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Erica Moser

Science News Officer
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    My Climate Story expands across continent with Campus Correspondents
    Faith Bochert and Maria Villarreal Simon.

    Faith Bochert and Maria Villarreal Simon volunteered at the My Climate Story table at GreenFest in April 2024.

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    My Climate Story expands across continent with Campus Correspondents

    My Climate Story, a project from the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, now has 12 correspondents gathering climate stories from 12 campuses across North America.
    How deadly parasites choose to be male
    Transcription atlas of Cryptosporidium life cycle.

    Penn Vet researchers developed the Cryptosporidium single-cell atlas, revealing which genes are expressed at which points across the parasite’s life cycle. On the left, the atlas shows parasites replicating asexually in green, with males in blue and females in pink. On the right, micrographs of the stages are shown, with their nuclei highlighted in green.

    (Image: Boris Striepen)

    How deadly parasites choose to be male

    Penn Vet researchers reveal the gene expression across the life cycle of Cryptosporidium and identify the determinant of maleness.
    How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation?
    One person whispers in the ear of another.

    (Image: iStock/AndreyPopov)

    How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation?

    Researchers Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, and Joshua B. Plotkin in Penn’s Department of Biology developed a model incorporating two forms of gossip to study indirect reciprocity.
    Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
    Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu.

    Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu are among the first-generation college students graduating in the Class of 2024.

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    Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024

    Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu all entered Penn as first-generation college undergraduates and the children of immigrants and pursued different paths: political science, film, and finance and accounting.
    Who, What, Why: Oulaya Louaddi on building community for nursing students
    Oulaya Louaddi.

    Oulaya Louaddi, a fourth-year student in the School of Nursing, has been heavily involved in the Minorities in Nursing Organization her four years at Penn.

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    Who, What, Why: Oulaya Louaddi on building community for nursing students

    The fourth-year nursing student, who is about to graduate and start work in a cardiac intensive care unit, has been heavily involved in the Minorities in Nursing Organization all four years at Penn.
    Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work
    Qi Liu in front of Penn Museum.

    Qi Liu, an anthropology and art history major, has participated in every undergraduate program the Penn Museum has to offer and is completing two senior theses.

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    Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work

    Fourth-year Qi Liu has participated in every undergraduate program at the Penn Museum, done research for two senior theses in anthropology and art history, and joined excavations in the U.S. and abroad.
    Uplifting Filipino communities abroad and at home
    Vernon Wells.

    Vernon Wells, a fourth-year anthropology and sociology student, will build off senior thesis research on the Ayta Magbukún tribe with a Fulbright U.S. Student Award in the Philippines.

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    Uplifting Filipino communities abroad and at home

    Fourth-year student Vernon Wells has been working with Indigenous peoples in the Philippines, research they will expand on through a Fulbright award, while strengthening the Southeast Asian community at Penn.
    Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
    Michael Mann at a podium and Kathleen Hall Jameson beside him teaching a course at Penn.

    The class included writing a letter to the editor, op-ed, and fact-check. “We threw a lot at them, we’re asking a lot of them, but I feel like they’re rising to the occasion,” Mann said.

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    Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists

    Michael Mann and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are co-teaching the Climate Change and Communication course this spring, tied to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, held this year at Penn.
    Humanizing the hospital experience for people with substance use disorders
    Brianna Aguilar, Catherine Hood, and Anooshey Ikhlas.

    Brianna Aguilar, Catherine Hood, and Anooshey Ikhlas are recipients of the 2024 President’s Engagement Prize for the Presby Addiction Care Program.

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    Humanizing the hospital experience for people with substance use disorders

    Anooshey Ikhlas, Catherine Hood, and Brianna Aguilar, winners of a 2024 President’s Engagement Prize, will work with Penn Presbyterian Medical Center to address challenges faced during hospitalization and reduce premature discharges.
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