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Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
Closeup of an eye.

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Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers

In a new collaborative study, PIK Professor Michael Platt models how the decision-making process unfolds in the brains of buyers and sellers considering a deal. These decisions were observable in eye movements and pupil dilation.

Liana F. Wait

Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative
Amy Wu

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative

    The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.

    Liana F. Wait

    Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative connects community
    Three people discussing a document at a table at a conference.

    In June 2023, Penn Nursing hosted the Summer Innovation Institute at Tangen Hall. The five-day event connected people active in health equity, including LGBTQ+ issues.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Giving)

    Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative connects community

    Based in Penn’s School of Nursing, the Eidos Initiative provides innovators in LGBTQ+ health with access to resources, research, and support from all of Penn’s 12 schools.
    The physics of fat droplets reveal DNA danger
    Microscopic view of fat molecules.

    Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News

    The physics of fat droplets reveal DNA danger

    Penn Engineers are the first to discover fat-filled lipid droplets’ surprising capability to indent and puncture the nucleus, the organelle which contains and regulates a cell’s DNA.

    Devorah Fischler

    A hub for water innovation and leadership
    Jazmin Ricks and high school students from Paul Robeson High School at Cobbs Creek.

    Jazmin Ricks teaches students from Paul Robeson High School during the 2022 Cobbs Creek Summer Enrichment program.

    (Image: Melanie Chu)

    A hub for water innovation and leadership

    As the Water Center marks five years on campus, Penn Today takes a look at its achievements, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.

    Liana F. Wait

    Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy
    Carl June with a microphone in the Penn Medicine atrium with the celebratory flash mob.

    Carl June, at the flash mob celebration of the FDA approval of the CAR T cell therapy he developed, in August 2017.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine)

    Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy

    In a Q & A, June, the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, and Daniel Baker, a fourth-year doctoral student in Penn’s Cell and Molecular Biology department, discuss how the treatment can extend to treating diseases beyond cancer.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Searching for resilience in our reefs
    Sea anemone larvae and a pipette.

    Sea anemone larvae is exposed to various high temperatures, and its growth and development is studied.

    (Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

    Searching for resilience in our reefs

    Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, School of Arts & Sciences second-year students Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.

    From Omnia

    How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow
    Illustration of CEO standing with people with social media icons for heads rushing toward them.

    Image: iStock/Feodora Chiosea

    How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow

    Brendan Mahoney, a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, examines the ways we communicate online and the corporations that host those conversations.

    From Annenberg School for Communication