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Haute Couture Meets Hard Science
How biomaterials, robotics, and 3D printing are quietly revolutionizing the way we dress.
‘17776,’ or What Science Fiction Will Look Like in the Future
Jon Bois’ multimedia narrative abandons science fiction’s obsession with innovation to ask what remains when progress falters.
Before the Movies Begin, AI is Already Watching
For Penn students pursuing a career in the film industry, artificial intelligence is altering both the work and the way in.
A New and Improved Workplace Gender Gap
How the rise of artificial intelligence might leave working women behind.
Closing Schools Closes Community
Paul Robeson High School, one of six schools slated for closure by Philadelphia School District Superintendent Tony Watlington, stands only a few blocks west of Penn’s campus.
Fashion in Bloom on Penn's Campus
It's officially SABS season. Here’s what we’re wearing.
In the GRASP of Death
Penn labs are building the future of robot warfare. Who’s building the ethics?
Who Gets to Remember
Philadelphia enters a legal battle with the Trump administration over the meaning—and control—of an Old City slavery exhibit.
DITL: A Day in Their Lives
Content creation has generated a job market of its own. Where do Pennfluencers fit into it?
It’s Not Addiction Till You Graduate
At Penn, substance abuse is hiding in plain sight.
The Body I Inherited
What it means to love the body I came from.
Ego of the Month: Stephanie Skinner
The weight of the crown is no stranger to Stephanie Skinner.
No Punches Pulled
Every time they step into the ring, bare–knuckle boxers put their bodies on the line. What are they fighting for?
Thinness is Back. So What?
The ideal American body is a constant negotiation between class anxiety, youth nihilism, and desire for novelty. But Italy knows something about beauty that America doesn’t.
The Body Never Lies
From “final girls” to forced birth, horror films track America’s shifting anxieties about women, reproduction, and control.
False Bodies Online
As technology has advanced, so has the ability to commit acts of violence in cyberspace.
Drawing Bodies, Missing People
On being captured vs. being known in the art studio.
Street’s 2026 Oscars Roundup
How will the biggest night in entertainment pan out, according to people with strong opinions?
‘The Bride!’ Wants to Give Frankenstein’s Monster—and His Bride—a Second Life
A near–century–old horror icon is reexamined through the lens of autonomy, loneliness, and reinvention.
