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Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI

A monthlong series of talks, workshops, symposia, and more highlights how recent advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping robotics, health, education, and public life, all the while keeping human values at the center.

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How a postwar research push changed Penn

In the second of a limited series, “Chapters of Change” showcases another transformational moment in Penn’s past shaped by changes in society—World War II—during which the U.S.’s drive for knowledge sparked massive investments in research.

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A first-generation student graduating from the School of Nursing, fourth-year Mikhaidia Miller has benefited from Penn First Plus mentorship, programming, and resources throughout her time at Penn. She aims to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist and help improve health equity for all patients.

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Mikhaidia Miller: First-gen perspectives on nursing, health equity, and what’s next

The fourth-year reflects on what underpins her desire to pursue a nursing career and how Penn First Plus has supported her as a first-generation student.

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Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty

A roundup of the latest awards for faculty members at the Wharton School, Penn Vet, Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, and Nursing.

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Human moral agency irreplaceable in the era of artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence rapidly integrates into clinical settings, an article published in the Hastings Center Report by Penn Nursing’s Connie M. Ulrich warns that the core of nursing, its moral agency, must remain a human-driven responsibility.

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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students

A roundup of the latest awards for various faculty members and graduate students at Annenberg, Wharton, Penn Nursing, SP2, and Penn Engineering.

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Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies

A collaborative study led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn’s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine found that a novel GLP-1 drug shows promise for reducing nausea and vomiting while maintaining blood sugar.

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How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

New research from Penn Nursing finds that most registered nurses who recently left hospital employment are motivated to return to health care work, and safe nurse staffing levels is the top factor that would bring them back.

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Two workers in a lab working on cooling structures.

Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion

Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.

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Meg Roberts and Jessica Martucci looking at the Nursing the Revolution exhibition wall.

A look at Revolutionary War nursing

A new exhibit at Penn’s Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing documents the long trajectory of nursing in America, going back to the Revolutionary War.

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Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI

How a postwar research push changed Penn

Mikhaidia Miller: First-gen perspectives on nursing, health equity, and what’s next

Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty

Human moral agency irreplaceable in the era of artificial intelligence

Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students

Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies

How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion

A look at Revolutionary War nursing