In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science have introduced a new ferroelectric field effect transistors design that demonstrates record-breaking performances in both computing and memory.
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The Presidential Assistant Professor in psychiatry, microbiology, bioengineering and in chemical and biomolecular engineering is awarded for his recent contribution of unusual merit to research in the field of peptide science.
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The grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease study across the United States and Canada, representing a major milestone toward health equity for underrepresented populations in Alzheimer’s disease research.
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Amanda Shanor, an assistant professor at the Wharton School, writes that the Supreme Court affirms social media companies’ business models, dodging for now the issue of liability for harmful speech.
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Contrary to popular belief, behaviors don’t become habits after a “magic number” of days. Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares what machine learning is teaching scientists about habit formation.
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The associate professor of anthropology, became the first associate faculty director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India on July 1.
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At this year’s 2023 Philadelphia LGBTQ+ Pride march, staff from across the University of Pennsylvania Health System, along with their friends, families, and neighbors—nearly 30 people in all—participated to celebrate the Philadelphia LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm Penn Medicine’s commitment to health equity, representation, and support for queer individuals who are employed by or receive care across the Health System.
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The professor in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 IADR DMG Peyton-Skinner Award for his outstanding contributions to innovation in dental materials.
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Last October, Penn President Liz Magill charged the Red and Blue Advisory Committee of faculty, staff, and student leaders to hear from all corners of our Penn community; to be forward-looking and bold; and to consider where we, together, might take Penn. The Committee members, led by Provost John L. Jackson, Jr., collated and condensed all they heard from our Penn community and recently reported their findings to the President.
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Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science are partnering with investigators at Oregon State University, as well as Semio, a Los Angeles-based software company that specializes in robotics applications, on a $5 million National Science Foundation effort to accelerate human-robotic-interface research by designing a standardized humanoid robot to distribute to the scientific community.
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