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Public opinion research in changing times
A graph indicating public opinion polling.

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  • Q&A

    • Public opinion research in changing times

    In a Q&A, William Marble of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies talks about how PORES has had to adjust to the series of rapidly changing events in the presidential race and to longer-standing shifts in public opinion research methodologies.
    Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
    Dog dunks head in water.

    Penn Vet researchers trained physically and mentally healthy dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in water, an effective method for rapidly cooling canines after exercise.

    (Image: Shelby Wise/Wise K9 Photography)

    Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

    Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.
    Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems
    Lorena Grundy “Teaching with impact”

    Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

    Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems

    Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Melissa Pappas

    Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants
    Penn students walking on Locust Walk in the fall.

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    Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants

    A new initiative that advances In Principle and Practice, the Draw Down the Lightning grants encourage collaborative endeavors in support of the strategic framework’s four principles and five practices.
    How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking
    Gabriella Jean stands on Locust Walk while wearing a pants suit.

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    How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking

    Supported by PURM, second-year Gabriella Jean worked in the AHA! Lab over the summer on a research project examining the association between everyday life stressors and cigarette smoking.
    From college community to career path
    A person wearing a backpack outside a university building.

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    From college community to career path

    Joyce Kim, an advanced doctoral student in sociology and education, wants to know what motivates undergraduates—especially those who are the first in their families to attend college—to choose the career trajectories that they do.

    From Omnia

    A majority of Americans can’t recall most First Amendment rights
    A person holding a pocket Constitution.

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    A majority of Americans can’t recall most First Amendment rights

    The 2024 edition of the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually to celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17, finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents can name freedom of speech, while the other four rights are far less recognized.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    By the Numbers: National Voter Registration Day
    A roll of "I voted!" stickers with a Penn logo sits on top colored fliers on a table

    Sept. 17 is National Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day. Non-partisan campus events encourage students to register to vote and learn about the U.S. Constitution.

    (Image: University of Pennsylvania Office of Communications)

  • By the Numbers

    • By the Numbers: National Voter Registration Day

    Nonpartisan campus events on Sept. 17 encourage students to register to vote and learn about the U.S. Constitution.

    Kristina García