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  • How infant outcomes for Black babies are affected by incarceration policy

    A new study by Penn LDI fellows shows how incarceration plays a meaningful role in population health and birth outcomes by focusing on two state-level incarceration policies, both adopted during the 1990s: three strikes and truth-in-sentencing. 

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • Energy Week at Penn 2024

    In March, the Kleinman Center and Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology hosted Penn’s fourth annual week of energy-focused events across campus.

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center

  • Cost and convenience drive PrEP use for transgender people

    A new study from Penn LDI surveyed a national sample of 304 trans individuals (including about half of whom identified as transmasculine) to measure the knowledge and use of PrEP, assess five PrEP program attributes, and determine which of these attributes are considered the most important.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • So bad it’s good: Why consumers love the worst stuff

    New research from Wharton’s Patti Williams tackles one of the biggest contradictions in consumer behavior: why we love stuff that’s so bad, it’s good.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Two Penn Dental Medicine students elected to national leadership posts in ASDA

    The American Student Dental Association inaugurated its 2024-2025 executive committee and board of trustees with Parker Norman and Samarth Setru in key national leadership positions.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Do wealth and poverty affect access to less-invasive cardiac surgery?

    A new study from Penn LDI shows that in areas with greater socioeconomic disadvantage, patients who need aortic valve replacement tend to get fewer sophisticated procedures than patients in more privileged areas.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • Beyond bias: The annual Women in Data Science Conference unites women across Penn

    This year, Penn Engineering partnered with Analytics at Wharton (AAW) and the Penn Museum to co-host the fifth annual WiDS @ Penn conference.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • Jenny Jiang wins CZI grant to investigate the potential trigger for neurodegenerative diseases

    The J. Peter and Geri Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation has been selected for the Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards, sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), to investigate the relationship between TDP-43 and the immune system.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • Featured Books and DVDs: Women’s History Month

    Learn more about female politicians, rock stars, and other significant figures who haven’t been fully recognized in history classes with these stories.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries

  • Penn’s SauberBOT team travel to Germany for prize winnings

    The winners of the 2022-2023 SICK $10K Challenge from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, the SauberBOT project, was flown to SICK’s headquarters in Germany to accept their prize.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today