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Bob Dylan as a modern-day prophet
Bod Dylan in profile at a microphone.

Image: Nick Matej

Bob Dylan as a modern-day prophet

In his new book, political theorist and professor Jeffrey Green takes a unique view of the famous musician.

From Omnia

Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences
Screenshot of University Atlas Project visualization.

Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sas

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Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences

Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty.
New books from Wharton faculty
Stacks of new books.

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New books from Wharton faculty

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” showcases recent books on leadership, customer service, immigration, and the power of data.

From Knowledge at Wharton

How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households
A cancer patient being comforted by a family member.

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How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households

A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall
A gazing ball atop a bird bath and a stylized snake on astroturf.

“Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”

(Image: Constance Mensh)

ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall

The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable.
Showing up for Penn in London
Penn president J. Larry Jameson speaking at a microphone in London.

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson addresses the audience at Penn’s academic symposium in London on Friday, June 21, 2024.

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Showing up for Penn in London

A capacity audience attended an academic symposium in London titled “Frontiers of Knowledge and Discovery: Leading in a Changing World.”
Public health beliefs predict support for climate action
Person holding phone checking air pollution levels outside wearing a mask.

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Public health beliefs predict support for climate action

New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center examines the relationship between health-related beliefs about climate change and support for climate policy proposals.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Redlining and rentals
An aerial view of the Park Forest housing development outside of Chicago in the 1950s.

Aerial view of a Park Forest neighborhood in 1952 that captures the neat rows of homes that characterized the post-World War II housing boom in the planned community.

(Image: Owen Kent via the Chicago Historical Society)

Redlining and rentals

Historian Brent Cebul in the School of Arts & Sciences is working on a new digital mapping project looking at the impact of Federal Housing Administration policies on the availability of affordable rental housing post-World War II. 

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Protecting against burnout
Kandi Wiens.

Kandi Wiens is the co-director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education program.

(Image: Robbie Quinn/Penn GSE Magazine)

Protecting against burnout

Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.