“What surprised me was how natural the transition from school to practice felt,” says Weitzman MLA candidate Harisa Martinos.

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos

The master of landscape architecture candidate spent her externship at a New York City firm, absorbing its culture and learning its design process.

From the Weitzman School of Design

2 min. read

The science of winemaking
Students listen to explanation at winery.

Students listened to an information session in a vineyard at Cobos winery prior to a sit-down tasting.

(Image: Kelly Williamson)

The science of winemaking

The Biochemical Engineering of Wine course provides a real-world application of engineering principles, teaching students about the science behind the processes involved with making wine.

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Global Research Seminar in Jamaica

Global Research Seminar in Jamaica

This spring, Penn Carey Law students traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, as part of the Global Research Seminar in Reproductive Rights and Justice in Jamaica, led by Professor Dorothy Roberts.