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Intervention in Navajo Nation boosts uptake for heart failure drugs by 53%
A sign that reads Welcome to the Navajo Nation.

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Intervention in Navajo Nation boosts uptake for heart failure drugs by 53%

LDI senior fellow Lauren Eberly details her latest study on the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico, highlighting the increased uptake of guideline-directed heart failure therapy drugs.

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The Penn doctor leading the way in heart health with TAVR innovation
Howard Hermann.

Howard Herrmann is the John Winthrop Bryfogle Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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The Penn doctor leading the way in heart health with TAVR innovation

Howard Herrmann, the John Winthrop Bryfogle Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine and Health System director for Interventional Cardiology, is a lead researcher in the TAVR field.

From Penn Medicine News

Tyshawn Sorey wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music
Tyshawn Sorey.

Presidential Assistant Professor of Music Tyshawn Sorey has been awarded a 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith).”

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Tyshawn Sorey wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music

The Presidential Assistant Professor of Music in the School of Arts & Sciences has been awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his musical composition “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith).”
Addressing declining fertility
Artist rendering of fertility decline. Depopulation, demographic crisis. Baby bottles in the form of graph and down arrow.

In a recent paper, PIK Professor Michael Platt and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Sterling posit that the underlying mechanism of the looming concern of human fertility declines is the epidemic of despair.

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Addressing declining fertility

In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates.
Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Michael Mann at a podium and Kathleen Hall Jameson beside him teaching a course at Penn.

The class included writing a letter to the editor, op-ed, and fact-check. “We threw a lot at them, we’re asking a lot of them, but I feel like they’re rising to the occasion,” Mann said.

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Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists

Michael Mann and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are co-teaching the Climate Change and Communication course this spring, tied to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, held this year at Penn.
Collaborating to advance health communication
Mary Andrews (center)(L to R): Andy Tan, David Lydon-Staley, Emily Falk, and John B. Jemmott III.

Mary Andrews (center) successfully defended her dissertation in December. Her dissertation committee members included four health communication faculty (L to R): Andy Tan, David Lydon-Staley, Emily Falk, and John B. Jemmott III.

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Collaborating to advance health communication

As a generation of pioneering scholars retired, several new hires are working together to continue Annenberg’s legacy as a leader in Health Communication.

Hailey Reissman

Weitzman’s Sanya Carley on energy justice
Sanya Carley.

Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning.

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Weitzman’s Sanya Carley on energy justice

The Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning believes that energy justice should be a central part of America’s energy transition.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Turning up the heat on data storage
Researcher sits in a laboratory filled with equipment, holding up a small, metallic-looking sample for examination.

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Turning up the heat on data storage

Researchers from Penn have developed a heat-resistant memory device that can withstand temperatures over 1,000° F. Their findings pave the way for AI computing in extreme environments.
AI Month roundup: From ethical algorithms to robots that learn
Photograph of Amy Gutmann Hall

Amy Gutmann Hall will open in 2024 and will be the home of the new B.S.E. in Artificial Intelligence for faculty and students.

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AI Month roundup: From ethical algorithms to robots that learn

During the month of April, Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science showcased a series of news items exploring the evolving world of artificial intelligence.

From Penn Engineering