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Penn Medicine helps power international COVID-19 data consortium
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Penn Medicine helps power international COVID-19 data consortium

An international consortium involving Penn researchers pools electronic health record data from around the world to discover clinical insights about COVID-19.

From Penn Medicine News

Mauro Guillén’s world is about to change
Illustration of a future world cartoon.

Image: Roman Klonek/The Pennsylvania Gazette

Mauro Guillén’s world is about to change

In a new book, the Wharton professor—and “globalization guy”—breaks down the key factors that will combine to radically transform the world over the next decade.

The Pennsylvania Gazette

Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots
A microscopic robot next to a paramecium.

One of the researchers’ robot next to a paramecium. (Image: Penn Engineering)

Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots

Researchers at Penn Engineering are creating microscopic robots with semiconductor processing that can be controlled, and made to walk, as small as biological cells.

From Penn Engineering Today

Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’
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Leanna Tilitei, a sophomore who plans to declare a major in communications, was a programming intern at Penn’s public radio station WXPN during the summer. 

Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’

As a summer intern for WXPN’s ‘World Cafe,’ sophomore Leanna Tilitei worked remotely as a member of the programming team helping to produce the ‘nation’s most listened-to-public radio music program.’
Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement
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Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement

The latest theme year was ushered in last week with the Penn Reading Project. In a time of great distance, the University asks the community to think about how it can enact great engagement.
This is your brain on religion
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This is your brain on religion

Saachi Datta is combining her passion for religion and science on her path to becoming a physician.

From Omnia

How misinformed vaccine beliefs affect policy views
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How misinformed vaccine beliefs affect policy views

There is broad support in the U.S. for pro-vaccination policies, but as many as 20% of Americans hold negative views about vaccines. The Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that such misinformed vaccine beliefs are the strongest driver of opposition to pro-vaccination public policies.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students
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A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students

Defined by their mission-driven grit and unity as a community, the Class of 2024 is welcomed with open arms—and inspired to ‘make the impossible possible’—during such an unprecedented time.

Lauren Hertzler