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In 2004, Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympic Games in Athens, where he competed in the men’s 80-kilogram weight class in Taekwondo. He shares his unique perspective on the Olympics and the overlap between engineering and sport.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, has been named to the 15-member Communications and Public Engagement Workgroup, which assists the ACD “on agency-wide activities related to how to communicate directly and more effectively with the public, with a focus on reaching local communities with messages.”
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Research examining how individuals predict the outcome of speed dating sheds light on what drives—or does not drive—trust in AI.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Weitzman faculty members have been selected to receive $149,000 in funding from the Ramboll Foundation to develop an accessible solution to tackle urban heat. The funding will be used to create a prototype external autonomous pavilion or an indoor replicable element, providing scalable solutions for emergency situations, and for communities susceptible to Urban Heat Island.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Biology and Genetics received the award for her work in evolutionary genetics and diversity and its broad implications for understanding and treating human disease.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
“Is It Because I'm a Girl,” a short film directed by Peter Decherney, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities, has won Best Documentary at the Venice Shorts Festival and the Industry Choice Award at the Dances with Films Festival.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
According to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, many Americans say they do not use a food thermometer to ensure that their food is heated to a temperature high enough to kill bacteria and viruses including avian influenza A viruses, and most are unsure what internal food temperatures kill bacteria and viruses, according to the survey.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Penn Museum has earned its fifth consecutive accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to museums in the United States.
FULL STORY AT Penn Museum →
Eleven members of the Annenberg community received awards for their scholarship at the 74th annual International Communication Association Conference.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
The Penn Libraries offers access to the Community Health Data Base, which comprises decades’ worth of survey results on health attitudes, practices, and conditions in the Delaware Valley.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
