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Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
In her new book, the lecturer in critical writing in the School of Arts & Sciences uses the history of the U.S. poet laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.
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Shifting the climate narrative
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Mann of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media shares his views on the role of storytelling in the fight against climate change.
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The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl
Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough.
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Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture
“Moveables” and “When the Children Come Home” are the latest exhibits on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art, which remains free to all.
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A link between memory and appetite in the brain to explain obesity
Penn Medicine researchers have found the hippocampal subnetwork, located within the memory center of the brain, is more dysregulated in patients with higher body mass indexes, leading to an inability to control or regulate eating habits.
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‘Illusions of Progress’
A new book by historian Brent Cebul looks at the successes and failures of American liberalism, from the New Deal to the 1990s and beyond.
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A positive worldview is less associated with privilege than expected
A new study from The Primals Project shows that counter to public perception, positive beliefs about the world are a poor indicator of a person’s background.
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Exploring inequalities in health through cognitive science and family conversation
Doctoral candidate Mary E. Andrews believes that personal stories can help people live healthier lives.
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What’s That? Banned books chair
The inaugural story in a new Penn Today series “What’s that?” features the banned books chair, decoupaged with words and pictures, one of the 50 beloved and mismatched chairs in the Kelly Writers House arts café.
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Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos
Undergraduate and graduate students spent two months on San Cristóbal Island this summer, doing research on antibacterial resistance, vectors of disease, climate change adaptation, and the impact of climate change on mental health.