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First-of-its-kind study analyzes digital mourning practices of gang-affiliated youth
A person resting their head on their folded arms holding a smartphone.

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First-of-its-kind study analyzes digital mourning practices of gang-affiliated youth

A study led by Desmond Patton utilizes social work, communications, and data science to explore how gang-affiliated Black youth use Twitter content, photos, and emojis to memorialize the deceased and navigate feelings of grief and loss.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs
Nicholas Dias.

Nicholas Dias is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication.

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Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs

In his dissertation research, joint communication and political science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Penn 2022 graduate awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship
Jade Golzalez standing outside with a wooden fence behind her

Jade Gonzalez, a 2022 Penn graduate, has been chosen for a Pickering Fellowship. 

(Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn 2022 graduate awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship

Jade Gonzalez, a 2022 Penn graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellow and will receive funding for a two-year master’s degree and path to a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.
‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’
Peter Sterling recently next to mugshot from 1961.

University of Pennsylvania neuroscience professor Peter Sterling joined the Freedom Rides in 1961, when he was an undergraduate at Cornell University, and was arrested.

(Images: Courtesy of the Office of Social Equity and Inclusion)

‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’

In conversation with Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, neuroscience professor Peter Sterling returned to campus to talk about activism in his youth and how that informed his research in health.
Romance and race
Illustration of a couple walking in a city in the snow.

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Romance and race

Sociology Ph.D. candidate Olivia Hu is studying how people choose romantic partners across race lines, and how those relationships affect their understandings of social difference.

Susan Ahlborn

Alexei Navalny’s death and legacy
A person touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A photo of Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 17.

(Image: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Alexei Navalny’s death and legacy

Three experts from around the University share their thoughts on what Navalny’s death means for the opposition movement, for Putin’s grip on power, and for Russia going forward.

Kristen de Groot

Ukrainian artistry and resilience
Dakhabraka posing by stone archway.

DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

(Image: Andriy Petryna)

Ukrainian artistry and resilience

Through “Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom,” Penn Live Arts presents performances that uplift the culture of a nation during a time of war.
Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
A person addressing a crowd at the 2023 Pathways to Excellence Med Immersion Day.

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Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley

Iris Reyes, who founded the Alliance of Minority Physicians in 2012, is working to expand the program to underrepresented students and professionals across the region.

From Penn Medicine News

New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed
Lit-up lights on a computer chip.

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New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed

A new silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip design from the lab of Nader Engheta, alongside Firooz Aflatouni, uses light waves, the fastest possible means of communication, rather than electricity, to perform mathematical computations.

From Penn Engineering Today

Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city
Students from Penn and Eugenie Birch stand with members of the US Department of State and the Ukrainian Ambassador.

Weitzman students at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. with Oksana Markarova (Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States), Dorothy McAuliffe (U.S. Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Department of State), John Thompson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Department of State) and Eugenie Birch (co-director, Penn IUR).

(Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Department of State)

Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city

With the two-year anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine looming, city planners begin to strategize solutions to rebuild, sustainably.