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  • Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain

    In the first study of its kind, Penn researchers and an international team of collaborators found that genetics and environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the architecture of the brain.
    graphic of person tending to plants growing out of a person's head, suggesting a flourishing mind
    Both genetics and life experience contribute to how one’s socioeconomic status is reflected in the brain, according to new research. That means, the authors say, there are ways to intervene to reduce social and health disparities linked to socioeconomics.

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  • A world shaped by water and access
    Three people test water below a sand dam.

    Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.

    (Image: Courtesy of Griffin Pitt)

    A world shaped by water and access

    Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.

    Oct 8, 2025