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Changing neighborhoods, changing times
Lance Freeman stands with hands in pockets outside of a building.

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lance Freeman, of the Weitzman School of Design and the School of Arts & Sciences, studies how people interact with the built environment. 

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Changing neighborhoods, changing times

Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Lance Freeman of the Weitzman School of Design and School of Arts & Sciences studies how people interact with the built environment.

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales
Two bullet trains sit side-by-side in a silver-and-white train station. The train closest to the camera has red markings on the side and top.

China’s high-speed bullet trains like this one at a station in Beijing are a significant factor in boosting electric vehicle sales, a new research paper says. 

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales

“Range anxiety” from electric vehicle owners can be alleviated by alternative transportation methods such as high-speed rail, Penn research shows.
School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses school cell phone bans, how communities can encourage the safe use of smartphones, and the importance of embracing the positive aspects of life online.

Students honored for excellence in preventive dentistry

Students honored for excellence in preventive dentistry

Two fourth-year Penn Dental Medicine students, Hind Aljarahi and Kendra Domotor, have been recognized for their academic excellence in preventive dentistry as recipients of the 2024–2025 ADEA/Haleon Preventive Dentistry Scholarships.

Untangling copyright, publication, and the public domain

Untangling copyright, publication, and the public domain

According to the Copyright Act of 1909, a work enters the public domain 95 years after it was published. But what does "published" mean? Stephen Wolfson, assistant general counsel and copyright advisor at Penn Libraries explains how the question is more complicated than it seems.

Dolores Albarracín honored with BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Dolores Albarracin.

Image: Kyle Cassidy/Annenberg School for Communication

Dolores Albarracín honored with BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Albarracín, a PIK Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts & Sciences, is being recognized for increasing “our understanding of how attitudes can be changed, particularly with regard to persuasive messages.”
Four Penn cancer researchers elected as Fellows of the AACR Academy

Four Penn cancer researchers elected as Fellows of the AACR Academy

Penn Medicine’s Garrett M. Brodeur, Susan Domchek, Stephan Grupp, and Robert Vonderheide have been elected to the 2025 class of Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy for their contributions in the fight against cancer.