In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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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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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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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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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Debates present valuable opportunities for parents to talk with teens and young adults about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, but few parents take advantage of these opportunities, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey of parents and guardians conducted during the 2024 presidential debates.
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