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Who, What, Why: Hiro Chiba-Okabe on law and applied math
Who, What, Why: Hiro Chiba-Okabe on law and applied math
Chiba-Okabe explains his transition from practicing law in Japan to pursuing a Ph.D. in applied math and computational science and how those interests intersect.
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
Using mathematical modeling, researchers from Penn and Princeton found a way to maintain cooperation without relying on complex norms or institutions.
Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides
Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides
Through the SNF Paideia Program, seven undergraduates and political scientist Lia Howard traveled all over the commonwealth this summer, listening to residents talk about their lives and the issues that matter to them.
Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.
Public opinion research in changing times
Public opinion research in changing times
In a Q&A, William Marble of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies talks about how PORES has had to adjust to the series of rapidly changing events in the presidential race and to longer-standing shifts in public opinion research methodologies.
Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign
Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign
Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns.
Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia
Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia
Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.
Breaking down how state voting laws have changed since 2020
Breaking down how state voting laws have changed since 2020
Political scientist Marc Meredith talks about the ways some states have made voting laws more restrictive or more expansive since 2020 and what these changes mean for the 2024 elections.
New Penn students and families welcomed to a ‘workshop of the world’
New Penn students and families welcomed to a ‘workshop of the world’
Interim President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. welcomed the Class of 2028, transfer students, and their families.
A modified peptide shows promise for fighting tumors
A modified peptide shows promise for fighting tumors
Researchers in Penn Vet led a collaborative study that demonstrates how a modified peptide normalizes tumor vasculature and enhances various cancer treatments.