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Pregnancy, childbirth, the pandemic, and stress

For two years, the interdisciplinary Project IGNITE has followed 1,000 pregnant individuals and their children to learn more about what role environmental factors play in preterm birth, poor pregnancy outcomes, and social and emotional development.

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Defining neural ‘representation’

Neuroscientists frequently say that neural activity ‘represents’ certain phenomena, PIK Professor Konrad Kording and postdoc Ben Baker led a study that took a philosophical approach to tease out what the term means.

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Protesters and cars jam a street in Tehran, Iran.

Iran protests, explained

Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on modern Iran and gender in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses what sparked the protests and why they’re important.

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10/4

Alex M. Azar II

Alex M. Azar II.
The Leonard Davis Institute presents Alex M. Azar II, the 24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, responsible for overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health. Azar will discuss his tenure at HHS and the important challenges ahead with Penn Professor and LDI Fellow Kevin Volpp, followed by a Q&A session open to the audience.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk

10/6

Walk Around Philadelphia

Exterior of Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.
The SNS Paideia Program invites participants on a walk around the perimeter of the city of Philadelphia with a light breakfast, quick orientation to the walk, and tour of the landscape, history, terrain, and place that is Philadelphia. The walk is designed by Philadelphia-based artist and Penn alumnus JJ Tiziou.

8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 3717 Chestnut St.

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President Magill joins more than 100 students, faculty, and staff at the reopening of the ARCH building.

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Selfies were alive and well in the beginning days of the semester. Here, President Magill takes a photo with a student at a Class of 2026 meet-and-greet reception.
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President Magill stops by a kickoff event for GradFest.
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After throwing a ceremonial first pitch at a Phillies game, President Magill smiles for a photo with Kevin Mahoney, chief executive officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, her husband Leon Szeptycki, and the Phillie Phanatic.
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President Magill joins students at Houston Hall for the Campus Express Center and the HUB@Penn Expo. She fills up her notebook with recommendations for things to do on and around campus.
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President Magill makes a surprise visit to welcome students involved with the Pre-First Year Program, part of Penn First Plus.
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Before Penn Football defeated Colgate in their season opener at Franklin Field, President Magill participated in the coin toss.
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Campus bustled for Move-In Day 2022, as President Magill met with students moving into college houses across campus.
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President Magill gets to know student athletes at a special picnic.
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President Magill introduces the first panelists at the 2022 Global Order Colloquium at Perry World House.

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CNN

Iran regime committing an act of political suicide, says exiled academic

In a video interview, Fatemeh Shams of the School of Arts & Sciences says that she believes the protests in Iran could be a turning point for the country.

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Axios

Penn researchers explore how COVID misinformation hampers child vax rates

A study by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that even parents who have received COVID vaccines might hesitate to vaccinate their children.

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U.S. News & World Report

COVID vaccine myths drive low rates of uptake among U.S. kids

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that misinformation about vaccine safety is responsible for the dramatic discrepancy between child and adult vaccination rates, with a quote from Dan Romer.

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ABC News

Some leading Democrats won’t debate their election-denying opponents

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that candidates who are ahead in the polls will find a reason to avoid debates and outlines the values and problems of adhering to the debate format.

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CFO Dive

Job openings plummet 10%, implying softer wage pressure

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that the decline in job openings coupled with other recent labor market data is consistent with the idea that the economy is starting to tip into recession.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Misinformation drives low child COVID vaccination rates, Penn study finds

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that fears of COVID vaccines are influencing parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children, featuring a quote from Dan Romer.

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STAT News

How can the latest Alzheimer’s therapy reach patients? Follow this trustworthy process

In an op-ed, Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine outlines the reliable process required to properly evaluate the effects of lecanemab, a new Alzheimer’s drug already approved by the FDA.

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The New Yorker

How Iran’s hijab protest movement became so powerful

In a Q&A, Fatemeh Shams of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the importance of Iran’s Kurdish minority in its recent uprising, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of leaderless movements.

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WPR.org

Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting

The Annenberg Public Policy Center is noted for its project FactCheck.org, which strives to hold participants on all sides of the partisan divide to a constant standard of fact.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Meet Whitney Soule, leader of the team who decides whether you get into Penn

In a Q&A, Whitney Soule discusses her role as dean of admissions, answers questions about the admissions process, and tackles the biggest challenges facing Admissions at Penn today.

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