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Expanding on a legacy of heart health education
Fourth-year Aravind Krishnan, the inaugural Sarah Katz Award recipient, is working to help shelter residents in Philadelphia better monitor their health.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it
A new paper from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes data from three COVID-19 pandemic years and finds that those with conspiracy mindsets discount messages from sources they don’t trust; challenges to misinformation are most effective from their own trusted community.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Angela Crumdy on the intersection of anthropology and education
The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division conducts research and teaching on Cuban anthropology and education.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Common humanity and purpose
After finishing a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics, fourth-year Bryan Suh will become a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
Classical archaeologist and architectural historian Mantha Zarmakoupi has spent the past four summers excavating the ruins of a city council building at the center of Teos in western Türkiye.
News・ Health Sciences
Childhood trauma and neighborhood disorder impact mental health of injured Black men
A new study by Penn Nursing’s Therese Richmond highlights the critical role of social and environmental factors in post-injury recovery.
News・ Health Sciences
Uncovering key brain circuit in the fight against cocaine use disorder
A new study published in Science Advances by Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt has identified a critical brain circuit that plays a pivotal role in regulating cocaine-seeking behavior.
News・ Science & Technology
Building tomorrow’s innovators: Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
The Sugi and Millie Widjaja Engineering Entrepreneurship Fellows Program matches 12 Penn students with mentors to learn what it takes to transform ideas into potential companies.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Penn fourth-year Annabelle Jin named 2025-26 Luce Scholar
Annabelle Jin, a fourth-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 16 recipients selected by the Henry Luce Foundation to be a 2025-26 Luce Scholar.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Can surface fractures on Earth, Mars, and Europa predict habitability on other planets?
Geophysicist Douglas Jerolmack has used the mathematical framework developed for understanding fracture patterns on Earth to survey two-dimensional fracture networks across the solar system, which could offer insights into detecting potentially habitable environments on other planets.