In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Museums: Missions and Acquisitions Project will create an evidence-based framework for the future collecting decisions of U.S. museums.
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Last month, in Washington, D.C., Penn Engineering launched its new Responsible Innovation Initiative at an event co-sponsored by Perry World House and hosted by Penn Washington.
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A new Penn Medicine study suggests that patients with plaque or guttate psoriasis can get clearer skin with at-home treatment instead of at doctors’ offices.
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To understand if political polarization could be an issue exacerbated by social media algorithms, Penn Engineering researchers and collaborators at the Annenberg School of Communication conducted a study of 243 X/Twitter users and over 800,000 tweets during a three-week period. The researchers confirmed that the X/Twitter algorithm significantly influences what users do and do not see relative to users’ independent choices in the accounts they follow
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Competing with popular releases on Spotify can actually benefit smaller artists, says Wharton’s Manav Raj.
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Penn Nursing has been awarded a $3.2 million, 5-year grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to scale out an evidence-based secure firearm storage intervention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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FitzGerald has dedicated his career to the study of cardiovascular health with a focus on pain medicines, and was instrumental in the discoveries relating to the use of low-dose aspirin in preventing cardiac disease.
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Penn GSE’s Abby Reisman says educators face mounting challenges navigating political and social discourse, and recommends empathetic classroom management, guided activities, and fostering personal connections to ease tensions and open dialogue.
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The Lauder Institute recently led a group of students to Mongolia as part of its Lauder Intercultural Ventures program to explore how a landlocked nation, positioned between China and Russia and rich in natural resources, balances economic growth with sustainability.
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Yang aims to create artificial reef structures inspired by the topography and porosity of oyster, coral and shell reefs with low-cost and recycled carbonated materials to create wave energy.
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