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The FBI’s secret impact on American broadcasting

The FBI’s secret impact on American broadcasting

A new Annenberg School for Communication study of declassified FBI files documents how the Bureau wielded the fear of communist infiltration to infiltrate the broadcasting industry itself.

Improving care for disadvantaged patients

Improving care for disadvantaged patients

New research from Penn Nursing provides insight on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in delivering quality care to socially disadvantaged patients.

From Penn Nursing News

1 min. read

‘Where AI Works’
Hyper Control AI Chip Concept

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‘Where AI Works’

The Wharton School’s new podcast conducts conversations at the intersection of artificial intelligence and industry.

From Knowledge at Wharton

3 min. read

Keeping HUP sustainable
Greg Evans.

Corporate director of sustainability for the University of Pennsylvania Health System Greg Evans.

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Keeping HUP sustainable

Corporate director of sustainability for the University of Pennsylvania Health System Greg Evans discusses steering Penn Medicine towards a greener future.

2 min. read

Diana Mutz wins the ASA Methodology Section’s Innovation Award

Diana Mutz wins the ASA Methodology Section’s Innovation Award

Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication and director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics is recognized for her contribution to sociological methodology.

AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows collaborate across disciplines
Sibe-by-side portraits of Brynn Sherman, on left, and Kieran Murphy, right.

Penn’s AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows Program is breaking down traditional scientific boundaries by integrating artificial intelligence across diverse research fields. Less than a year in, the program is already paying dividends in the form of new collaborations and research publications for inaugural fellows like Brynn Sherman (left) of the School of Arts & Sciences and Kieran Murphy (right) of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows collaborate across disciplines

The new fellowship program, offered through the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, offers mentorship and peer engagement opportunities.

5 min. read

The 500-year legacy of a political thinker
Selection of a portrait of Thomas Muntzer from 1609.

A selection from a portrait of Thomas Muntzer from 1609.

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The 500-year legacy of a political thinker

Five hundred years ago this spring, about 8,000 armed peasants gathered outside the village of Frankenhausen in what is now Germany.Their stand ended in disaster, with thousands dead from an artillery barrage, and their spiritual leader, radical theologian Thomas Müntzer, was beheaded two weeks later after a torture-filled interrogation.

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Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history
(From left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

Legal History Consortium members (from left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

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Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history

Under the leadership of Penn Carey Law’s Karen Tani, the Legal History Consortium unites the Law School and Penn’s Graduate History Department in a collaborative program.

From Penn Carey Law

2 min. read

Many Americans unaware high blood pressure usually has no noticeable symptoms

Many Americans unaware high blood pressure usually has no noticeable symptoms

In a recent Annenberg Public Policy Center health survey, over one-third of respondents report having been diagnosed with high blood pressure, but the survey also shows that few U.S. adults—including those who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure—can correctly identify what blood pressure reading doctors consider “high.”