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Shriya Karam awarded Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

The fourth-year undergraduate in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, who was named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar in 2022, has been recognized for her work by the top category in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, which awards about $3 million in fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines annually.

DVCEE Leadership Institutes encourage students to speak up

Upper Merion Area High School hosted the 2023 Middle and High School Student Leadership Institutes earlier this month, with more than 700 student leaders and educators in attendance. The event is organized by the Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity and Excellence, a project of Penn GSE’s Coalition for Educational Equity.

Testing the power of AI to better detect colon polyps

Physicians from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology have recently launched a three-year pilot program to determine if artificial intelligence technology could improve precancerous polyp detection in screening colonoscopies.

Arab News

Enabling people to act key to spurring global economy, Harvard professor tells Riyadh forum

On a panel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Aline Gatignon of the Wharton School explained how cross-sector partnerships can tackle systemic social issues.

Australian Women’s Health

Everything you know about self-care isn’t wrong … but it’s not quite right

Barbara Riegel of the School of Nursing says that ignoring self-care can set people up for major health issues down the line, from burnout to true chronic illnesses.

Arab News

Australian Women’s Health

Vox.com

How Havana syndrome helps us rethink the brain

A team at Penn Medicine found MRI results consistent with a major brain injury in patients suffering from Havana syndrome.

Politifact

Immunity from COVID-19 infection is strong and lasting, but carries risks, research finds

According to John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine, it’s not surprising that SARS-CoV-2 infection generates robust immunity, including protection from disease.

Arizona Republic (Phoenix)

Affordable housing crisis has ‘waitlist shoppers’ across U.S. vying for few Arizona vouchers

Postdoc Matthew Fowle of the Weitzman School of Design says that from an equity perspective, it doesn’t make sense for most housing policy to be directed at homeowners.