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Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80

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 wide range of complex numerical problems was revolutionary and laid the foundation for modern digital systems.

A professor standing at the head of a table talking to students. Arts & Humanities

Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love

Shreya Parchure in a white coat in the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation in the Goddard Laboratory on Penn's campus, smiling with arms crossed and facing forward. Health & Medicine

Leveraging AI to help stroke survivors recover speech abilities

A human leg receiving radiation therapy. Health & Medicine

Low-dose radiation therapy helps relieve osteoarthritic pain

Dorothy Roberts and the cover of her new book “The Mixed Marriage Project” Business & Law

Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America

Pamela Collins holding her baby son. Health & Medicine

The small, high-tech beanie protecting premature babies

MORE NEWS VIA PENN TODAY A professor standing at the head of a table talking to students. Arts & Humanities

Studying Shakespeare through the lens of love

Students and faculty look at rare books in the Lea Library. Arts & Humanities

Exploring ‘One Thousand and One Nights’

Dag Woubeshet (right) speaks with student in a classroom who is giving the thumbs up. Arts & Humanities

Literature and medicine

Album cover for My Mother In Love's “The Summer Sessions” Arts & Humanities

The professor who moonlights as a songwriter

Handwritten notes and paper relics from TV shows in the past. Arts & Humanities

An inside look at the history of television

Left: Valeria Seminario; right: An old illustrated map of the Americas. Arts & Humanities

Connecting Latin American fiction through infrastructure and transit

MORE NEWS VIA PENN TODAY Estefanie Aguilar Padilla conducting fieldwork at a community college. Social Sciences

Why students leave community college

A row of newspaper boxes, mostly empty. Social Sciences

New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions

Alyssa Smith Social Sciences

Early modern literature in the Black Atlantic world

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. Social Sciences

Seven things to know about ‘Common Sense’

Philadelphia’s Market Street east of City Hall in 1889. Social Sciences

A design fall studio brings interdisciplinary thinking to Philly’s historic and commercial core

An elderly person holding a baby while blowing out candles on a birthday cake. Social Sciences

Planning ahead in an age of longevity

VISIT PENN TODAY Sign up for the Penn Today Newsletter Dorothy Roberts and the cover of her new book “The Mixed Marriage Project” Business & Law

Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange looking at monitors. Business & Law

Is there an AI bubble and what happens if it bursts?

Tricia Rojo Bushnell direct to camera. Business & Law

Using data to drive criminal justice reform

A model of teeth used for dental practice. Business & Law

The path from labs to the marketplace

Graphic art of two stylized heads looking at each other. Business & Law

Does AI limit creativity?

A human face with three deepfakes above it. Business & Law

Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Protecting identity in the AI era

MORE NEWS VIA PENN TODAY Srishti Jainapur recording the temperature on a freezer. Natural Sciences

Green Lab’s Freezer Inventory Project: Turning a ripple of change into a wave

High-speed images of raindrops rolling on a sandy slope, forming peanut-shaped sandballs (top) and donut-shaped sandballs with hollow centers (bottom). Natural Sciences

Raindrop-formed ‘sandballs’ that erode hillsides tenfold

Artist rendering of several people conected with string stretch their connections to the limit, testing the strength of unity. Natural Sciences

How to incentivize problem solving in groups

An icy bench in a city. Natural Sciences

Why are icy surfaces slippery?

Six separate piles of foam. Natural Sciences

Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training

Tian Huang and Doris Wagner Natural Sciences

How plants ‘hedge their bets’ for better reproductive outcomes

VISIT PENN TODAY Sign up for the Penn Today Newsletter Jean Bartik (left) and Frances Spence operating the ENIAC’s main control panel in 1946. Technology

Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80

Chris Callison-Burch teaching in a classroom. Technology

Chris Callison-Burch: 25 years of AI innovation

Kevin Johnson seated at his desk with a computer and Karen O'Connor, seated at his desk, both testing the new equipment. Technology

An AI tool to help better understand medical visits

A microscopic robot on a U.S. penny for scale. Technology

The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots

Hand holding a microdevice Technology

Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy

Eva Dyer Technology

Eva Dyer is listening to the brain’s code with a little help from AI

MORE NEWS VIA TODAY Pennsylvania Hospital exterior. Health & Medicine

America’s first hospital to open museum at Pennsylvania Hospital’s historic Pine Street building

