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Penn celebrates a decade of Be in the Know
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Penn celebrates a decade of Be in the Know

The University launched its 10th year of the Be in the Know campaign which focuses on wellness for eligible staff and faculty.

Dee Patel

Community concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine tracked by Twitter
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COVID-19 Vaccine Topics Vary Across Eight ACP Communities. Adapted from Guntuku et al., Vaccine, 2021. (Image: Penn LDI)

Community concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine tracked by Twitter

A study of vaccine-related Twitter posts reveals significant differences in concerns people have when broken down by age, race, population density, and religious beliefs.

From Penn LDI

A new metric for designing safer streets
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Using eye tracking data from cyclists navigating through Center City, researchers from the lab of Megan Ryerson (above) describe how biometric data can be used to find potentially challenging and dangerous areas of urban infrastructure. (Image: Thomas Orgren)

A new metric for designing safer streets

Penn researchers demonstrate how biometric data can help city planners more proactively design and evaluate the safety of urban infrastructure for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Erica K. Brockmeier

The pioneering career of Norman Badler
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Norman Badler. (Image: Penn CIS)

The pioneering career of Norman Badler

The computer and information sciences professor retired in June. He chats about his recent ACM SIGGRAPH election and his expansive computer graphics path.

From the Department of Computer and Information Science

A COVID vaccine for kids
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A COVID vaccine for kids

Jeff Gerber, who is heading the clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine in kids under 12 at CHOP, speaks with Penn Today about the trial and why getting children vaccinated is so essential.

Katherine Unger Baillie

The search for the culprit behind songbird deaths
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A mysterious condition is affecting common backyard bird species, including blue jays, causing them to become sick and sometimes perish.

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The search for the culprit behind songbird deaths

Across the United States, songbirds are dying from a mysterious condition. Working with long-established partners, researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine are striving for a diagnosis.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Collaborating with communities: Vivian Gadsden works to help children and families
Vivian Gadsen stands at the front of a classroom speaking to students.

Vivian Gadsden, the William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, is lifting up the voices of families and educators to help the City of Philadelphia develop a new definition of child well-being. (Image: Ryan Collerd)

Collaborating with communities: Vivian Gadsden works to help children and families

The Graduate School of Education professor speaks to how she is collaborating with students, parents, educators, and the City of Philadelphia to imagine and build a brighter future through education.

Combining gamification, cash incentive increases veterans’ exercise
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Combining gamification, cash incentive increases veterans’ exercise

A new study finds that daily step counts increased by approximately 1,200 among veterans who were given goals and participated in gamelike interventions with loss-framed cash rewards.

From Penn Medicine News

High-ranking hyena mothers pass their social networks to their cubs
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Hyenas benefit from being born to high-ranking mothers, from whom they inherit their social networks, according to research led by biologists from Penn and Michigan State University. (Image: Kate Shaw Yoshida)

High-ranking hyena mothers pass their social networks to their cubs

Using 27 years of detailed data on hyena social interactions, a team led by Penn biologists nailed down a pattern of social network inheritance and its implications for social structure, rank, and survival.

Katherine Unger Baillie