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Introducing the Penn AI Council
Locust Walk on Penn’s campus in the fall.

The council will coordinate cross-school research opportunities, support new AI and data science scientists, and usher in the Penn Advanced Research Computing Center.

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Introducing the Penn AI Council

The Council consists of five faculty members collaborating to enhance visibility and impact of AI research across Penn.
Political polarization between Americans stays consistent before and after elections
Biker riding through election political lawn signs outside polling place

Image: iStock/MichaelHeimlich

Political polarization between Americans stays consistent before and after elections

A new study by Neil Fasching and Yphtach Lelkes of the Polarization Research Lab looked at the U.S. 2022 midterms and found the election didn’t spike political polarization.

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How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking
Gabriella Jean stands on Locust Walk while wearing a pants suit.

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How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking

Supported by PURM, second-year Gabriella Jean worked in the AHA! Lab over the summer on a research project examining the association between everyday life stressors and cigarette smoking.
The mechanics of collaboration
Portrait of Xinlan Emily Hu

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The mechanics of collaboration

Penn Ph.D. student Xinlan Emily Hu leads a group of budding engineers and social scientists who study communication across teams. The group has developed a new toolkit aimed at helping researchers analyze and measure teamwork.
Doing the work to end health disparities
Ala Stanford.

Ala Stanford is a pediatric surgeon, a professor of practice in the department of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, with additional appointments as director of community outreach for research activities in the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and as a research associate in the Annenberg School for Communication.

(Image: Courtesy of OMNIA)

Doing the work to end health disparities

Ala Stanford is a surgeon, a national leader in health equity, and professor of practice at Penn. Her new book chronicles her path from North Philly, how she served thousands during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her work to end health disparities.

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