In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Consortium unites AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations in support of the development and deployment of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence. It brings together more than 280 organizations to develop science-based and empirically backed guidelines and standards for AI measurement and policy.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Rahul Mangharam, professor in electrical and systems engineering and in computer and information science and a founding member of the PRECISE Center, joins a collaborative team investigating “Trustworthy AI for Transportation Cyber Physical Systems” with a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation and its MSI Expansion Program to address both the safety and trustworthiness of the AI that powers autonomous vehicles and transportation systems.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
New research from Wharton’s Matt Killingsworth suggests that happiness keeps increasing with income, far beyond expected.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Andrew Modzelewski, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Penn Vet, has been named to the 2024 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. He will receive $875,000 in individual grant funding, distributed over five years, for his research investigating the role of ancient viruses and mobile elements, known as retrotransposons, in development and disease.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
The Center, led by Karen Glanz, Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, and Meghan Lane-Fall, will work with communities in the Philadelphia area to develop, test, and evaluate solutions to public health problems, with a particular focus on cancer.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center aims to enhance plant development and fortitude in the face of climate change.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
More than 100,000 older adults are hospitalized on average yearly in the United States with respiratory syncytial virus, as are 58,000 or more infants and young children under the age of five, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC says 6,000 or more older adults and 100 or more young children die annually of RSV.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
The $7M award from ARPA-H will bring together Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine to develop transparent new AI tools to improve treatment for breast cancer, among other diseases.
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A randomized controlled trial led by LDI senior fellow Barbara Riegel of Penn’s School of Nursing has identified a virtual health coaching intervention that helped lessen stress for unpaid family caregivers who often neglect their own care.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Penn GSE’s Dialogue Across Difference certificate program helps educators tackle civil discourse in public schools and learn strategies for leading students in productive conversations.
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