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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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You’re probably not being microwaved right now
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Kenneth Foster described claims that a classified microwave weapon was used to injure diplomats as unlikely, due to the impossibility of producing radiation powerful enough to cause neurological damage.
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Millennium shuts down pioneering quant hedge fund
Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discussed the closing of Prediction Company, a hedge fund. “Prediction was certainly far ahead of its time in realizing that many aspects of trading could be made not just quantitative but algorithmic,” said Kearns.
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How seeing a political logo can impair your understanding of facts
Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Science led a team of researchers studying the impact of visible political logos on social learning.
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Do cancer-sniffing canines pass the smell test?
A.T. Charlie Johnson Jr. of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts and Sciences hopes to use technology developed by Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center to detect ovarian and other forms of cancer.
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An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Matt Blaze discussed a hacking experiment, saying it was “not surprising that these precocious, bright kids would be able to do it because the websites that are on the internet are vulnerable…. What was interesting is just how utterly quickly they were able to do it.”
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81-year-old runner is breaking records but says ‘the best is yet to come’
Lyle Unger of the School of Engineering and Applied Science shared his expertise on the relationship between exercise and longevity.
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Ivy League degree for the nontraditional student
The School of Engineering and Applied Science will start offering an affordable and fully online degree for working adults. “This is a meaningful expansion of what we can do,” said Provost Wendell Pritchett.
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The Drone From This Penn Spinout Can Fly Inside Mines Without Maps or GPS
Exyn Technologies will be sending out a drone to explore a Latin American mine using only its own onboard sensors. The startup, which originated in Penn’s GRASP lab, was cofounded by Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Philly’s First Maker Faire: A Summer Carnival of Innovation
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Dean Vijay Kumar, Dan Koditschek, and Mark Yim were participants in Sunday’s Maker Faire, hosted at Pennovation.
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The Cybersecurity 202: We Surveyed 100 Experts. A Majority Rejected the FBI's Push for Encryption Back Doors
Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science spoke out against the FBI’s call to weaken encryption. “Strong encryption is absolutely critical for keeping our data safe from criminals. This is especially important for mobile devices such as cellphones, which are easily lost or stolen,” said Blaze.