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Crime and the scientific method
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Crime and the scientific method

The multidisciplinary faculty in the Department of Criminology harness diverse methodologies to improve public safety and inform policy and planning.

Blake Cole, Michele W. Berger

Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories
Philadelphia Inquirer

Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center believes that the high number of people unsure about monkeypox represents an opportunity for persuasive public health messaging.

1 in 5 Americans fears getting monkeypox, but many know little about it
Microscopic view of monkeypox cells.

1 in 5 Americans fears getting monkeypox, but many know little about it

As COVID cases surge across the United States dominated by a highly transmissible subvariant, the public has voiced concern about the new health threat of monkeypox, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children
A put-out cigarette standing on its end, next to half of another crumpled cigarette. In the background are two whole cigarettes.
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    • Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children

    In research done using rats, Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt and colleagues found that males that engaged in voluntary nicotine use had offspring more likely to do so, too. Some offspring also developed impaired memory and anxiety-like behavior.

    Michele W. Berger

    Desmond Patton appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
    Desmond Upton Patton.

    Desmond Upton Patton will be the Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor effective July 1.

    Desmond Patton appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

    Patton will be Penn’s Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor, with joint appointments in the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication and a secondary appointment in the Perelman School of Medicine.