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Wooder ice, Wawa, and cheesesteaks weren't the only familiar sights popping up on last night's Philly-centric episode of The Simpsons.
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Penn Dental aims to serve underserved populations. Nurse practitioner Abigail Green trains students to treat patients with physical disabilities or neurodivergence who are unable to receive dental care elsewhere.

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February 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Drawing on bioengineering, artificial intelligence, and language neuroscience, MD-Ph.D. candidate Shreya Parchure tested how a machine learning tool can help stroke survivors regain their ability to speak. https://bit.ly/4qAWcVn
Leveraging AI to help stroke survivors recover speech abilities | Penn Today
Doctoral student Shreya Parchure and her team evaluated the usefulness of an AI tool for personalizing speech therapy for patients with post-stroke aphasia.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Sending a Valentine’s Day shoutout to Penn couples whose stories are forever tied to campus. 💘

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❤️ Jarcy Zee (MS’12, PhD’14) & Parag Mahajan
💙 Joanna (C’15) & Blake (W’14)
❤️ Ernest Owens (C’14) & Barry Johnson (C’17)
💙 Marisa Petticord (PhD Student, NGG) & Daniel Furst
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Fourth-year Jonibek Muhsinov has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in psychiatry at the University of Cambridge in England. He is one of 26 Gates Cambridge Scholars chosen this year from the United States and one of 76 new Scholars worldwide. https://bit.ly/4kCuJB5
Penn fourth-year awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship | Penn Today
Jonibek Muhsinov of Key West, Florida, will pursue a Ph.D. in psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Becky Friedman’s course Shakespeare in Love examines how the Bard “presents love in all its complexity, showing how relationships can be ecstatic and devastating and full of twists and turns,” says Friedman. https://bit.ly/4avD5WK
Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love | Penn Today
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Images with faces or face-like features cause young children to react in certain ways and may open the door to identifying antisocial behaviors, new research from psychologist Rebecca Waller’s lab has found. https://bit.ly/3ZAZAEB
How children consider objects provides a peek into their behavior | Penn Today
Young children gravitate toward objects with anthropomorphic features, an inclination that is not as strong in children with early signs of antisocial behavior, according to research from the lab of a...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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The Sonura Beanie, designed by former Penn Engineering students is calming babies in the intensive care nursery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania by blocking out high-frequency sounds and playing messages from their parents. https://bit.ly/46OW5ya
The small, high-tech beanie protecting premature babies | Penn Today
The Sonura Beanie, designed by Penn Engineering alums, is calming babies in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s intensive care nursery.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Built in 1946 and configured by a team of pioneering women who were among the world’s first programmers, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC, could be reprogrammed to solve a wide range of complex numerical problems. https://bit.ly/3Obxihr
Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80 | Penn Today
Housed in the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School Building, ENIAC—the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer—launched in 1946. ENIAC’s ability to be reprogrammed to solve a wid...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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X-rays were a revolution for medical diagnostics, with Penn playing a central role. Penn physicist Arthur Goodspeed teamed up with Penn Medicine surgeons to produce some of the first X-rays of patients. https://bit.ly/47w87NL
X-ray plates from 1896 give a snapshot of Penn’s place in history | Penn Today
A gift from the family of Penn physicist Arthur Goodspeed represents the beginning of a revolution in medicine that began at Penn.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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The Penn community recently celebrated the reopening of Stuart Weitzman Hall, a 40,000-square-foot space for design and the arts. The ribbon‑cutting featured an exhibition showcasing the building’s 134-year history.

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February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Shaping the future of healthcare policy: Allison Hoffman of Penn Carey Law and Penn Medicine studies Medicare and long-term care, helping policymakers see the real-world impact of health insurance regulations.

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February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Students travel across cultures and centuries in a seminar on the classic Arabic story collection known as “The Arabian Nights.”

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February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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The practice of “dynamic pricing,” or adjusting prices based on demand, can trigger consumer backlash, warns Z. John Zhang of the The Wharton School. Dynamic discounting, by contrast, could ease the pain. https://bit.ly/4mBwwqp
In the wake of tariffs, can dynamic pricing work? | Penn Today
Firms could avoid consumer backlash with pricing that works both ways, says Wharton marketing professor John Zhang.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Frozen in Time ❄️ 🕰️
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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A typesetting workshop at Penn's Common Press invited participants to reinterpret lines from the Declaration of Independence as part of Penn’s America 250 programming. The reimagined Declaration will be displayed until mid-April.

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February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Prithvi Parthasarathy, a fourth-year neuroscience major, designed an AI triage tool to improve hospital efficiency and patient care.

“I’m really interested in not only being a physician but also bringing the health care system to the patients,” he says.

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February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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It shows up in all shapes and sizes.

Have you ever spotted the “fish” at the top of the shield? It’s actually an 18th-century depiction of a dolphin 🐬
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Penn has again been recognized as a Top Producing Institution by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of awardees for 2025-26. Last year, 19 Penn students and alumni were offered Fulbright grants to 16 countries. https://bit.ly/4rgXWUZ
Penn named top producer of 2025-26 Fulbright students | Penn Today
With 19 students and alumni offered an award, the flagship international education exchange program again recognized Penn as a top producing institution of Fulbright Scholars.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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In her role as Community Relations Officer for Penn's Division of Public Safety, Nickol Taylor builds bridges between public safety officers and the community to make sure everyone feels safe in their neighborhood.

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February 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the first public demonstration of television, Penn Today is highlighting TV-related materials at the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives.

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February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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The Office of Religious and Ethnic Interests (Title VI) reflects on some accomplishments in its first year, including resolving discrimination concerns and launching a training module.

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February 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Penn biologists "reveal how plants respond to seasonal flowering cues while protecting the stem cells at their growing tip, enabling continuous reproduction in changing environments."
How plants ‘hedge their bets’ for better reproductive success | Penn Today
Penn biologists reveal how plants respond to seasonal flowering cues while protecting the stem cells at their growing tip, enabling continuous reproduction in changing environments.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Penn has been recognized for its commitment to local engagement with the 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification.

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January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM