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News・ Education, Business, & Law
The pros and cons of remote work
Wharton professor and author of “The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face,” unveils the tradeoffs employers and employees may have to accept in his new book.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
30 years of cartographic modeling later, Dana Tomlin retires
This year, Dana Tomlin is retiring from the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Weitzman School of Design, where he has taught courses in cartographic modeling for thirty years.
News・ Campus & Community
Penn Summer Academy dives into social justice
High school students explore complex issues surrounding social justice and environmental justice through a variety of media at Penn Summer Academy.
News・ Health Sciences
Reported anger, sadness, depression, and anxiety spiked after George Floyd killing
The police killing of George Floyd took an unprecedented toll on the emotional and mental health of Black Americans, according to a new study by LDI senior fellow Sharath Guntuku.
News・ Health Sciences
Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó receive 2021 Lasker Award
Weissman and Karikó’s mRNA technology is recognized for enabling rapid development of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines
News・ Health Sciences
More intensive and personalized strategies may be needed for weight loss
In a two-year randomized clinical trial, researchers investigated whether financial incentives and environmental change strategies, together or separately, help employed adults with obesity lose weight and keep it off.
News・ Campus & Community
Mid-autumn moon festival
With a moon viewing, cultural information, and food, the LGBT Center, Penn Queer and Asian, and the Penn Taiwanese Society held a celebration of the traditional harvest festival tied to the Chinese lunar calendar.
News・ Health Sciences
Imaging technology maps cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease
“Imaging mass cytometry” shows how cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease affect intestinal tissue, generating new theories for the progression of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
‘Stories We Wear’
A new Penn Museum exhibition puts a spotlight on fashion featuring 250 items spanning 2,500 years, including clothing, jewelry, uniforms, weapons, even tattoos. “The Stories We Wear” will be on view through June 12.
News・ Science & Technology
Mapping words to color
Researchers led by postdoc Colin Twomey and professor Joshua Plotkin developed an algorithm that can infer the communicative needs different linguistic communities place on colors.