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  • Circumvention of law and the hidden logic behind it

    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 →

  • Surviving the attention economy: How to keep audiences engaged

    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 →

  • Cash transfer programs are growing more common in the U.S. as studies show they improve people’s health

    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 →

  • Penn’s top energy prize celebrates Uruguay’s climate ambition

    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 →

  • Kevin Kline appointed as Penn Medicine’s inaugural medical director for LGBTQ+ Health

    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 →

  • The PRECISE Center turns 15 — and looks to the future with two new faculty members

    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 →

  • Fact-checking presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on vaccines, autism, and COVID-19

    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 →

  • $19M from NIH establishes maternal health implementation science hub at Penn Medicine

    The seven-year grant funds the creation of an implementation science hub as part of the NIH’s new Maternal Health Research of Centers of Excellence initiative to promote maternal health equity.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Annenberg welcomes visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows for 2023-24

    This year’s visiting scholars join the Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, Center for Media at Risk, Center on Digital Culture and Society, and SAFELab, with postdoctoral fellows joining additional centers and labs.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Alum Yoel Roth to study trust and technology as Knight Visiting Scholar

    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 →