President J. Larry Jameson: "Penn Forward empowers us to proactively shape our future and restore trust in the value we bring to society."
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April 15, 2026
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In a Q&A, President J. Larry Jameson discusses how Penn Forward’s initial nine priority initiatives aim to build trust with the people Penn serves, enable bold discovery, and extend Penn’s reach geographically and across a lifetime. “Penn Forward empowers us to proactively shape our future and restore trust in the value we bring to society,” says Jameson.
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Damon Centola, the Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology, and Engineering, is among 223 people working across 55 disciplines chosen for the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. Centola is one of just three awardees to receive the Fellowship in the category of sociology.
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What happens when AI moves from chat windows into the physical world? A new international collaboration of engineers led by Rahul Mangharam (right) is developing swarm AI systems that can coordinate, compete, and make real-time decisions while operating under the constraints of physics. “For us, safety can’t be an afterthought,” Mangharam says. “It has to be built in from the start.”
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Penn designers and architects are updating building code guidelines to highlight the safety and sustainability of mass timber as the go-to construction materials in cities around the world.
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 THE WASHINGTON POST
“Easy things often feel good, and platforms have spent a lot of money figuring out how to keep us there,” says Emily Falk of the Annenberg School for Communication.
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APRIL 17
Part of America 250 at Penn programming, this event will illuminate the tale of “Lisette quitté la plaine,” an enduringly popular song from Haiti. The concert will be preceded by a screening of the short documentary “Lisette,” which traces the text’s evolving significance from its early popularity in colonial St. Domingue and France to its use as a symbol of Black pride and cultural heritage in modern Haiti and Louisiana. Free and open to the public. Registration is required for guests without a Penn ID.
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