Brock Kirwan appointed as inaugural executive director of MindCORE Neuroimaging Facility

Kirwan was previously a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the director of the MRI Research Facility at Brigham Young University. 

Penn Faculty Senate hosts roundtable on academic freedom, open expression across college campuses

At the roundtable, the scholars engaged in a debate regarding the best ways to define academic freedom, assess institutional neutrality, gauge freedom of speech, and evaluate university policies and actions.

Penn Medicine joins White House voluntary commitments on AI use in healthcare

Penn Med voluntarily signed on the order along with several major healthcare organizations including CVS Health, John Muir Health, Duke Health, and Boston Children’s Hospital, among others.

Three-day symposium celebrates 50th anniversary of gender scholarship and advocacy at Penn

The symposium, which lasts from Feb. 29 to March 2, features a variety of faculty, scholars, and alumni across GSWG, FGT, and PWS. 

Wharton launches executive program to educate on fixed income and credit market investing

Wharton Finance professor Michael Roberts will lead the program, which addresses the importance of fixed-income investing and risk management amid rising interest rates. 

New AI literacy interest group holds teach-in sessions on nuance of large language models

Penn’s new AI Literacy Interest Group hosted a panel and showcase on Feb. 13 in Van Pelt Library to spread awareness about AI language models and machine learning systems.