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  • MIC Center receives grants to study AI, big tech, and digital equity

    Victor Pickard, co-director of the Media, Inequality, and Change Center (MIC) at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, has been awarded $200,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations renamed Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

    The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) is the new name for the department known since 2005 as the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC).

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences

  • New CiPD award advancing artificial intelligence in oral care

    The inaugural recipients of the CiPD-IBI Artificial Intelligence in Oral Health Innovation Award are Flavia Teles, associate professor in the Department of Basic & Translational Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine, and Shefali Setia Verma, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Perelman School of Medicine.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Penn Medicine and Parker Institute renew alliance to continue advancing groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy research

    The renewed investment from Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy will support discovery science and advancement of new therapies at Penn.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • A major NIH grant will help researchers study messaging about risks of tobacco products

    The NIH and FDA have awarded $9.6 million to Annenberg School for Communication researchers to study health communication messaging about varying risks of tobacco products.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • How low-income households can secure their retirement finances

    A new plan from the Penn Wharton Budget Model projects account balances as high as $200,000 for more than 56 million low-income Americans.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • NIH awards $6.9M to advance potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment

    Researchers at Penn Medicine and UC San Diego will develop a tau-targeting drug candidate through IND-enabling studies, a potential disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment for future clinical trials.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Penn GSE expert offers college prep guide by grade

    Diana Wildermuth, a Penn GSE lecturer in educational practice and an experienced school counselor, offers grade-by-grade advice and insights to support students, families, and educators.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication welcomes three visiting scholars

    Adrienne Shaw, Samina Mishra, and Sneha Gore Mehendale will join the center at the Annenberg School for Communication in the fall.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Bill Manning named head women’s rowing coach at Penn

    Manning served as a high performance coach at Penn AC on Boathouse Row and as a senior national team coach with US Rowing, and spent 23 years as a coach at both Princeton and Harvard.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics