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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Your eyes may betray what decision you are about to make
Michael Louis Platt and Feng Sheng of the Wharton School comment on their research on the sight-brain connection when making decisions.
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How AI is expanding the applications of robot advisory
Jill Fisch of the Law School commented on the use of algorithms in investing. “Robo advisors are a potential solution to the complexities of financial decision making,” she said.
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Five ways to develop a startup mindset while in college
David Bell of the Wharton School was cited for facilitating a noteworthy startup atmosphere at the School, which has given rise to a number of retail startups.
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How to improve company culture? It’s simple, make employees feel like they matter
David Yaden of the School of Arts and Sciences co-led research aimed at clarifying what it means to “matter” in the workplace. Their work found that “achievement was tied more closely than recognition to self-efficacy, which is a central construct in the organizational mattering framework. On the other hand, recognition tracked more closely with manager status, promotions, and raises than did achievement, a nod to the importance of ensuring one’s good work is noticed and appreciated by coworkers.”
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Study shows how pollution, climate change could make us dumber
Anna Schapiro of the School of Arts and Sciences co-authored a paper that created a predictive model of what might happen to human cognitive abilities over time as carbon dioxide levels continue to rise.
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Rare earth minerals could be sourced through outdated smartphones, batteries, wind turbines
Eric Schelter and colleagues from the School of Arts and Sciences developed a method to extract rare earth minerals used in high-tech gadgets using common lab equipment.
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Scientists look to West Point to better understand what it takes to succeed
A team of researchers led by Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences examined data from thousands of West Point cadets to assess the attributes that were most predictive of success. Their results “suggest that both cognitive and non-cognitive attributes matter in different ways and at different times,” they wrote.
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The W.P. Carey Foundation makes record $125 million donation to the University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Law School has been renamed after receiving a $125 million gift from the W.P. Carey Foundation. “We are grateful for and inspired by their leadership and their commitment to the University,” said President Amy Gutmann.
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The real story about organoids: What you should know about ‘brains in a dish’
Hongjun Song of the Perelman School of Medicine explained how brain organoids were developed. “In the last five years scientists figured out how to turn stem cells into 3D cell structures, and eventually [developed] so-called brain organoids, which look like not only cell types in the brain but also cell architectures,” he said.
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Eye drops proven to reverse vision loss in clinical trial
Eve Higginbotham of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about some of the shortcomings of eye drops that treat age-related farsightedness. “There’s a question of whether or not people will actually use these drops twice a day in order to see a little better up close,” she said. “I am sure there may be a small segment of the population that may choose to put drops in twice a day, but for the vast majority of individuals, using drops twice a day may be a challenge.”