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The limits of ChatGPT for scriptwriting
Robots around a larger-than-life-size typewriter.

ChatGPT routinely censors premises and scripts from history’s most-watched TV shows.

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The limits of ChatGPT for scriptwriting

A paper co-authored by experts at Penn Engineering found that ChatGPT’s overzealous content moderation could potentially limit artistic expression.

Ian Scheffler

How unflagged, factual content drives vaccine hesitancy
Many hands holding smartphones and other sources of information about COVID-19.

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How unflagged, factual content drives vaccine hesitancy

A new paper from computational social scientist Duncan Watts examines how factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from the COVID-19 shot.

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Recognizing a pioneer: Penn Engineering’s Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper in Naval gear introducing a computer system to a student.

Grace Hopper, then head of the Navy Programming Language Section of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, discusses a phase of her work with a staff member in August 1976.

(Image: U.S. Navy photo by PH2 David C. MacLean)

Recognizing a pioneer: Penn Engineering’s Grace Hopper

Hopper was honored for developing the A-0 compiler, an early innovation in computer programming.

From Penn Engineering Today

Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications
Gloved hand holding a quarter next to the filter to indicate its small size.

 The new filter, which is about the size of a quarter, could revolutionize wireless communications.

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Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications

Penn Engineers have developed an adjustable filter, about the size of a quarter, with potential to revolutionize wireless communications.

Ian Scheffler

Penn Engineering’s Ottman Tertuliano receives a 2024 CAREER Award
Ottman Tertuliano.

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Penn Engineering’s Ottman Tertuliano receives a 2024 CAREER Award

Tertuliano’s research on bone fractures at the nanoscale allows for research on two separate time scales: the forming of cracks in a fracture at 1 micrometer/second, and the cellular response and repair time scale, a much lengthier process.

From Penn Engineering Today

Brewing brilliance
Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni sit at a table clutching Penn-branded mugs filled with tea.

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Brewing brilliance

Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science turn tea time into new ideas.
The key to fixing AI bias and copyright infringement
Michael Kearns.

Michael Kearns, National Center Professor of Management & Technology.

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The key to fixing AI bias and copyright infringement

Penn Engineering’s Michael Kearns, National Center Professor of Management & Technology, questions whether model disgorgement can potentially solve a number of problems related to AI.

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Class of 2024 Ivy Day Awards Ceremony
Eight fourth-year students stand with various awards (spoon, shovel, hat, etc)

From left to right: Josias Zongo with the Cane Award, Toyosi Abu with the Spoon Award, Jack Immanuel with the Spade Award, Taussia Boadi with the David R Goddard Loving Cup Award, Ashley Song with the Bowl Award, Milan Chand with the Althea K Hottel Shield Award, Annabelle Noyes with the Gaylord P Harnwell Flag Award, and Xavier Shankle with the R Jean Brownlee Skimmer Hat Award.

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Class of 2024 Ivy Day Awards Ceremony

The Ivy Day Ceremony recognizes outstanding graduating seniors for their leadership and service.

Kristina García

Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award
Rudie Altamirano, David Kato, Aishwarya Pawar and Amy Gadsden stand next to a tower or red and blue balloons and in front of a sign reading Bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world.

(Left to right) Rudie Altamirano, executive director of International Student and Scholar Services, Penn Global Student Citizenship Award winners David Kato and Aishwarya Pawar, and Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Amy Gadsden at the awards ceremony at Perry World House.

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Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award

Aishwarya Pawar, a Ph.D. student at the Perelman School of Medicine, is the graduate student winner, and David Kato, a fourth-year political science major in the School of Arts & Sciences, is the undergraduate winner.

Kristen de Groot