Last month, in Washington, D.C., Penn Engineering launched its new Responsible Innovation Initiative at an event co-sponsored by Perry World House and hosted by Penn Washington.

Penn GSE’s Abby Reisman says educators face mounting challenges navigating political and social discourse, and recommends empathetic classroom management, guided activities, and fostering personal connections to ease tensions and open dialogue.

Debates present valuable opportunities for parents to talk with teens and young adults about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, but few parents take advantage of these opportunities, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey of parents and guardians conducted during the 2024 presidential debates.

To understand if political polarization could be an issue exacerbated by social media algorithms, Penn Engineering researchers and collaborators at the Annenberg School of Communication conducted a study of 243 X/Twitter users and over 800,000 tweets during a three-week period. The researchers confirmed that the X/Twitter algorithm significantly influences what users do and do not see relative to users’ independent choices in the accounts they follow

A new Penn Medicine study suggests that patients with plaque or guttate psoriasis can get clearer skin with at-home treatment instead of at doctors’ offices.

FitzGerald has dedicated his career to the study of cardiovascular health with a focus on pain medicines, and was instrumental in the discoveries relating to the use of low-dose aspirin in preventing cardiac disease.

Yang aims to create artificial reef structures inspired by the topography and porosity of oyster, coral and shell reefs with low-cost and recycled carbonated materials to create wave energy.