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Language in tweets offers insight into community-level well-being
A person with arms crossed at the chest standing outside between two rock walls, in front of a glass building.

Lyle Ungar, a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and one of the principal investigators of the World Well-Being Project, which has spent more than half a decade working on ways to grasp the emotional satisfaction and happiness of specific places.

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    • Language in tweets offers insight into community-level well-being

    In a Q&A, researcher Lyle Ungar discusses why counties that frequently use words like ‘love’ aren’t necessarily happier, plus how techniques from this work led to a real-time COVID-19 wellness map.

    Michele W. Berger

    Coronavirus models aren’t crystal balls. So what are they good for?
    Microscopic coronavirus images superimposed over digital global map

    Coronavirus models aren’t crystal balls. So what are they good for?

    Epidemiologists and data scientists have been gathering data, making calculations, and creating mathematical models to answer critical questions about COVID-19, but math cannot account for the unpredictability of human behavior.

    Penn Medicine

    Supporting agriculture and a safe food supply
    cows in a field at new bolton center

    In pre-Covid-19 times, the Marshak Dairy at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center was a place for teaching as well as research. Now an essential crew of workers remain to care for the cows, as other veterinarians in the School continue to care for livestock around the region. (Credit: Penn Vet)

    Supporting agriculture and a safe food supply

    Essential workers in the School of Veterinary Medicine are caring for livestock, keeping track of disease, ensuring product consistency, and communicating with farmers to ensure that farms can continue providing a reliable food supply for the community.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    COVID-19 hackathon
    Screen shot of computer with image of United States and the words "How Concerned are You?" and four participants on a Zoom call.

    Participants presented their findings to judges in a virtual Zoom event. Pictured from top right down are Samantha Sangenito, Marc Trussler, Marc Meredith, Matthew Levendusky, and Rose Hoffman. (Image: Samantha Sangenito)

    COVID-19 hackathon

    Students tackle real-world, real-time data sets about the coronavirus at hackathon

    Kristen de Groot

    Lax player Alex Goldner’s 2020 vision
    During a game, Adam Goldner moves across the field while carrying his lacrosse stick.

    Lax player Alex Goldner’s 2020 vision

    Senior attacker Adam Goldner writes about his time on the men’s lacrosse team, the decision to cancel the season, and why the memories he made as a student athlete at Penn will last forever.

    Cities and contagion: Lessons from COVID-19
    Two people sit in a public park in a city playing chess at a park table wearing protective face masks.

    Cities and contagion: Lessons from COVID-19

    Penn IUR’s inaugural Cities and Contagion: Lessons from COVID-19 initiative brings together experts who can help interpret the pandemic’s implications for urbanization.

    From Penn IUR

    As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?
    a gloved hand places a pipet tip over a plastic antibody test with a dot of blood, out of focus in the background a person puts a bandage on their finger

    As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?

    Penn experts discuss the limitations of commercial antibody tests, how scientists are assessing the true scale of COVID-19 infections, and what studies are being done to see who might now be immune to the novel coronavirus.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Carl June elected to National Academy of Sciences
    Two people side by side in different images. In the one on the left, the person stands in an office and a blue suit, hands crossed low in front. In the one on the right is a person in a tie and white coat that reads, "Carl H. June, M.D. Abramson Cancer Center"

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Carl June are among more than 140 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (Image: Eric Sucar (L) and Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Carl June elected to National Academy of Sciences

    The researchers, from the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Perelman School of Medicine, join a class of honored scholars recognized for their unique and ongoing contributions to original research.

    Michele W. Berger , Michael Rozansky , John Infanti

    Health care education in a virtual world
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    Health care education in a virtual world

    For future health care providers, moving education online has proved especially challenging. With ingenuity and creativity, faculty are helping them continue gaining the skills they’ll need.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Advice—and compassion—for students navigating new financial territory
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    Advice—and compassion—for students navigating new financial territory

    Financial Wellness at Penn has developed personal finance tips for students to help them stay on top of financial matters and asked Penn staff members what they wish they had known about finances.

    Kristina García