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Creating mental space from alcohol triggers could help college students drink less frequently
A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that prompting college students to take a step back when they encounter alcohol can reduce how often they drink.
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Who, What, Why: John Donges
At Penn Vet for more than two decades, John Donges has worked on nearly half the issues of Bellwether, the School’s alumni and donor magazine. So, it made sense that he was the editor of a special 100th issue, publishing this month.
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Lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to T cells hold promise for autoimmune diseases
A new platform to engineer adoptive cell therapies for specific autoimmune diseases has the potential to create therapies for allergies, organ transplants, and more.
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Stay on top of your health with Penn’s Be in the Know wellness campaign
The campaign runs through June 30, 2024. Free, convenient, on-campus biometric screenings are held through Thursday, Nov. 30.
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How the modern story of postwar anti-racism ignored the Global South
In his new book, science historian Sebastián Gil-Riaño explores the lives of scientists who shaped one of the first international efforts to combat racism—and then got left out of the story.
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Twisting two-dimensional atomic sheets: A key to new materials for advanced technologies
A collaborative team of physicists in the School of Arts & Sciences have found that putting a twist on tungsten disulfide stacks illuminates new approaches to manipulate light.
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Making better decisions with AI
Kaustubh Sridhar, a doctoral student in Electrical and Systems Engineering, aims to improve autonomous agents in the real world with more accurate decision-making programming.
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For pregnant people in states with most restrictive abortion policies, higher rates of cardiovascular complications
New research from Penn Medicine finds that states with tighter restraints on abortion may be tied to higher maternal morbidity and mortality, the effects of which may extend beyond pregnancy.
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Serving service members
There are more than 18 million veterans and an additional 1.6 million service members in the United States. Around 297 of them are students at Penn. In a Nov. 9 event, the University honored these students with an event coordinated by the Veteran and Military Affiliated Students program.
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Penn Medicine studies unlock new insights into gene therapy
The studies on AAV-based gene therapies in non-human primates suggest that integration into human DNA is unlikely to drive cancer mutations.