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Schiff proposes guaranteed income pilot program for Medicaid recipients to cut federal health spending

A study co-authored by Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice shows that guaranteed income programs mitigate the negative financial and health consequences associated with income volatility.

Gun violence is falling across the country. How does Baltimore compare?

A team of crime analysts from Penn presented findings from a gun violence reduction strategy through a 2022 pilot program in Baltimore.

The western U.S. is sweltering under a ‘heat dome.’ What does that mean?

A study by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences finds that climate change favors the jet stream behavior that produces stagnant high-pressure systems and the extreme heat and drought associated with them.

This is your brain on climate change: How the heating planet causes psychological changes

R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that the past decade of research has provided a much more nuanced understanding of how subtle changes in temperature broadly affect human flourishing.

Commentary: coming for your rewards

A 2019 study from Penn Carey Law concluded that legislation slashing the processing fees retailers pay on purchases had zero impact overall on consumer welfare.

Many hands holding smartphones and other sources of information about COVID-19.

How unflagged, factual content drives vaccine hesitancy

A new paper from computational social scientist Duncan Watts examines how factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from the COVID-19 shot.

Three ways to master the art of constructive disagreement

A study by Bella Ren and Rebecca Schaumberg of the Wharton School reveals that many people misinterpret disagreements as indications of poor listening.

Understanding inequities in nurses’ moral distress during COVID-19

New research from Penn Nursing shows how poorer resources and communication in hospitals where Black patients predominantly access care impacts feelings of moral distress among nurses.

Visualization of a ‘wrinkly’ halo of stars around the Milky Way.

Researchers upend theory about the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy

New findings by Robyn Sanderson and collaborators suggest galaxy’s last major collision was billions of years later than previously thought.

Photograph of researcher, China Byrns, in front of monitor showing microscopy images of fly brain

Fruitful insights on the brain

Research led by China Byrns of the lab of Nancy M. Bonini in the School of Arts & Sciences have uncovered new details about the role of zombie-like cells in brain aging, using the fruit fly as a model.

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