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Penn Study: Machine Learning at Arraignments Can Cut Repeat Domestic Violence

Penn Study: Machine Learning at Arraignments Can Cut Repeat Domestic Violence

In one large metropolitan area, arraignment decisions made with the assistance of machine learning cut new domestic violence incidents by half, leading to more than 1,000 fewer such post-arraignment arrests annually, according to new findings from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michele W. Berger

Kosher dining fosters community on campus

Kosher dining fosters community on campus

It’s often said that community centers around food, and for Penn students who are also observant Jews, a focal point is Penn Hillel at 39th Street and Locust Walk, and the tables in Falk Dining Commons.

Michele W. Berger

Penn researchers repurpose Alzheimer’s drug to help tobacco smokers quit

Penn researchers repurpose Alzheimer’s drug to help tobacco smokers quit

In adjacent rooms at Penn’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA) in the Perelman School of Medicine, a man flips through a magazine, and a woman fiddles with her phone.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Junior Tabeen Hossain Learns Eco-Lessons From Two European Leaders

Penn Junior Tabeen Hossain Learns Eco-Lessons From Two European Leaders

By Niharika Gupta The summer before her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania, Tabeen Hossain decided to take her academic journey in environmental science and policy abroad to Berlin and Rotterdam. In those two cities, she discovered the cultural aspects of sustainability, environmentalism and policymaking.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Researchers Offer New Approach to Treating Cocaine Addiction

Penn Researchers Offer New Approach to Treating Cocaine Addiction

In the ongoing fight against drug addiction, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine have discovered a unique application for an FDA-approved drug curr

Michele W. Berger

Penn Professor Robert Ghrist Brings Complicated Math to the Masses

Penn Professor Robert Ghrist Brings Complicated Math to the Masses

It’s not easy to make confusing mathematics topics understandable, let alone interesting, to non-mathematicians, but University of Pennsylvania professor Robert Ghrist has figured out the formula.

Michele W. Berger

Eggs for breakfast keep children fuller longer, says Penn study

Eggs for breakfast keep children fuller longer, says Penn study

What’s a good breakfast for growing children? Ask Penn Nursing professor Tanja Kral and she’ll likely answer, “One that incorporates protein-rich foods like eggs.”

Michele W. Berger

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