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Dolores Albarracín honored with BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Dolores Albarracín honored with BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Albarracín, a PIK Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts & Sciences, is being recognized for increasing “our understanding of how attitudes can be changed, particularly with regard to persuasive messages.”
Expanding on a legacy of heart health education
Expanding on a legacy of heart health education
Fourth-year Aravind Krishnan, the inaugural Sarah Katz Award recipient, is working to help shelter residents in Philadelphia better monitor their health.
Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making
Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making
Working with professors George Demiris and Connie Ulrich, Penn Nursing Ph.D. student Oonjee Oh is investigating the role of AI in end-of-life care from technological and ethical perspectives.
Task force recommendations for economic prosperity and national security
Task force recommendations for economic prosperity and national security
Dean Antonia M. Villarruel of Penn Nursing and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center are on the Vision for American Science and Technology task force that devised the policy recommendations.
Balancing renewable energy development and land protection
Balancing renewable energy development and land protection
In an Energy Week event, Grace Wu and Jonathan Thompson provided perspectives on tradeoffs in land use from their work in California and Massachusetts.
Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.
Fifth Energy Week to bring Penn community together around solutions
Fifth Energy Week to bring Penn community together around solutions
More than two dozen events held Feb. 10-14 will give students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to learn about energy-related research and work at Penn and beyond.
Art Matters: ‘Fantine’ collage in Ryan Veterinary Hospital
Art Matters: ‘Fantine’ collage in Ryan Veterinary Hospital
Richard Lichter, a member of the Penn Vet Board of Advisors, commissioned a piece of his late golden retriever, made up of photos of nearly 500 shelter dogs who received lifesaving care from Penn Vet.
How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance
How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance
Faculty are working on a vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.
More than a year in as Annenberg dean, Sarah Banet-Weiser focuses on care and collaboration
More than a year in as Annenberg dean, Sarah Banet-Weiser focuses on care and collaboration
Drawing on her background as a scholar of gender in media and founder of the Center for Collaborative Communication, she is supporting community members as they drive communication research around democracy, climate, health, and more.