View of a highway from inside a car. Health & Medicine

Safe driving habits boosted by insurance plans that reward safe driving

Shreya Parchure in a white coat in the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation in the Goddard Laboratory on Penn's campus, smiling with arms crossed and facing forward. Health & Medicine

Leveraging AI to help stroke survivors recover speech abilities

A human leg receiving radiation therapy. Health & Medicine

Low-dose radiation therapy helps relieve osteoarthritic pain

Pamela Collins holding her baby son. Health & Medicine

The small, high-tech beanie protecting premature babies

An adolescent holding a prescription pill. Health & Medicine

1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations

MORE NEWS VIA PENN TODAY Locust Walk in the snow Campus & Community

Awards and accolades for Penn faculty

Jonibek Muhsinov Campus & Community

Penn fourth-year awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, and J. Larry Jameson cutting the ribbon to the new Weitzman Hall. Campus & Community

Weitzman Hall, renewed and expanded, celebrated at opening ceremony

A hand preparing letterpress off a small paper with text. Campus & Community

Exploring the Declaration through ink and type

Three students walking under an arch in the snow on Penn’s campus. Campus & Community

Penn named top producer of 2025-26 Fulbright students

An archway on Penn’s campus in the snow. Campus & Community

Awards and accolades for Penn faculty

MORE NEWS VIA PENN TODAY A group photo in front of a borehole drilling machine at Alna Farms in Gambia. Global

Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia

People walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates for the Lower House elections on the day of the election campaign kick-off on January 27, 2026 in Kobe, Japan. Global

Understanding Japan’s snap elections

Fourth-year student Prithvi Parthasarathy standing with arms crossed in the Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building Global

Prithvi Parthasarathy: Using AI to improve health care delivery in rural India

The exterior of the building for COP30. Global

Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms

Florencia Polite. Global

Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate

Florence Onyiuke. Global

Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar

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Natural Sciences

A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise

For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.

LEARN MORE Feb 17 Special Events

Mardi Gras Printing for All

In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is a day of absolution during which residents enjoy the luxuries of life—often with people celebrating in the streets, sometimes in costume, sometimes by parading. Annually, Common Press director Jessica Peterson celebrates her adopted New Orleans roots in Philadelphia by inviting the public to pull a commemorative Mardi Gras print. Register to attend.

Feb 17 Talks

The Art of Successful Fundraising

Mary Petersen, a fundraising coach with over 25 years of nonprofit experience, will share actionable insights and best practices for raising philanthropic support. Drawing on her work with thousands of board members, executive directors, and fundraising professionals, Mary will offer practical strategies that build donor trust and make fundraising a healthier, more joyful experience. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

Feb 17 Talks

Navigating Barriers to Optimal Health for All

This presentation will discuss ways to name, address, and overcome some of the rhetorical and narrative barriers to the framing of persistently unjust differences in health outcomes. The speaker, Derek Griffith, the Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Population Health and Health Equity University Professor, will argue that medical practitioners and researchers have an essential role to play in advancing this work. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

MORE EVENTS VIA PENN TODAY

Federal Government Updates

Penn is closely monitoring federal policy changes affecting institutions of higher education and academic health systems.

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Title IX Compliance in Athletics

Penn's Title IX Resolution with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

Learn More Students beneath the large sculpture of the Penn shield at Penn Commons, framed by brilliant fall foliage.

Penn Forward

Students passing beneath the massive 'Covenant' sculpture on Locust Walk

In Principle & Practice

mark alan hughes at the kleinman center

Climate and Sustainability Action Plan

karen detlefsen classroom with west philly children

Campaign for Community

singh nano clean room

Research & Innovation

Person holding a bag walking in front of the large Penn Logo at Penn Commons with snow in the background.

Snow place like home.

Instagram @uofpenn

Perry World House has selected 20 graduate students to form the 2025-26 cohort of its Graduate Fellows Program, elevating the impact their work will have on a global scale.

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Last week, more than 200 cats and dogs from across Philadelphia received care at @PennVetSchool’s free annual Dog and Cat Wellness and Vaccination Clinic.

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Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination at Penn

The University of Pennsylvania seeks talented students, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other class protected under applicable federal, state, or local law in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directed to the executive director of the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs; Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut Street, Suite 421, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993.

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