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A conversation about second-generation immigrants and mortality
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  • Q&A

    • A conversation about second-generation immigrants and mortality

    In a Q&A, Penn demographer Michel Guillot discusses recent work showing that male children of immigrants from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have a mortality rate nearly double that of the native population in France.

    Michele W. Berger

    A push for emergency texting services across the United States
    Two students sitting on a stone statue, one on a computer, the other on a phone.

    Not only do rising juniors Anthony Scarpone-Lambert and Kirti Shenoy want emergency text services in every county in the United States, but they also want to educate Americans on its potentially lifesaving benefits. That’s where Text-911 comes in. (Photo: Simon Chen)

    A push for emergency texting services across the United States

    Today, fewer than half of U.S. counties have this capability. Rising juniors Anthony Scarpone-Lambert and Kirti Shenoy want to change that with their nonprofit Text-911.

    Michele W. Berger

    Can algorithms diagnose disease better than doctors?
    Ilustration of a hypodermic needle made up of data points.

    Can algorithms diagnose disease better than doctors?

    Proponents of artificial intelligence in medicine say the technology holds great potential in predicting drug interaction, infection risk factors—even in cancer diagnoses Penn’s Ravi Parikh and Amol Navathe discuss their research on the best way to leverage artificial intelligence in medicine.

    App predicts risk of developing hernia following abdominal surgery
    person with IV holding a cellphone

    App predicts risk of developing hernia following abdominal surgery

    A Penn-developed app can predict the likelihood that a patient will develop an incisional hernia following abdominal surgery, utilizing electronic health records to identify the most common risk factors for patients.

    Penn Today Staff

    Who made that decision: You or an algorithm?
    drawing of a head and neck and shoulders with what looks like wheel machinery in the brain to indicate the concept of an algorithm.

    Who made that decision: You or an algorithm?

    Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar’s new book, “A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control,” examines how algorithms influence our decisions.

    Penn Today Staff

    Behind the scenes, complex disease surveillance is protects the campus community
    An aerial view of buildings and a stadium in Philadelphia.

    Behind the scenes, complex disease surveillance is protects the campus community

    Beyond promoting vaccines and overall health education, Campus Health, the public health arm of Student Health Service, is watching for clusters of common illnesses, unusual diagnoses, and anything out of the ordinary.

    Michele W. Berger

    The math behind March Madness
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    • The math behind March Madness

    A Q&A with statistician Shane Jensen, who discusses the math behind sports team rankings, why March Madness has so many underdog victories, and how technology might change how analysts study sports teams in the future.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Behind the scenes of election night projections
    John Lapinski surrounded by Penn undergraduate workers with NBC's Elections Unit Penn Political Science Professor John Lapinski, third from right, poses with Penn undergraduate students working at the NBC Elections Unit in November 2016. (Photo: Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies)
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    • Behind the scenes of election night projections

    John Lapinski, director of elections at NBC and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science at Penn, discusses projecting elections and what to expect from the midterms.