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In blockbuster term, Supreme Court boosts its own sway

Penn Carey Law’s Kermit Roosevelt comments on Supreme Court decisions that work to take power away from the federal administrative agencies and shift power to judges.

Penn researchers develop AI tool to help evaluate media bias

Amir Tohidi of the Wharton School says his work on detecting media bias was inspired in part by the “fake news” phenomenon.

The growing evidence that Americans are less divided than you may think

Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says the more involved in politics a person is the more distorted their view of the other side.

As more AI tools emerge in education, so does concern among teachers about being replaced

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School worries that many businesses and organizations are too focused on efficiency and downsizing as they rush to adopt AI technologies.

Record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Beryl wouldn’t be possible without climate change

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the increase in ocean temperatures and wind speeds is not only detectable it’s now readily observable.

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.

he Guardian of Law sculpture is seen at the west entrance of the Supreme Court in Washington.

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.

Legal experts and political leaders question Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s immunity

Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law was surprised by “how much of Trump’s argument” was accepted by the Supreme Court in its decision on presidential immunity.

How to reverse the alarming trend of health misinformation

Deen Freelon of the Annenberg School for Communication and PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín say that, while there is an audience that’s quite hungry for misinformation of various types, correcting health misinformation won’t change health behavior.

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.

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