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GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study
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GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study

A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who take GLP-1 medications are about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who do not take GLP-1 medications.

2 min. read

Why is everything gambling now?
Hand holding a mobile phone with sports bets lined up.

Over the last decade, there’s been an explosion in phone-based gambling platforms owing to the 2018 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal sports betting ban. Neuroscientist Michael L. Platt says the gambling boom has as much to do with human biology as it does business. 

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Why is everything gambling now?

Neuroscientist Michael Platt discusses the biological basis of gambling as it relates to the over proliferation of gambling-based platforms.

5 min. read

AI education for kids
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AI education for kids

An interdisciplinary seminar at Penn’s Graduate School of Education explores how students can design, critique, and teach AI and machine learning in K–12 education.

From Penn GSE

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How personalized AI tutors can help students learn

How personalized AI tutors can help students learn

New Wharton research reveals how small design changes can make AI tutoring more effective by emulating the most effective practices of human instructors.

Visions of nonprofit news in PA
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Visions of nonprofit news in PA

Penn researchers identified two competing visions of nonprofit news, a restorationist vision and a transformational vision, and calculated the cost of implementing each vision.

2 min. read

The inner workings of the American legal system
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Presidential Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

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The inner workings of the American legal system

Penn Carey Law professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu’s new book, “Law on Trial,” examines how legal institutions and practices shape—and at times reinforce—social inequality.

From Penn Carey Law

2 min. read

Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and Centers
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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and Centers

A roundup of the latest awards and honors for faculty in the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the School of Arts & Sciences, Penn Nursing, and the Wharton School.

Penn Today Staff

2 min. read

A different way of thinking about side effects
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A different way of thinking about side effects

The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

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The museum as object of design
Ferda Kolatan (seated far right) in his studio pointing to photographs on the wall with onlookers.

Weitzman’s Ferda Kolatan (seated far right) in his MSD-AAD studio.

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The museum as object of design

From expansion projects to new builds, faculty and students at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design are helping museums deepen connections to their site and community.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Why you shouldn’t ask chatbots to act like an expert
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Why you shouldn’t ask chatbots to act like an expert

A new study from Wharton’s Generative AI Labs suggests prompting chatbots to act like a subject matter expert can actually hurt accuracy.

From Knowledge at Wharton

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