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  • Christopher Murray named 2024 NAI Fellow

    Murray, Richard Perry University Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Chemistry, has been elected to the 2024 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Regulating AI: Getting the balance right

    In the second “Policies That Work” panel, Wharton experts discussed the major concerns AI poses for regulators, and how they could be addressed without harming innovation.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • How numbers drive behavioral decision-making

    A new study from Wharton finds that people have a strong preference for numbers over words or graphical representations of the same information in decision-making—a phenomenon that researchers call “quantification fixation.”

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Annenberg Classroom film on First Amendment wins Anthem Award

    Annenberg Classroom’s documentary “The First Amendment: New York Times v. Sullivan” has won a Silver Award in the 4th Annual Anthem Awards.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →

  • Penn Vet scientist receives grant to study unconventional T cell response to advance potential HIV/AIDS vaccine development

    Michael J. Hogan, an assistant professor of pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded a one-year grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust. The grant will fund research on an immune response that could pave the way for developing a safe and effective HIV/AIDS vaccine using mRNA technology.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →

  • Preparing a classroom for constructive dialogue

    Sarah Kavanagh, Penn GSE associate professor and director of the Collaboratory for Teaching and Teacher Education, shares responsive strategies with teachers everywhere to help explore education discourse when classroom conversations are contentious.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Important tips from Penn Vet to keep pets safe during the holidays

    Lisa Murphy, Penn Vet professor of toxicology, and Deborah Mandell, service head of the Emergency Service at Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, offer tips to keep pets healthy and out of the emergency room during the holidays.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →

  • Penn Dental Medicine serving those who served

    Through a variety of programs and partnerships, Penn Dental Medicine is committed to providing dental care to veterans with its partnership with Everyone for Veterans, and the recently established Penn Dental Medicine Veterans Dental Care Fund.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Penn Vet researcher named winner of Veterinary Pathology Editor’s Choice Award

    Joy Tomlinson, an assistant professor of large animal medicine, has received the inaugural 2024 Veterinary Pathology Editor’s Choice Award for an Observational Study for the 2023 manuscript “Naturally acquired equine parvovirus-hepatitis is associated with a wide range of hepatic lesions in horses.”

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →