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Nelson Flores looks back on decades of bilingual education
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Nelson Flores looks back on decades of bilingual education

Flores, a professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, uncovers why Latinx students have tested as underperforming in academic language for decades due to education policy and societal constraints.

From Penn GSE

A less clumpy, more complex universe?
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A less clumpy, more complex universe?

Researchers combined cosmological data from two major surveys of the universe’s evolutionary history and found that it may have become “messier and complicated” than expected in recent years.
The social structures that shape AI
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The social structures that shape AI

There’s more hype than ever around artificial intelligence, but Assistant Professor of Sociology Benjamin Shestakofsky says it’s important to fully examine how the new technology fits into broader society.

Marilyn Perkins

Science behind genetic testing for identifying risk of opioid misuse remains unproven
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Science behind genetic testing for identifying risk of opioid misuse remains unproven

A new report from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and Crescenz VA Medical Center has evaluated a genetic test for opioid use disorder that recently received pre-marketing approval by the FDA, finding that the genes comprising it do not accurately identify individuals likely to develop the disorder.

Eric Horvath

Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy
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Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy

Penn Carey Law’s Legislative Clinic, now in its 28th year, offers students the chance to gain a new perspective by delving into the legislative process by which those laws are crafted.

From Penn Carey Law

Violent language in film has increased

Violent language in film has increased

A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that violent speech in movies is increasing over time, even in non-crime films.

From Annenberg School for Communication

1 min. read

Why the most successful companies are scalable

Why the most successful companies are scalable

Giant companies stay on top because they’re both more productive and scalable than their competitors, according to research from Wharton and the School of Arts & Sciences.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

How do you authenticate a long-lost Chopin waltz?
Jeffrey Kallberg playing a grand piano.

Jeffrey Kallberg, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Music and interim dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, plays the newly found Chopin waltz and other music from the composer on a Érard piano donated by alum Yves Gaden.

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How do you authenticate a long-lost Chopin waltz?

Jeffrey Kallberg, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Music and interim dean of Penn Arts & Sciences, has helped to verify the first major manuscript from the famous composer since the 1930s.

Michele W. Berger

Developing a tiny anticancer weapon
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Developing a tiny anticancer weapon

Penn Medicine researchers have developed tumor-homing nanosized particles that trigger cancer cell self-destruction in preclinical tests.

Meagan Raeke