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Could a single shot heal heart disease?
A medical professional takes the blood pressure of a mature patient.

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Could a single shot heal heart disease?

Experts at Penn Medicine are researching novel treatments for heart disease, including CRISPR gene editing technology, CAR T technology, and mRNA injections.

Rachel Ewing

Exploring anxiety and social change
Jason Schnittker teaches class.

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Exploring anxiety and social change

Sociology professor Jason Schnittker teaches the course Anxious Times: Social Change and Fear, based on a book he wrote. Through a data-sensitive approach, students study anxiety and mental health.
AI security
Digital hands manipulating by a man in the suit. Internet risks, artifical intelligence anxiety concept.

As large language models become increasingly adept at synthesizing information and producing human-like responses, many are concerned that malicious actors may use this technology in dangerous ways. Alex Robey, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, is developing a first-of-its-kind defense­­, SmoothLLM.

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AI security

As AI gets more adept at synthesizing information and producing humanlike responses, many are concerned that malicious actors may use this technology in dangerous ways. Ph.D. candidate Alex Robey safeguards AI systems against malicious tampering.
What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall
Red brick exterior of Fox-Fels Hall on Penn campus, a Georgian style mansion with green shutters and white trim.

The exterior of Fox-Fels Hall on Walnut Street.

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What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall

‘The mansion’ is home to the Fels Institute of Government, Penn's graduate school for public policy and public management. 

Kristen de Groot

Catherine Seavitt’s transdisciplinary approach to landscape architecture
Catherine Seavitt.

Catherine Seavitt, professor and chair of Landscape Architecture at the Weitzman School.

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Catherine Seavitt’s transdisciplinary approach to landscape architecture

The Weitzman School’s chair of Landscape Architecture discusses her influences and inspirations on her work as an architect and landscape architect.

From the Weitzman School of Design