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Martin Claassen and Jiaoyang Huang named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Two from Penn honored as early career researchers and scholars for their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The YouTube algorithm isn’t radicalizing people
A new study from Annenberg School for Communication’s Computational Social Science Lab finds that the YouTube recommendation system is less influential on users’ political views than is commonly believed.
News・ Science & Technology
‘Switchable’ bispecific antibodies pave way for safer cancer treatment
Immunotherapy utilizing an FDA-approved drug has enabled Penn researchers to develop a novel switchable bispecific T cell engager that mitigates negative outcomes of immunotherapy.
News・ Health Sciences
Penn Vet launches mRNA Research Initiative
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine today announced the mRNA Research Initiative to advance veterinary vaccine science.
News・ Sports
Quakers puff Dragons
In their season opener on Saturday at Franklin Field, the No. 14-ranked women’s lacrosse team defeated Drexel 11-8.
News・ Campus & Community
Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy
The former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had a wide-ranging chat with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin, tackling topics like Russia, Ukraine, and how to build democracies.
News・ Health Sciences
Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution
Penn LDI senior fellow and Wharton School researcher Hamsa Bastani is the co-director of the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, a new data initiative focused on health care delivery systems.
News・ Health Sciences
What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line
Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13.
News・ Campus & Community
Penn named a ‘top producer’ of 2023-24 Fulbright Scholars
The U.S. Department of State has named Penn a Fulbright U.S. Student Program “top producing institution” for the 2023-24 academic year, as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of recipients selected.
News・ Science & Technology
Illuminating the invisible: Bringing the smallest protein clusters into focus
Penn engineers are opening new avenues for detecting the proteins implicated in diseases like Alzheimer’s and testing new treatments.