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Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online

Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online

A new study by Annenberg School for Communication professor Damon Centola and alum Douglas Guilbeault explores how content moderators can reach consensus on classifying controversial material online, including inflammatory, offensive, or hateful images.

Hailey Reissman

2 min. read

When employees feel slighted, they work less

When employees feel slighted, they work less

New research from Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent
A black lab smelling an odor in an olfactometer.

Dalton at the olfactometer lineup.

(Image: Shelby Wise)

Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent

Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better screening tool and more effective treatments.

3 min. read

A study of the ancient built environment
An ancient excavation site.

A view of the trench with the early Hellenistic mosaic.

(Image: Courtesy Teos Archaeological Project)

A study of the ancient built environment

A book of essays co-edited by history of art professor Mantha Zarmakoupi dives into a historic movement focused on recentering how we think about ecological concerns and the built environment.

From Omnia

2 min. read

Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative
Sarah Rottenberg.

Sarah Rottenberg is assisting three Penn Forward working groups to generate big ideas that will carry Penn into the next decade and beyond.

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    • Penn Forward: Sarah Rottenberg applies design thinking for strategic University initiative

    Rottenberg, executive director of the Integrated Product Design Program and an adjunct associate professor in the Weitzman School, collaborated with three Penn Forward working groups to optimize idea development.

    3 min. read

    How interdisciplinary teaching becomes climate action

    How interdisciplinary teaching becomes climate action

    Penn graduate students are learning that net zero is a systems challenge requiring fluency across disciplines, and why interdisciplinary teaching is climate action—including how it builds the human capital the clean energy transition demands.

    From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

    2 min. read

    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia
    Five Penn veterinary surgeons performing surgery.

    Members of Penn Vet’s orthopedic team perform surgery in the Total Hip Replacement Program, including (second from the left) Anna Massie, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery, Jason Syrcle, section chief and professor of clinical small animal orthopedic surgery, and Kimberly Agnello, professor of small animal orthopedic surgery.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet)

    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia

    Total hip replacement surgery outcomes at Penn Vet have been greatly improved through state-of-the-art technological advances and synergistic programming.

    2 min. read

    Can AI tools help train a more effective physician?

    Can AI tools help train a more effective physician?

    CRISP (Clinical Reasoning Insights for Shaping Performance) is a new Penn Medicine initiative that will use AI-enabled systems to deliver data-driven feedback to medical students and postgraduate trainees, thanks to a new $1.1 million grant from the American Medical Association.

    Stefan Hatch: Tackling housing insecurity
    Stefan Hatch stands in the McNeil Building.

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    Stefan Hatch: Tackling housing insecurity

    Fourth-year Stefan Hatch is researching one of Philadelphia’s most pressing challenges: housing insecurity. The double major combines urban studies and psychology to explore solutions.

    2 min. read