In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Lower interest rates are a clear possibility in the year ahead as inflation gets reined in, according to Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel. A mild recession is possible, but the Dow could surpass 40,000, he predicts.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Penn Medicine researchers have found that severe DNA misfolding and the silencing of genes are related to synaptic and connective tissue tied to fragile X syndrome.
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The Communities Advancing Research in Education (CARE) Initiative, run by Penn GSE professor Gerald Campano, creates an equitable partnership between Penn GSE researchers and doctoral students and the local community.
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Researchers at Penn Engineering have designed an electroadhesive material that is strong, operates at low voltages and quickly switches states, utilizing ionoelastomers instead of dielectrics. The design can improve robotic exoskeletons and prosthetics, finger-gripping systems, and shape-shifting robots.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
For the past two years, the Penn Libraries has been collaborating with Khajistan, an organization committed to the preservation of cultural production from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, sourcing and documenting a wide variety of ephemeral materials from South Asia and the Middle East.
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2024 Penn Carey Law graduates Allison Nasson and Mikaela Wolf-Sorokin have been awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowships.
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The climate value of forest carbon depends on how long it stays out of the atmosphere. CO2 consequences stretch into geologic time, but forests and the contracts binding them are temporary.
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Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks with experts about the harmful effects of “covering,” a strategy in which people downplay their identity to conform to mainstream culture in the workplace.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
By making mammograms easy to schedule through personal online patient portals, Penn Medicine research shows a significant increase in screenings for breast cancer.
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National data shows improved survival for non-Hispanic Black patients, according to a Penn Medicine analysis presented at the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.
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