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Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior
A portrait of Helen Jin at Amy Gutmann Hall.

Helen Jin, a doctoral student at Penn Engineering, is project lead for the Brachio Lab’s AI cyberbullying capability case study.

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Evaluating large language models for cyberbullying behavior

In the Brachio Lab, doctoral students at Penn Engineering probe AI models for signs of cyberbullying capabilities. This emerging problem with the rise of AI may pose challenges in areas like business, education, and public health.

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A simple way to boost math progress
Angela Duckworth lecturing a class with a white board.

“Our results showed that simple, low-cost nudges can help teachers support student progress in math,” says Penn psychology professor Angela Duckworth.

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A simple way to boost math progress

Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative and their collaborators conducted a megastudy to investigate whether low-cost nudges–informed by behavioral science–could help teachers accelerate student progress in math.

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Expectant and new fathers seek more support to improve maternal health

Expectant and new fathers seek more support to improve maternal health

A new Penn Nursing study reveals that expectant and new fathers, particularly Black American fathers, express a significant need for more resources and support to better assist mothers during pregnancy and childbirth, highlighting a gap in tailored information and resources for fathers within healthcare and social service systems.

New genetic cause of blindness in dogs
Aguirre and Murgiano working in a lab with pipettes.

Gustavo D. Aguirre and Leonardo Murgiano of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

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New genetic cause of blindness in dogs

In collaboration with a foundation that breeds service dogs for the visually impaired, researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Padova in Padova, Italy, have identified a novel variant associated with progressive retinal atrophy in three Labrador retrievers.

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales
Two bullet trains sit side-by-side in a silver-and-white train station. The train closest to the camera has red markings on the side and top.

China’s high-speed bullet trains like this one at a station in Beijing are a significant factor in boosting electric vehicle sales, a new research paper says. 

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales

“Range anxiety” from electric vehicle owners can be alleviated by alternative transportation methods such as high-speed rail, Penn research shows.
School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses school cell phone bans, how communities can encourage the safe use of smartphones, and the importance of embracing the positive aspects of life online.

Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs
Empty hospital beds in an IC unit.

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Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs

Research from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that the relationship between nurse continuity and patient outcomes is more complex than previously assumed.

From Penn Nursing News

How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it
Four friends holding their face masks in their hands looking at the phone.

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How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it

A new paper from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes data from three COVID-19 pandemic years and finds that those with conspiracy mindsets discount messages from sources they don’t trust; challenges to misinformation are most effective from their own trusted community.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center