High schoolers in an ethnic studies course experienced higher academic performance, fewer course failures, and improved college readiness.
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July 13, 2026
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In a recent study tracking more than 24,000 students, education policy scholar Sade Bonilla and colleagues found that high schoolers in San Francisco experienced higher academic performance, fewer course failures, and improved college readiness from participating in an ethnic studies course. The strongest gains were in science and math.
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Since opening three years ago, the 24/7 crisis response center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania-Cedar Avenue has become a key access point for mental health care in Philadelphia, easing emergency department crowding and connecting more patients to ongoing support. “You see how skilled the nurses and technicians are at helping patients maintain a sense of control and dignity, even in crisis,” says clinical psychiatrist Katie Dalke (not pictured).
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Meantime on Market, launched by Weitzman architect Brian Phillips, is a pop-up of local retailers in a renovated building on the 900 block of Market Street in Philadelphia. “It’s a great palette for urbanism,” says Phillips. “We’re testing ideas, supporting local talent, and strengthening connections across the city.”
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Automation is often seen as destroying jobs, but new research from marketing and economics professor Pinar Yildrim shows that it can also quietly block workers from moving into better-paid roles.
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A Penn Medicine vaccine platform swaps out lipid nanoparticles with a different kind of nanoparticle to simplify manufacturing, making mRNA vaccines easier and more cost-effective to produce, transport, store, and distribute.
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This week, in the wake of a heat wave that affected much of the Northeastern U.S., Penn Today revisits stories that address methods for managing the summer sun. Penn Engineering students applied their classroom knowledge to design a solar-powered drip irrigation system that supports farmers in Gambia.
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 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“The American mortgage is a unique mortgage,” says Susan Wachter of the Wharton School. “Most other countries, the rate changes with interest rates in the overall economy.”
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JULY 14
This walk-through of “A World in the Making: The Shakers” at the Institute of Contemporary Art will be co-led by artist Amie Cunat and scholar Jayna Brown. Cunat will invite visitors inside her meetinghouse installation to discuss how historic Shaker architecture fuels her visual practice. Brown will discuss the legacy of Philadelphia’s own Rebecca Cox Jackson and Rebecca Perot, co-founders of the only Black-led Shaker settlement. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
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