In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The fifth cohort into the Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership program provides undergraduates with the opportunity to engage with established urban leaders in Philadelphia and beyond.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
Since 2016, Perry World House’s Visitors Program has brought internationally renowned global policy leaders, scholars, and practitioners to Philadelphia to engage with the Penn community and the public. Throughout the academic year, Penn students, staff, and faculty will have the chance to connect with this cohort of experts.
FULL STORY AT Perry World House →
In a new article, Penn Carey Law’s Leo Katz explains why “there is simply no reasonable alternative” to an extremely manipulable legal system.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Want to get people to pay attention to an email or a presentation? New research from Wharton’s Jonah Berger shows how the right words can help captivate audiences and hold their attention.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
About 40 time-limited pilot studies are operating now, mostly in cities—Philadelphia alone is home to six. Strong evidence continues to mount that reducing poverty has a substantial impact on beneficiaries’ state of well-being and even life expectancy. But the public remains skeptical and policymakers have been leery to launch big efforts.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy has announced this year’s recipient of its 2023 Carnot Prize: Ramón Méndez Galain, physicist, renewable energy visionary, and Uruguay’s former secretary of energy.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
The assistant professor of family medicine and community health in the Perelman School of Medicine will lead Penn Medicine’s Program for LGBTQ+ Health to address increase access to care, along with quality of care and patient experience, for LGBTQ+ individuals across the health system.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
During the 2023-24 academic year, the former head of Trust and Safety at Twitter will return to Annenberg as a visiting scholar with the Center for Media at Risk.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
The Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering Center was founded 15 years ago. Some of the notable systems developed are CHARON for hybrid system modeling and verification VitalCore for monitoring the Internet of Medical Things, F1TENTH for autonomous racing and Verisig for safety verification of neural network controllers. Its two new faculty members are Benjamin C. Lee and Mingmin Zhao.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
FactCheck.org’s science fact-checking project, SciCheck, examines the trail of false and misleading claims on topics such as vaccines, autism, and COVID-19 made by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who is running for the Democratic nomination for president.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
