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An aerial view of the Park Forest housing development outside of Chicago in the 1950s.

Redlining and rentals

Historian Brent Cebul in the School of Arts & Sciences is working on a new digital mapping project looking at the impact of Federal Housing Administration policies on the availability of affordable rental housing post-World War II.

A teen driver with a driving instructor.

States differ widely in requirements for young driver training

A new paper from Annenberg Public Policy Center shows how states differ in licensing requirements for teens, and how the crash rate correlates to training; the authors advise for families of teens to go beyond the minimum state requirements to keep teen drivers safer.

Indianapolis is the US city with the highest birth rate, study finds, which could have an impact on its future

Emilio A. Parrado of the School of Arts & Sciences says that some U.S. metropolitan areas have more deaths than births and emphasized that high birth rates in Indianapolis could have significant policy and urban-planning implications.

A line of people waiting to register for vaccines.

Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap

New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter.

Gearing up for research on aging

GEAR UP, an initiative offered by the Population Aging Research Center and the Leonard Davis Institute, gives students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds hands-on experience and mentoring to address a global challenge.

Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts

Penn analysis found that models developed to detect depression using language in Facebook posts did not work when applied to Black people.

A closer look at the role of health care algorithms in racial and ethnic disparities

A Penn Medicine study points to ways to reduce potential for racial bias and inequity when using algorithms to inform clinical care.

A person resting their head on their folded arms holding a smartphone.

First-of-its-kind study analyzes digital mourning practices of gang-affiliated youth

A study led by Desmond Patton utilizes social work, communications, and data science to explore how gang-affiliated Black youth use Twitter content, photos, and emojis to memorialize the deceased and navigate feelings of grief and loss.

talicia sitting on her door step with children

Helping Black families to grow and thrive

To reverse the nationwide trend of serious harm and death before, during, and after childbirth for Black and other parents from marginalized groups, Penn Medicine is taking bold action to improve maternal health and eliminate racial disparities.

Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery

A Penn Medicine study shows that patient pain scores are a good predictor for opioid use, but younger patients and those who hadn’t used opioids before are less likely to take them.

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