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Looking at community policing in the Global South
Police officer stands in front of his car on a street near the ocean boardwalk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Pre-pandemic image) A police officer watches tourists and locals near Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A new study looks at whether community policing reduces crime and improves trust between the police and citizens in the Global South.

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    • Looking at community policing in the Global South

    A collaborative study, co-authored by a group of researchers, including political scientists Dorothy Kronick and Guy Grossman of the School of Arts & Sciences, showed no significant positive effect associated with community policing across a range of countries

    Kristen de Groot

    What big data reveals about online extremism
    Homa Hosseinmardi

    Homa Hosseinmardi, senior research scientist and lead researcher on the PennMap project with Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab. (Image: ASC)

    What big data reveals about online extremism

    Homa Hosseinmardi and her colleagues at Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab studied browsing data from 300,000 Americans to gain insights into how online radicalization occurs, and to help develop solutions.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    Changing the identity of cancer cells to eliminate them
    Human cells with acute myeloid leukemia

    New findings from a study led by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Andrés Blanco point a way forward for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. (Image: National Cancer Institute)

    Changing the identity of cancer cells to eliminate them

    A team led by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s M. Andrés Blanco has uncovered a new target for treating certain blood cancers that works by removing an obstacle to their maturation.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Progress toward a more sustainable University
    Shoemaker Green.

    Progress toward a more sustainable University

    Two years into the Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0, Penn is tracking significant steps toward its goals.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    A record-breaking year for innovation
    four people around a table, two working on laptops, one standing with his hand on his chin as if thinking, and the other speaking with a lightbulb above their head. in the background are icons of gears, bar graphs, envelopes, and a houseplant

    This past year has been record-breaking for the Penn Center for Innovation including the highest number of patents issued naming Penn-affiliated researchers. Penn Today shares some highlights from the Center’s milestone year and what the future has in store for the translation of discoveries and ideas created at the University.

    A record-breaking year for innovation

    With its highest number of patents issued, commercial agreements, corporate-sponsored research funding, and licensing revenue receipts in a single period, the Penn Center for Innovation experienced a landmark fiscal year.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Anita Allen on Facebook, facial recognition, and privacy
    Anita Allen.

    Anita Allen, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy.

    Anita Allen on Facebook, facial recognition, and privacy

    The expert on privacy and data protection law explains why Facebook’s decision to shut down its facial-recognition system is good for privacy rights.

    From Penn Carey Law

    Access to HIV self-tests in Kenya
    People light red candles in the shape of an AIDS awareness ribbon as darkness sets in

    World AIDS Day is celebrated around the globe on Dec. 1 each year to raise awareness in the fight against HIV. In this photo from Nov. 30, 2020, Nepalese people light candles around the symbol of an AIDS ribbon during an Eve of the 33rd World AIDS Day celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Image: Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via AP Images)

    Access to HIV self-tests in Kenya

    Marking World AIDS Day, Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine offers four takeaways from his research exploring the impact access to free HIV self-tests had on women in Kenya and on the importance of HIV awareness.

    Kristen de Groot

    An investment in energy and sustainability ‘for the survival of humanity’
    Illustration of scientists building a glowing structure collaboratively.

    The Energy and Sustainability Initiative will support collaborative, cross-disciplinary work on one of the most urgent issues facing society today: breaking our dependence on non-renewable energy sources and promoting a cleaner environment. (Image: Sam Falconer)

    Sam Falconer

    An investment in energy and sustainability ‘for the survival of humanity’

    Significant new support for research and hires will bolster Penn’s existing strengths in developing the energy and sustainability solutions of the future.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Common cardiac device implants and persistent opioid use overlap
    White pills in a pile.

    Common cardiac device implants and persistent opioid use overlap

    A new study from Penn Medicine shows that about 12% of patients who receive implantable cardiac devices will continue taking pain medication in the months afterward.

    Brandon Lausch