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Challenges and advances in brain-computer interfaces
3D neuron system model.

The concept of a brain-computer interface was first proposed and experimented upon in the 1970s by Jacques Vidal, who demonstrated that humans could control a cursor on a computer screen using their brain waves.

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Challenges and advances in brain-computer interfaces

Following FDA approval for tech startups to begin human clinical trials for brain-computer interfacing technologies, Penn Today met with Anna Wexler of the Perelman School of Medicine to discuss the promising possibilities and potential pitfalls of neurotechnology.
Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan
Man with red curly hair and glasses looks into the camera, which is giving a half-moon glow on the lower right side of the image.

Patrick Carland-Echavarria, an East Asian Languages and Civilizations Ph.D. candidate, says his research is all about readjusting the lenses of history. 

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan

    Ph.D. candidate Patrick Carland-Echavarria’s research looks at postwar Japanese queer cultures, translation, art, and literature and at how American gay men found refuge there during the Cold War and beyond.

    Kristen de Groot

    The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years
    Penn Carey Law School Dean standing in a hallway of the law school building

    Ted Ruger, outgoing dean of Penn Carey Law

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    The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years

    During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.

    From Penn Carey Law

    Global learning in Cairo
    A group of students take pictures on a rooftop deck. The city of Cairo, with its skyscrapers and minarets, are visible in the background

    Founded by the Fatimid Caliphate in 969, the city of Cairo has “layer upon layer of history,” says Fayyaz Vellani. “It has all this rich cultural texture and heritage that just is observable every day.”

    (Image: Fayyaz Vellani)

    Global learning in Cairo

    Cairo as Palimpsest is a Penn Global course that introduces students to the layers of Egyptian history.

    Kristina García

    Auto-nudges increase emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder
    Person in scrubs wheeling gurney into a hospital

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    Auto-nudges increase emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder

    A Penn Medicine study finds assessment for opioid withdrawal doubles when a triage screening question is paired with electronic health record automated prompts.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia
    Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District.

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    Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia

    The history Ph.D. candidate discusses the shocking weekend revolt and march on Moscow by Wagner Group militia members.

    Kristen de Groot

    Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
    Traffic in New Delhi with pedestrians, buses, and tuktuks.

    Image: iStock/Arkadij Schell

    Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics

    A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.

    From Omnia

    ‘Ritual and Remembrance’
    two artists laughing with each other standing in gallery in front of wooden balusters on wall

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    ‘Ritual and Remembrance’

    Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.