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Clinical research nurses make research happen
A masked nurse checks the heartbeat of a seated masked patient.

Clinical research nurses make research happen

Penn Medicine’s 1,200 clinical research professionals work together to advance the science of clinical care, provide access to innovative therapy, and improve clinical outcomes.

From Penn Medicine News

Stable, faster computer memory storage
Silicon wafer reflecting different colors

Stable, faster computer memory storage

Researchers in the School of Arts & Sciences offer a new explanation for how certain materials can be grown on silicon and offer stable information storage at the nanometer scale for smaller, faster, more multifunctional processors.
Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
Sociologist Wendy Roth Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception

With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.

Michele W. Berger

Pre-pandemic conspiratorial mindset predicted hesitance to accept COVID-19 vaccine
A person holds a sign during a protest that reads WELL INFORMED NOT CONSENTING.

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Pre-pandemic conspiratorial mindset predicted hesitance to accept COVID-19 vaccine

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that people who evinced a conspiracy mentality in 2019, prior to the pandemic, were subsequently more likely to believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course
A pile of zines read things like, "uneven skin...," "lose weight fast," and "I'm not going to change my mind."

A sampling of zines, one of the assignments for Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Gender and Media class.

‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course

Students in Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Annenberg course on Gender and the Media make zines responding to messaging and consumer products.

Kristina Linnea García

What U.S. adults know and believe about polio and the bivalent COVID booster
healthcare professional with syringe and vaccine

What U.S. adults know and believe about polio and the bivalent COVID booster

A new survey finds that while Americans say they do not have concerns about the safety or effectiveness of the bivalent COVID booster, they show much less acceptance of it than the vaccines against polio or monkeypox.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation
Weitzman students standing outside the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and The Armstrong School.

Tuskegee’s Kwesi Daniels leads a visit to St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and The Armstrong School. (Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation

Architecture students at Tuskegee University are studying historic preservation through explorations of buildings on and near the historic HBCU campus, in part through a collaboration with the Weitzman School of Design.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally
Marci Hamilton sits at a table beside large windows overlooking campus.

Marci Hamilton, Professor of Practice in Political Science. (Image: Jason Varney/OMNIA)

Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally

A new initiative from Hamilton’s CHILD USA and a survivor-led nonprofit called the Brave Movement will research statutes of limitations for every country in the world and track their findings in a global dashboard.

Michele W. Berger