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News・ Science & Technology
Challenges and advances in brain-computer interfaces
Following FDA approval for tech startups to begin human clinical trials for brain-computer interfacing technologies, Penn Today met with Anna Wexler of the Perelman School of Medicine to discuss the promising possibilities and potential pitfalls of neurotechnology.
News・ Campus & Community
Who, What, Why: Recent graduate of the College Justin Roberts
May College graduate Justin Roberts, who will attend Penn Carey Law School in the fall, discusses his involvement with campus cultural centers and the meaning behind his graduation regalia.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
The history-making dean’s eight dynamic years
During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan
Ph.D. candidate Patrick Carland-Echavarria’s research looks at postwar Japanese queer cultures, translation, art, and literature and at how American gay men found refuge there during the Cold War and beyond.
News・ Health Sciences
Breaking down barriers to blood donation for LGBTQ+ people
New blood donation rules empower more LGBTQ+ people to give and expand the blood supply.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia
The history Ph.D. candidate discusses the shocking weekend revolt and march on Moscow by Wagner Group militia members.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Global learning in Cairo
Cairo as Palimpsest is a Penn Global course that introduces students to the layers of Egyptian history.
News・ Health Sciences
Auto-nudges increase emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder
A Penn Medicine study finds assessment for opioid withdrawal doubles when a triage screening question is paired with electronic health record automated prompts.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
‘Ritual and Remembrance’
Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.