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10/30/2026

From Halloween shopping trends and campus grotesques to coral skeletons and zombie-like cells, visit the Penn Today website for more stories that embody the spookiest time of the year.

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10/30/2026

A lead gift from The Wharton School alumnus John G. Troiano and Rosanna Troiano has established the Troiano Brain Tumor Center at Penn Medicine, launching a $35 million initiative that will leverage Penn-led discoveries and expertise through innovation, first-in-human clinical trials, and world-class treatments for patients.

In acknowledging the gift, President J. Larry Jameson said the Troianos’ “establishment of the Troiano Brain Tumor Center sets the stage for urgently needed breakthroughs in brain tumor research and care.”

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10/29/2026

Look up and you might spot one of the grotesques keeping watch over the Quadrangle.

These intricate stone figures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were each carved from a 14-inch square piece of Indiana limestone over three to four days. Today they remain a distinctive part of the Quadrangle’s historic architecture.

10/29/2026

Halloween at Penn extends far beyond costumes and candy. Three hair-raising Penn Arts & Sciences courses invite students to investigate historical witchcraft, explore global beliefs about the afterlife, and craft their own tales of horror and suspense.

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10/28/2026

Earlier this month, Penn launched a new cost calculator that gives families a clear estimate of how much a Penn education could cost.

Discover how affordable a Penn education can be: https://cost-calculator.apps.upenn.edu/

10/28/2026

Scary costumes, noises in the night, and haunted houses are October staples. Turns out, physics has scary elements too, like “spooky action at a distance,” which is what Einstein called quantum entanglement more than 80 years ago. Physicist Bo Zhen, who works with quantum devices, says the “spooky stuff is all in a day’s work,” as he explains entanglement.

Albert Einstein called quantum entanglement ‘spooky action at a distance,’ and the nickname has stuck for nearly 80 years. Penn physicist Bo Zhen, who works on quantum devices, explains that entanglement is less a ghost story than a tool.

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10/27/2026

In the largest genetic study of personality to date, Penn Medicine researchers have uncovered 1,260 genetic variants associated with the “Big Five” personality traits.

“There isn’t a single gene for being outgoing or conscientious,” says psychiatrist Henry R. Kranzler. “What we see instead are thousands of genetic differences that individually contribute a small amount, but collectively shape personality alongside the many influences of a person’s environment.”

In the largest genetic study of personality to date, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine uncovered 1,260 associated variants and found that thousands of small genetic effects help form the Big Five traits in addition to environmental influe...

10/26/2026

This time of year looks a little different in every corner of campus 🍁

Thank you to everyone who shared their photos with us! Here is a look at the season through your eyes.

10/26/2026

Ahead of Halloween, Penn Today spoke with researchers and clinicians about studying and treating fear.

Jer Clifton talks about the intersection of fear and primal world beliefs, Rafaella Reytan explains treatment for phobias, Rebecca Waller looks at when some fear can be a good thing for child development, and Dolores Albarracín and Jessica Fishman share their findings on the effectiveness of fear in persuasive messaging.

Researchers share their findings on fear as it relates to primal world beliefs, phobias, callous-unemotional traits in children, and persuasive messaging.

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