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Faculty
Penn pioneers a ‘one-pot platform’ to promptly produce mRNA delivery particles
New lipid platform enables rapid synthesis of molecules that can shuttle therapeutics for a range of diseases with a high degree of organ specificity.
Takeaways from the U.K. elections
Political scientist Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences offers his take on the Labour Party’s landslide victory and what it means going forward.
How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT
Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.
Penn Carey Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on immunity, social media content
University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School professors share their reaction to two Supreme Court decisions delivered on the final day of the 2023-2024 term—presidential immunity and social media content.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery
Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1.
Law experts on SCOTUS decisions on Chevron, Jan. 6 obstruction charge, administrative powers
Faculty experts from Penn Carey Law reflect on the latest Supreme Court decisions and their consequences for future judicial decisions.
Soft materials, sustainability, and the environment
Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative, discusses his research and its connections to sustainability and the environment, and how industry and researchers can work better together.
Duncan Watts and CSSLab’s New Media Bias Detector
PIK Professor Duncan Watts and colleagues have developed the Media Bias Detector, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze news articles, examining factors like tone, partisan lean, and fact selection.
Continued access to emergency abortion care
In dismissing Moyle v. United States, Penn Carey Law’s Allison K. Hoffman says the Supreme Court took a “procedural punt” in allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing emergency abortion care.
Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art
In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.
In the News
Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a debate inherently tests an individual’s cognitive abilities of attention, concentration, multitasking, working memory, and language.
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Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law said recent Supreme Court decisions will probably increase the public perception that the justices are partisan.
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Law schools left reeling after latest Supreme Court earthquakes
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution when they are engaging in official acts.
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Mythical sword’s disappearance brings mystery to French village
Ada Maria Kuskowski of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on “The Song of Roland,” a poem that has been referenced by nationalist groups for its message that Muslims are an enemy and Muslim immigrants are overtaking France.
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What the Civil Rights Act really meant
William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that in a healthier democracy and in a freer and more open country, we would pass more laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Will the regulation shielding workers from heat be finalized before the election?
Penn Carey Law's Cary Coglianese says heat affects every outdoor worker and some major industries: construction, travel, transportation, and others.
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