Reported anger, sadness, depression, and anxiety spiked after George Floyd killing On May 26, 2020, people protested against police violence after the death of George Floyd. (Image: Fibonacci Blue) 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.
30 years of cartographic modeling later, Dana Tomlin retires Dana Tomlin, professor emeritus of landscape architecture. (Image: Weitzman School of Design) 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.
Penn Summer Academy dives into social justice Historic map highlighting redlining in Philadelphia. (Image: Courtesy of Mapping Inequality) 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.
Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó receive 2021 Lasker Award mRNA scientists Drew Weissman, the Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery at Penn and a senior vice president at BioNTech. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine) 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
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. (Image: Wharton School Press) 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.
Mapping words to color A Penn study has looked at the communicative needs that drive similarities and differences in how languages develop vocabularies for color. 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.
Penn establishes the Center for Precision Engineering for Health with $100 million commitment The Center for Precision Engineering for Health will bring together researchers spanning multiple scientific fields to develop novel therapeutic biomaterials, such as a drug-delivering nanoparticles that can be designed to adhere to only to the tissues they target. (Image: Courtesy of the Mitchell Lab) Penn establishes the Center for Precision Engineering for Health with $100 million commitment The Center will conduct interdisciplinary, fundamental, and translational research in biomaterials that can create breakthroughs in improving health care and saving lives, including nanoparticle technologies to improve storage and distribution of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
More intensive and personalized strategies may be needed for weight loss 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.
Imaging technology maps cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease Multicolor image of a colon from a patient with ulcerative colitis stained by imaging mass cytometry. (Image: Courtesy of Ayano Kondo from the Kaestner Lab) 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.
Mid-autumn moon festival The mid-autumn festival often serves as a family reunion, with the moon’s perfect circle symbolizing completion and unity. 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.