Features
Saving Everyone, Everywhere, Across Space and Time
Why college–aged effective altruists are determined to rescue humanity from artificial intelligence, and how it’s panning out.
Ego
AI Artist: More Than an Oxymoron
Venture Lab’s Taylor Caputo dives into the intersection of technology and art.
Focus
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.
Focus
Who Gets to Remember
Philadelphia enters a legal battle with the Trump administration over the meaning—and control—of an Old City slavery exhibit.
By
Zoe Lachter
This month's print issue
Multimedia
Tech Issue Crossword
As an artificial–intelligence driven language model, I can’t solve this puzzle for you.
By
Srikar Venkatesan
, Insia Haque
, Nira Goyal
, Nishanth Bhargava
, and Henry Metz
Features
Saving Everyone, Everywhere, Across Space and Time
Why college–aged effective altruists are determined to rescue humanity from artificial intelligence, and how it’s panning out.
Read this issue's Letter from the Editor.
Ego Of The Week
Ego of the Week: Xian Scott
From directing dance shows to marketing for local Philly businesses, Xian Scott is more than his LinkedIn.
Nominate someone you know for Ego of the Week here.
Word On The Street
Teen Tech Prodigy
Technology taught me that I could achieve anything I put my mind to, but it didn’t teach me how to stop.
By
Laura Gao
Film & TV
Review
Going Forward Won’t Save You in ‘Exit 8’
Genki Kawamura’s adaptation turns a looping hallway into a reflection on avoidance, forward movement, and modern life.
By
Chenyao Liu
Should We Be Worried About AI Actors?
Why artificial intelligence actors will never replace movie stars in Hollywood.
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.
By
Chenyao Liu
“Penn at Penn,” But What Was the Point?
At a SPEC event, the Gossip Girl and You star takes on media, morality, and modern relationships—but never quite finds his footing.
Music
A New Era For Bollywood
How will the industry adapt to the departure of its revered vocalist Arijit Singh?
By
Namya Raman
Held in Suspension
At Johnny Brenda’s, Maria Somerville leans into the dream–pop blur.
PennSori: When Culture Becomes Method
Penn’s Korean a cappella group works between languages, people, and the versions of itself it keeps making.
By
Lynn Yi
Arts
Arts
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.
By
Chenyao Liu
Furniture as Art in ‘A World in the Making: The Shakers’
These early Quakers are shaking up the art gallery world, one chair at a time.
Style
Style
A New and Improved Workplace Gender Gap
How the rise of artificial intelligence might leave working women behind.
By
Namya Raman
The Language of Looksmaxxing
Clavicular himself isn’t just the newest face of incel jargon, but also the most prominent product of how language shapes perception.
By
Insia Haque
Gazing Into a Very Chinese Mirror
What happens when The Beautiful Country shows its pores?
By
Jason Zhao
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.
By
Laura Gao
