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How cable news has diverged from broadcast news
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How cable news has diverged from broadcast news

A team of researchers from the Computational Social Science Lab at the University of Pennsylvania find that cable news has increasingly diverged from broadcast news in the topics covered and language used.

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$50 million gift to launch the Lurie Autism Institute
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Jeffrey Lurie, CEO and Chairman of the Philadelphia Eagles, speaks at an event announcing the Lurie Autism Institute, a joint initiative between CHOP and Penn Medicine.

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$50 million gift to launch the Lurie Autism Institute

The transformational gift to Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will establish a joint initiative for autism research and treatment.

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Could gene therapy restore lost hearing?
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Could gene therapy restore lost hearing?

Experts at Penn Medicine are working to understand the genetic architecture of hearing loss in adults at the Penn Center for Adult-Onset Hearing Loss.

From Penn Medicine Magazine

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Penn Nursing’s Jane Muir wins national research award

Penn Nursing’s Jane Muir wins national research award

Muir, an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at Penn Nursing and emergency medicine at Penn Medicine, and a senior fellow in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research and in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, has won the 2025 Nurse Researcher Award from the Emergency Nurses Association. The award honors individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of emergency nursing through research, dissemination of findings, and/or utilization of research to improve patient outcomes.

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

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‘Where AI Works’
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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

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Keeping HUP sustainable
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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.

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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.

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