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A call for a global ban on lead paint
A window with peeling paint

Lead paint can pose a threat to public health, particularly for children. In a new publication, Penn scientists and colleagues underscore the importance of implementing policies that ban the production and trade of lead paint to stop further problems before they start. (Image: Reto Gieré)

A call for a global ban on lead paint

In a paper for the United Nations Environment Programme, researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues make a case for ceasing production and use of lead paint worldwide.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry
Time lapse photo of green circle shows a progressively larger cleared off area where a robot has removed a biofilm

With a precise, controlled movement, microrobots clear a glass plate of a biofilm in this time-lapse sequence.

(Image: Geelsu Hwang and Edward Steager)

Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry

The new Center will bring the two schools together to accelerate the development of new solutions and devices to address unmet needs in oral health.

Beth Adams

Risk-taking behavior has a signature in the brain, big data shows
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Risk-taking behavior has a signature in the brain, big data shows

While there is no such thing as a single “risk area” of the brain, a study of 12,000 people led by the Wharton School’s Gideon Nave found a connection between genes, lower levels of gray matter, and risky behavior.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Artist Maya Lin’s large-scale installation will be on display in Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion
Rendering of Maya Lin’s art installation, a large-scale treelike sculpture with branches reaching upwards through atrium open ceiling.

Newly commissioned artwork by Maya Lin will soon be displayed in the Penn Pavilion. Pictured, artist rendition tentatively titled “DNA Tree of Life” by Maya Lin. (Image: Courtesy of Maya Lin Studio)

Artist Maya Lin’s large-scale installation will be on display in Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion

The new installation from the renowned artist and designer embodies the health system’s goal of creating calming, healing environments for patients.
Cornel West headlines the 20th annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice
Banner reads: "MLK Lecture in Social Justice. Cornel West in conversation with Margo Crawford" with images of King and the speakers to the right.

In the 20th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, Cornel West invoked African American intellectualism and musical history to discuss King’s legacy and place in the rich tradition of Black artists and thinkers.

Cornel West headlines the 20th annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice

In the 20th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, Cornel West invoked African American intellectualism and musical history to discuss King’s legacy and place in the rich tradition of Black artists and thinkers.

Kristina García

How the U.S. Capitol attack is changing corporate values
Police fence at foot of stairs to U.S. Capitol with a sign that reads PROPERTY OF U.S. POLICE.

How the U.S. Capitol attack is changing corporate values

The violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was a “watershed moment” for businesses, forcing many to reconsider their civic responsibilities alongside their corporate values, says Wharton management professor Michael Useem.

From Knowledge at Wharton

First ever ‘pioneer’ factor found in plants enables cells to change their fate
A close-up view of white flowers emerging from a plant

Using an experimental technique whereby flowers can be coaxed to form from plant roots, biologists led by Doris Wagner uncovered a protein that enables for the initial loosening of chromatin that can allow new proteins to be made and plants to take on different forms. (Image: Courtesy of the Wagner laboratory)

First ever ‘pioneer’ factor found in plants enables cells to change their fate

To start the process of unpacking tightly bundled genetic material, plants depend on the LEAFY pioneer protein, according to work led by biologist Doris Wagner.

Katherine Unger Baillie