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Penn Carey Law students in the legal seminar.

Psychology of legal decision-making

In the Psychology of Legal Decision-Making seminar, students learn about substantive areas of legal scholarship and also practice essential skills for understanding—and even developing—new empirical research.

Tyson Smith gestures at the head of a table full of students, in front of windows showing trees.

Violence and stigmatized heroes

The new SNF Paideia course taught by Tyson Smith looks at incarcerated veterans and their experiences to understand the intersection of the military, criminal justice, and health.

Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery

A Penn Medicine study shows that patient pain scores are a good predictor for opioid use, but younger patients and those who hadn’t used opioids before are less likely to take them.

The windows of a building on Penn’s campus.

President Magill announces University Task Force on Antisemitism membership

The Task Force will seek to better understand how antisemitism is experienced at Penn and provide feedback and solutions.

Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.

Coco Chanel the filly and a Penn veterinarian.

Wry Not’s triumph over a twisted fate

A multidisciplinary team of Penn Vet clinical specialists successfully performed lifesaving surgery on the Standardbred filly’s deviated muzzle.

A nursing home worker pushing a patient in a wheelchair.

Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities

A new study by LDI associate fellow Zachary S. Templeton and LDI executive director Rachel M. Werner finds that death and readmission rates are lower but stays are longer and Medicare costs are higher.

A peek into the future of visual data interpretation

Researchers from Penn have developed a framework for assessing generative AI’s efficacy at deciphering images.

People walking on Penn’s campus in autumn.

‘Give from the heart’: The final push for Penn’s annual workplace giving campaign

For this year’s campaign, ‘Going the Distance for our Community,’ Penn and Penn Medicine are matching faculty and staff contributions dollar for dollar in support of programs that directly benefit the community.

A grid of six people taking part in the Telling Our Stories project.

Sharing the stories of community media makers in Philadelphia

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood is documenting the work and lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of color media makers in Philadelphia.

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