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The FBI’s secret impact on American broadcasting

The FBI’s secret impact on American broadcasting

A new Annenberg School for Communication study of declassified FBI files documents how the Bureau wielded the fear of communist infiltration to infiltrate the broadcasting industry itself.

AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows collaborate across disciplines
Sibe-by-side portraits of Brynn Sherman, on left, and Kieran Murphy, right.

Penn’s AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows Program is breaking down traditional scientific boundaries by integrating artificial intelligence across diverse research fields. Less than a year in, the program is already paying dividends in the form of new collaborations and research publications for inaugural fellows like Brynn Sherman (left) of the School of Arts & Sciences and Kieran Murphy (right) of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellows collaborate across disciplines

The new fellowship program, offered through the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, offers mentorship and peer engagement opportunities.

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Improving care for disadvantaged patients

Improving care for disadvantaged patients

New research from Penn Nursing provides insight on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in delivering quality care to socially disadvantaged patients.

From Penn Nursing News

1 min. read

Improving T-cell responses to vaccines
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Improving T-cell responses to vaccines

Penn Vet and Penn Medicine researchers have modified mRNA vaccines to include the cytokine IL-12 and improve T-cell responses which could improve the body’s ability to fight infections.

3 min. read

New class of materials passively harvest water from air
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New class of materials passively harvest water from air

Researchers at Penn Engineering have discovered a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, which could enable new ways to collect water in arid regions and devices that cool electronics or buildings using the power of evaporation.

Melissa Pappas

2 min. read

Xinyi Wang: Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives
Xinyi Wang.

Xinyi Wang is a member of Annenberg’s Addiction, Health, & Adolescence Lab and the Communication Neuroscience Lab.

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Xinyi Wang: Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives

Annenberg School for Communication doctoral graduate Xinyi Wang studies how people actively seek out and engage with new information.

Hailey Reissman

2 min. read

Determining the cause of cryopreservation fertility failures
Spermatogenesis at a microscopic level

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Determining the cause of cryopreservation fertility failures

A new study from Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine on germ cell gene regulatory networks offers a holistic understanding of complex male germ cell differentiation in meiosis and spermatogenesis.

Martin Hackett

2 min. read

Study finds Scottish Safe Staffing Act implementation facing challenges

Study finds Scottish Safe Staffing Act implementation facing challenges

A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing reveals that the Scotland Act, which aims to ensure safe nurse staffing through guiding principles, duties, and a common staffing method, is not being consistently followed, according to nurses on the frontlines.

From Penn Nursing News

2 min. read

A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy
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A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy

New research from Penn Medicine finds that ECT sets in motion a brain event that resets its neurons, and has the potential to guide personalized ECT dosing to target specific outcomes in the brain.

From Penn Medicine News

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