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Researchers to advance imaging of Parkinson’s diseases
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Researchers to advance imaging of Parkinson’s diseases

A Penn-led collaboration of radiology, computational chemistry, and neurology experts will identify and test new tracers for PET scans to help diagnose and monitor diseases.

Kelsey Geesler

Journey to Joy
A handwritten Joy Map on a table.

A handwritten joy map on a table.

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Journey to Joy

In a joint class within the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication, PIK professor Desmond Upton Patton invites students to dream big in Journey to Joy: Designing a Happier Life.

Kristina García

Robert Gifford’s breakthroughs in real-time system safety
Flight control panel on a plane.

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Robert Gifford’s breakthroughs in real-time system safety

The doctoral candidate with the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering Center at Penn Engineering is revolutionizing real-time systems on modern multicore computers.

From Penn Engineering

How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election
People with a large compter screen and oversized magnifying glasses searching for something online.

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How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election

Annenberg School for Communications’ Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network.

Hailey Reissman

Brain tumor organoids accurately model patient response to CAR T cell therapy
Microscopic view of a glioblastoma organoid.

A patient-derived glioblastoma organoid treated with dual-target CAR-T cells. T cells (magenta) infiltrate the tumor organoid and kill tumor cells (blue; yellow indicates dying cells).

(Image: Yusha Sun and Xin Wang from the laboratories of Guo-li Ming and Hongjun Song)

Brain tumor organoids accurately model patient response to CAR T cell therapy

Lab-grown tumors respond to cell therapy the same as tumors in the patients’ brains, according to researchers at Penn Medicine.

Kelsey Geesler

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Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings
Picture of a drone flying lit nighttime cityscape

For more than a month, residents in New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, and New York have spotted unidentified flying objects, which local residents refer to as “drones,” hovering over neighborhoods, critical infrastructure and even restricted sites. To learn more about the mysterious flying objects, Penn Today spoke with local expert Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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    • Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings

    Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar discusses the mysterious flying objects, or “drones,” hovering around parts of the East Coast.
    A study of scammer culture in popular media
    Engraved vintage drawing of fragments of a broken mirror with a reflection of a female face on female hands.

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    A study of scammer culture in popular media

    Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kathryn Claire Higgins examine how the shows “Inventing Anna” and “The Dropout” reflect a post #MeToo society.

    Mark Cuban’s take on prescription drug pricing models
    Zeke Emanuel and Mark Cuban in discussion in front of an audience.

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    Mark Cuban’s take on prescription drug pricing models

    In late November, hundreds of students, researchers, faculty, and staff from Penn’s Wharton School Health Care Management attended a discussion between entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Ezekiel Emanuel.

    Hoag Levins

    A decade-plus legacy of Penn Arts & Sciences
    Steve Fluharty seated at a table with hands folded.

    Steven J. Fluharty, Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience and dean of the School of Arts & Sciences.

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    A decade-plus legacy of Penn Arts & Sciences

    In recognition of the end of Steven J. Fluharty’s term as dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, a look at the School’s growth and innovation over 12 years.

    Loraine Terrell , Michele W. Berger